You can watch the George Zimmerman murder trial online, live streaming below.  Yesterday’s trial featured intense grilling by the defense of the girl Trayvon Martin had been on the phone with minutes before his death.  The biggest thing that came out of her testimony was when she admitted she did not know who started the fight between Martin and Zimmerman that ended in the shooting of Martin.  It’ll be a huge setback for the prosecution and a big win for the defense.  At any rate, you can watch the George Zimmerman murder trial streaming online, live for free below.

Here’s an idea of what to expect going forward:

Prosecution:

• Zimmerman profiled Martin because he was a young, black male in a hoodie.  Zimmerman was motivated by racism.
• Martin was alone, unarmed and not committing any crime when Zimmerman started following him.
• Police told Zimmerman not to get out of his car and follow Martin, but he did anyway.
• Martin was on the phone when he was followed and told a friend that he was scared because an unknown male was following him.
• In recorded 911 calls, Martin’s mother says she can hear her son calling for help.

Defense:

• The taped 911 call shows that Zimmerman did not volunteer Martin’s race until the dispatcher asked him.   An edited version appeared on NBC, which indicated that Zimmerman had volunteered Martin’s race, though NBC has since apologized.
• Audio experts say that the quality of the audio on the recorded 911 calls is too poor to say if the voice is Martin’s or Zimmerman’s.  The defense will say that it’s Zimmerman’s.
• Zimmerman is Hispanic, raised in a multiracial family, and according to his father, “would be the last to discriminate for any reason whatsoever.”  According to Zimmerman’s family, some of their relatives are black and Zimmerman had been a vocal advocate for a black homeless man who was beaten by Sanford police.
• Martin first attacked Zimmerman, which means that he has the right to claim self-defense under Florida’s Stand Your Ground law.

The fact that yesterday’s witness, the woman who Martin was on the phone with just before his death, was more or less unable to say who started the fight is a huge blow for the prosecution.  In order for Martin’s shooting to be murder they’ll have to prove that Zimmerman instigated the fight that ended in Martin’s shooting.  It had seemed that their best bet for doing so was with the last person to speak to Martin.  We’ll have to wait and see what other witnesses and evidence the prosecution has in store.