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Closing arguments final, verdict underway in Zimmerman trial

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buzzz worthy. . . By Mona Austin Arguments in the second degree murder trial of George Zimmeran concluded today. A jury of six women will decide if the former neighborhood watchman from Sanford, Florida acted in self defense or hate when he gunned down 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012 who allegedly attacked him. Yesterday Prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda started to bring the 24 day trial to a close. "Who started this? Who followed who? Who was minding their own business? Of the two, who was the one that was armed?" de la Rionda asked the jury. Taking over two hours to summarize the state's case, the prosecutor characterized Zimmerman as a lying, wannabe cop who took the law into his own hands --after authorities told him not to pursue Martin --and murdered  the deceased in cold blood “not because he had to but because he wanted to.” De la Rionda angrily shredded the noble citizen image of George Zimmerman pointing to a string of inconsistenc...