Good, the second person to take the witness stand Friday, said he heard a noise behind his townhome in February 2012, and he saw what looked like a tussle when he stepped out onto his patio to see what was happening. It looked like a "tussle," Good said, adding "I yelled out, 'What's going on?' and 'Stop it,' I believe." Good said two people were wrestling, in a straddling position — which defense attorney Mark O'Mara acted out on his knees in court, and Good described with MMA terminology: The "ground and pound." The one on top was wearing dark clothes, he said, and the one on the bottom had lighter skin and was wearing white or red. During cross-examination, O'Mara got on his knees to recreate the fighting as he asked Good to walk him through it. Zimmerman followed Martin in his truck and called a police dispatch number before he and the teen got into a fight. When defense attorney Mark O'Mara asked him if the person on top was Martin, Good said, "Correct, that's what it looked like." Good initially testified that it appeared "there were strikes being thrown, punches being thrown," but during detailed questioning he said he saw only "downward" arm movements being made. On cross examination, Folgate testified that the cuts, scrapes and bruises to Zimmerman's head could be consistent with having his head slammed into a concrete sidewalk, as Zimmerman says Trayvon did before the shooting. "It could have, yes," she said, though she agreed that was speculation when prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda followed up. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012... (Associated Press) 
 
 A neighbor of George Zimmerman who had perhaps the best view of the struggle between the neighborhood watch volunteer and Trayvon Martin testified at Zimmerman's murder trial Friday that it appeared the unarmed teen was straddling Zimmerman during their confrontation. Manalo started to tell Zimmerman's wife that her husband had been involved in a shooting and was being questioned by police when "he cut me off and said, `Just tell her I shot someone,'" Manalo said. Under cross-examination, Manalo said when he asked Zimmerman what happened, the neighborhood watch volunteer told him, "I was defending myself and I shot him." The first Sanford police officer to arrive, Tim Smith, also testified Friday, and said he held Zimmerman at gunpoint and handcuffed him after Zimmerman said he was the one who shot the teen. Both Manalo and another police witness testified that Trayvon's hands were under his body after the shooting.
– George Zimmerman's trial has moved on from key witness Rachel Jeantel, with today seeing a handful of people take the stand. The day's standout testimony, largely per the Orlando Sentinel: Zimmerman neighbor John Good, described by the AP as having "perhaps the best view of the struggle," said he heard noise while watching TV on the night Trayvon Martin was killed and stepped outside to investigate. He described seeing a MMA-style scene unfold. In his telling, the two men were "tussling" on the ground, with the person on top in a straddle position and throwing punches "ground and pound" style. He described the person on top as darkly-clad, with the one on the bottom in either red or white, and having lighter skin. Per the evidence, Trayvon was in a dark-colored sweatshirt and Zimmerman was dressed in red that night. When asked if he believed Trayvon was on top, Good replied, "Correct ... that's what it looked like." Neighbor Jonathon Manalo, who was the first one to step outside and took cellphone photos that night that were shown to the jury today, described "blood running down [Zimmerman's] nose from both nostrils and over his lips." He said Zimmerman's demeanor was calm, and said Zimmerman asked him to call his wife. "Just tell her I shot someone," Manalo recounts Zimmerman as saying. He said Zimmerman told him at the time that the shooting was in self-defense. When asked if that "seemed completely true," Manalo replied, "yes." The Sentinel notes that some big names have yet to take the stand. Among them: Trayvon's parents, the medical examiner, and lead Sanford police investigator Christopher Serino.