The Truth About Trayvon And Zimmerman by John M. Phillips, Nationally Known Attorney. We have been inundated with super sensationalized media coverage of the Trayvon tragedy, but few people understand the objective facts of the case. As a trial lawyer, John Phillips has studied 100s of news articles, police reports, eyewitness interviews, and has compiled a detailed historical account of both Zimmerman and Trayvon. In every case, civil or criminal, there are almost always two different sides of the story. This case is no different and the stories are vastly different.