Zimmerman Trail Joke: Lawyer Apologizes For Opening Day Profanity, Bad Knock-Knock Joke [VIDEO]

The George Zimmerman trial got off to a rather surprising start, the long anticipated trail began yesterday with opening statements from both the prosecutor and Zimmerman's defense attorney. The case has ignited national debate about gun laws and even created a massive uproar regarding race relations, however after listening to the opening statements, it seemed like the court room was involved in some sort of bad reality show.

The first statement read by the prosecutor, John Guy, was a sprawling list of expletives, directly quoting Zimmerman. "Good morning. 'F*****g punks, these a******s all get away,'" Guy then explained his profanity filled rant to the jury, "These were the words in this grown man's mouth as he followed this boy that he didn't know. Those were his words, not mine."

Zimmerman, a "captain" of a neighborhood watch is accused of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in February 2012 in Sanford, Florida. And while the defense states that he shot Martin in self-defense, the prosecutor states that Zimmerman killed Martin in cold blood, and because he had but simply because "he wanted to."

Guy recounted the night of the shooting for the jury of six women,

Zimmerman, "got out of his car with a pistol and two flashlights to follow Trayvon Benjamin Martin, who was walking home from a 7-Eleven, armed" where the 17-year-old purchased a drink and a bag of candy. Eventually the two became entangled on the ground in a fight. A witness claims that Martin was on top of Zimmerman, then Guy continued to breakdown Zimmerman's defense that Martin told him "you're going to die tonight," because he says frankly "Nobody heard it."

Guy did state that while no one saw exactly what happened the night of the shooting, witness caught "slices" of what occurred between Zimmerman and Martin. "We are confident that at the end of this trial you will know in your head, in your heart, in your stomach that George Zimmerman did not shoot Trayvon Martin because he had to," Guy said. "He shot him for the worst of all reasons, because he wanted to."

And as if the prosecution's opening statements weren't jaw-dropping enough, the defense come forward to address the jury and opened with a knock-knock joke. "Knock knock. Who's there? George Zimmerman. George Zimmerman who? Good, you're on the jury," joked Don West, Zimmerman's defense attorney. After the joke fell flat, West quickly apologized. "No more bad jokes, I promise that," he told jurors. "I was convinced it was the delivery."

West made his case that Zimmerman was forced to act in self-defense to save his own life from the beating that was being delivered by Martin. By using PowerPoint slides, West displayed the graphic images of the injuries Zimmerman received the night of shooting. The defense also broke down the 911 call a neighbor made, in which it is possible to hear screams and a shot in the background that West said was the sound of the fatal bullet.

"At the moment this actually became physical was that Trayvon Martin -- I will use my words -- that Trayvon Martin decided to confront George Zimmerman," West said. "That instead of going home. He had plenty of time. This is, what, 60 or 70 yards. Plenty of time. He could've gone back and forth four or five times."

Zimmerman faces life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder for fatally shooting Martin.