an over-40 person when you are talking about teenagers. this new generation of teenagers is less concerned about race, they have enough other problems with this generation and there are cohorts within races and between races. and one of the suspects there is white, but the shooter is the african-american young man. accused shooter, i should say that. wendy, we ll see you soon. i appreciate it, wendy and holly. the battle between russell simmons and i hablg ovs been ove and my controversial advice to the black community and i invited russell simmons to the program several times and he finally said yes to my interview, our emotional conversation, next.
ensure that all schools are good and all young people have an education and that college is affordable. so, i thought reverend sharpton struck a good balance. and he reflected what we talk about many times privately, the angst about the challenges in our community that we have to be more vocal and more visible and more responsive to and the broader picture of how the decisions that are made in the highest councils of politics and business in this nation really affect the way people live. amen. amen. thank you very much, i appreciate you coming on cnn and i m glad the sun don, thank you. i hope the sun didn t affect you too much there. well, it s a glorious day. it was a beautiful day. we couldn t have asked for better weather. thank you, don, for everything you re doing. thanks, cnn. all right. we appreciate you, thank you, marc morial. coming up, i sat down with hip-hop pioneer russell simmons and talked about the challenges and the responsibilities facing african-americ
sensitive issues to americans but in the end, these cases get resolved by what evidence is available in a courtroom and a local jury, that looked at all of the evidence in a very well tried case by the way. great lawyers on both sides, full presentation of the evidence, this jury said george zimmerman acted in self-defense. and you know, to say that it s social commentary on the american system on the fairness of the american system, i don t think so. i think it s just how the jury judged the evidence that was given to them. tom i want to get your take on whether this was too weak a case for the prosecutors to bring in but i also want to know what you think about the commentary that this verdict makes, if anything, about the american justice system. well, first of all, the case absolutely should have been prosecuted. you have an innocent 17-year-old doing exactly what he had every right to do who was gunned down as a teenager. i mean, come on. the case should have been brought and
coming to a neighborhood near you or someone acting the same he acted. that s what is dangerous. if i could because have to move you on before i run out of time. both of you believe that the judicial system, in this case, was unfair to an african american young man, teenager, and it was not justice. is that your initially i think it s unfair but like our justice system works and it s well said by your previous person, we need to continue to pursue. it s not the last word. i think justice will be done eventually. that is to say that there s a situation right now where a jury has ruled but i don t think that we have seen the end of this. that is, if there s a real problem here with what the florida justice system has said about what is permissible for a person to do and get away with. i m going to deliver minimally here and ask you quickly, both your caucuses met
and prior break-ins in the community had come. i think they were trying to put her on, because now it s relevant. let s look at the facts. this happened in the previous year, fall of 2011 the young man was arrested, again, he lived in the complex, by the way, rearrested beginning of february. so i find it interesting the defense put them on. maybe they re trying to show that george was concerned this defendant had been released again, as was initially, but obviously shows crime in their neighborhood, not profiling. why do you say it doesn t show profiling? it s been introduced earlier he had called in a number of times, saying that an african-american young man were suspiciously