Yes, your honor. What is your decision, sir . After consulting with counsel, not to testify, your honor. Is it your decision not to testify in this case . Yes, your honor. Are you making that decision freely and voluntarily . Yes, your honor. Reporter and with that, the defense rested. With all that in mind, the defense would rest. Reporter much of the day was spent on a witness saying zimmerman was nonconfrontational. But it was a dummy that proved to be one of the strongest witnesses of the day. It begin when the prosecutor grabbed a mannequin to show their version of events. Do you recognize this as being a humantype figure, right . Yes, sir. Okay. Reporter it was here the state seemed to concede Trayvon Martin could have been on top of George Zimmerman. Suggesting he was pulling away at the time he was shot. Previously the prosecution argued zimmerman was on top. Would it be consistent the 90 degrees if Trayvon Martin had been backing up and the defendant raised his gun. Reporter t
The first 48 hours since George Zimmerman was found not guilty in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and the nation has been plunged into a difficult but inescapable conversation about racial profiling, guns, and selfdefense. And in less than 30 minutes, the attorney general himself, eric holder will speak at the annual Naacp Convention, taking place right now in orlando, florida. More on that just ahead. But we are now getting some insights into why and how the jury decided to acquit George Zimmerman with one juror known only as b37 saying in a cnn interview that three of the sixperson panel originally wanted a conviction. Ultimately, however, she says they came to rest on what they understood the law allowed. Because of the heat of the moment and the stand your ground. He had a right to defend himself. If he felt threatened that his life was going to be taken away from him or he was going to have bodily harm, he had a right. Thats how we read the law. Thats how we got to the point
Accused of such irresponsiblity early on, frankly. Being swept along with this narrative that simply has been shown not to be true. To me, as a trial lawyer, that was incredible distraction. Because i like to in fact, the only place i can try a case is in the courtroom, and i think we did. That i do not know how to respond. Yes. You mentioned about george wantsing to get his life back, theres one person that is not going to. Have you something to to the family . They have suffered a loss of Trayvon Martin. Any time any life is lost, particularly a young life, its a tragedy. We hear about it in Car Accidents and with cancer, i lost a 13yearold niece to cancer. We hear about it constantly and its a tragedy. I will not shy away from the fact that the evidence supported that George Zimmerman did nothing wrong and that he was battered and beaten by a 17yearold who for whatever reason, and we will not know, thought that he had to lash out and attack violently and it turned out that all of th
Did you know how big this it was unreal. It was like something that why would they want to pick me . Why would i be picked over all these hundreds of people that they interviewed. And when the trial started, what was the first day like . There were the opening statements. Don west told a joke, what did you think of that . The joke was horrible. I just nobody got it. I didnt get it until later, and then i thought about it. And im like, i guess that could have been funny, but not in the context he told it. Going into the trial, did you have an idea in your mind about what happened . No, because i hadnt followed the trial at all. I heard bits and pieces of what had happened, and the names that were involved, but not any details. Take me back if you can to the first day, the opening statements, what do you remember about them . What stood out to you . Not a lot. Because it seems like its been years ago that it happened. It does. It seems like its been a very long time that we were there. W
Actor dead from narcotics. Tonight, we will tell you why america is not confronting Substance Abuse the way it should. Caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. Hi, im bill oreilly, thanks for watching us tonight. Violent crime in the media that is the subject of this evenings talking points memo. There is no question, no question at all that the American Media is not reporting the black, white crime situation accurately. Last night Bernie Goldberg said this about the reportage. They paint this picture of white people hunting black people. Heres an inconvenient fact. Any time there is interracial crime, there is an overwhelming chance that the victim is going to be white and that the criminal is going to be black. Bill do you have a stat on that, bernie . Do you have a stat on that . Well have it tomorrow. And here it is. According to the fbi between the years 1976 and 2005, the latest stats available, 91 of homicides on black americans were committ