stomachs are in knots because we ve seen the system fail black people before. we ve seen the system fail people of color before. what we saw in this prosecution, she laid it out perfectly. if you were to have a split screen between what the defense said and in talking about the color of, or his toe nails for example, or what he looked like, or his appearance, versus the prosecution s case where they simply said they played a 911 tape and what is your emergency, a black man running. you look at these things in totality and you can t help but have some certain level of heart break for a system that doesn t benefit black people in this country. i want to remind people i ve had this conversation day in and day out. i was in columbia today for lunch and people pulled me aside and said this jury can t come back with a not guilty verdict can it? i remind people often you had not one but two prosecutors who
troublesome part about trying to separate race or racism from our system of jurisprudence in this country. i mean, look. my colleague just laid out all the facts that the prosecution laid out. but i think we would both agree that our stomachs in knots because we have seen the system fail black people before. we have seen this system fail people of color before. and what we saw in this prosecution, she laid it out perfectly. i mean, if you were to have a split screen between what the defense said and in talking about the color of or or his toenails, for example, or what he looked like or his appearance. versus, the prosecution s case where they simply said they played the 9-1-1 tape. and what s your emergency? you know, it s a black man running. i mean, so you look at these things in totally and you can t help but to, um, have some certain level of heartbreak for a system that doesn t benefit black people in this country. and i want to remind people that i have had this conversation