no, what we had is a violent incident. what happened is well, every individual has a right. this law would protect any person from the right of somebody attacking them. you know, if the scenario that some critics are playing was true that he had traced down an innocent child and shot them, he would be in prison. that s not what happened. there was an observation. clearly, the jury saw what happened is he returned and attacked and was the aggressor against mr. zimmerman. and that s the facts of the case. and they spent hours and hours and hours sorting that out. we have been waiting for this jury trial for them to sort out what happened. and that s what happened. we need to accept that as tragic as it is, that s what happened. we need to accept it and move on and not talk about it?
just not what you reason. it is that any reasonable person could look at the facts of that circumstance and agree with you that you had every reason to believe that you were in harm s way. and i believe this case shows that. mr. zimmerman had seconds to decide if he wanted to continue to be pounded on the pavement or change tactic and stop this attack. and that s unfortunate that that is the way it ended. i m very concerned about how it ever escalated to this kind of situation. and i m deeply concerned about violence in our culture and how we can minimize the times that people resort to violence. representative dennis baxley, thank you for being with me this morning. i appreciate it. thank you. getting higher this morning getting encouragement from the fed chief, but can the good news last? we re live from the new york stock exchange, next.
videotapes. how important were those videotapes to you? i don t really know because, i meerngs watching the tapes, there s always something in the back saying is it right, is it consiste consistent, but with all the phone calls and such, i think he told the truth. i m sure there were some fabrications, enhancements, but i think pretty much it happened the way george said it happened. would you have liked to have heard zimmerman testify? would you have liked to have seen him on the stands so he could have been cross-examined? i don t think it would have been any different. i don t think he i think he
but also condemning stand your ground saying that these kinds of laws allow and might even encourage violent situations to escalate. when do we want it! reporter: demonstrations against george zimmerman s not guilty verdict continued across the country, attorney general eric holder for the first time took aim at stand your ground laws. it s time to question laws that senselessly expand the concept of self-defense and show dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods. reporter: speaking to the naacp in orlando, this first african-american general also got personal, revealing his own experience with racial profiling as a young, black man. but i was stopped by a police officer while simply running to catch a movie at night in georgetown in washington, d.c. i was, at the time of that last incident, a federal prosecutor. reporter: now his justice department is under pressure to bring criminal civil rights charges against zimmerman.
fabrications, enhancements, but i think pretty much it happened the way george said it happened. would you like have to have heard zimmerman testify? would you like to have seen him on the stand to be cross-examin cross-examined? i don t think it would have been any different. i don t i don t think he i think he would have told the story the same exact way. so you don t think him being on the stand and being kroosz examined would have made a difference? i don t think it would have, i really don t. do you think the state overcharged by going for second-degree murder? do you think if they had gone into it, started off opening statements saying manslaughter, it might have made a difference in terms of the end result? it wouldn t have made a difference if they would have given us the same paperwork they gave us. they gave us the laws and we went by the laws, and that s how he found him innocent. if they would have given us