being made. as for curtis reeves, there were times he had his thumb on his chin and other times he had his head down on his crossed arms. he appeared to look as if it was difficult to listen to. from the get-go, he said he felt threatened. he thought maybe he was struck by chad hitting him with his cell phone. so he is, once again, putting up a self-defense argument this is no the a trial, by the way, as you point out, ashleigh. this is a hearing, a bond hearing to determine whether there should be bail for curtis reeves. he has not had bail as of yesterday. the defense attorney wangts o get him out. every time i see this, i think bail hearing. there are compelling arguments on either side. i want to bring in our legal panel. martin just reported something very intriguing and i seized on it. paul callan and joey jackson joining me live. on that audio tape, he says in a
defend himself. reporter: all right, so, erin, another key part of the case that the jury will be taking a close look at is the fact that dunn left the scene and never called police. detectives actually caught up with him because witnesses were able to get the license plate numbers, and then track him down to his house. so the prosecutors obviously are very focused on this. the defense is, as well. it s important to point out that dunn told police during the interrogation that took place that he was afraid that he d never should have left the scene, but he says he wanted to get back home, be around his family, and then talk to law enforcement there. all right, tory, thank you very much. she really laid it out so clearly. i want to bring in jacksonville defense attorney janet johnson. janet, i want to talk about some of the similarities between this case possibly and the trayvon martin/george zimmerman case. but first, the whole self-defense argument. is this plausible? this is a ma
glove box, unholsterred my pistol. i shot. i was scared for my life. i fought back. dunn fired eight or nine shots into the car killing 17-year-old jordan davis. no weapons were found in the teen s car. dunn fled the scene and went back to his hotel and never called police. he was arrested the next morning at his home. dunn faces charges of first degree murder and three counts of attempted murder. will a jury buy his self defense argument? i don t think so. i think he has a big problem on his hands. he left the scene. he didn t call the police. ehe didn t say he was in fear for himself. he left the scene and went home. when he makes a claim that it was self defense that there was a gun pointed at him there are
if you re an african-american victim, and a stand your ground state, the chances of the shooter being acquitted are higher than if you are a white victim. again, it s another argument, it s another piece of evidence that shows the self defense argument generally is not a very strong argument. we have you know, 11, 12,000 homicides in this country every year. only 2% are self defense homicides. it just doesn t hold water. goldie, this is a neighborhood in which 90% almost 90% of residents are white. what part do you believe this form of american apartheid plays, and do you think that things would have turned out differently if renisha mcbride had been a white woman in a predominantly white area? you know, there is no way to know specifically. but what we do know is that detroit, like st. louis, like chicago, like atlanta, like many of our american cities, are among the most segregated around. and so you don t have a lot of people who are black and white
forward about ms. mcbride s state after this car accident, saying that she was over the legal limit by double the amount, how do you think that that lends itself to the self defense argument of the 54-year-old man who s now charged in her death? i don t think it will play any part whatsoever. he was in his house, the door was locked. he had his shotgun in his house. he had his telephone. all he had to do was call 911. if she was intoxicated, and apparently she was, maybe she was boisterous, maybe she was noisy. that gives nobody any justification to blow off her head. the prosecutor stated that there was no justification and that specifically there were absolutely no signs of breaking and entering of his home. so she was outside making noise. we don t shoot drunks who are making noise. we don t shoot people who are intoxicated making noise. and i think that this is a good