this threat. so i do think that the race was there, race was a factor in his decision making and in this tragedy. i don t know how anyone could have watched your show last night, lawrence, and not have had their hearts broken to use gene s words. to hear a mother describe the loss of her own future. this is ridiculous and senseless. and we ve got to do something about it. again, this culture that exists in florida around stand your ground. see, those very words almost, you know, justify some of these self-defense trials. as i said the other day, if it was truly a stand your ground case, there wouldn t have been a jury. they would have presented it to a judge and the judge would have declared a stand your ground case. impeachment don t understand
that version of events. they have been asking questions directly related to self-defense. not only today, but also yesterday. and i think that is what this is going o come down to. what is so fascinating is people are saying this is not a stand your ground case. this is a stand your ground case because it was instructed to the jury. they got the definition for stand your ground and it s part of florida s self-defense law, and that s the problem here. you say pr the questions that they have, you think some of the jurors are believing dunn s side of the story that it was self-defense. how does that bode for the outcome here? plus your thought on the length of the deliberations. reporter: you know, usually the rule of thumb, don, is one hour of jury deliberations per day of trial. this was a very short trial. we re talking eight, nine days.
minute, it s not really premeditated murder. it s second-degree murder. maybe they will drop down to the second count. i don t know, we re not going to know until they come back. i have to say on the issue of self-defense to think that this is a legitimate self-defense case is ridiculous under the circumstances. no gun found, the guy goes and has pizza at a bed and breakfast, spends the night and doesn t even tell his girlfriend that a gun was pulled out. people are saying, don lemon is mad. i m mad because it s none of your business. there s a gas station on every single corner. if you don t like what s happening at that gas sags because someone s music is loud, because then you move your butt to the next gas station. and get your gas there where you can t hear the music. it s ridiculous. i think there needs to be a mind your business law that goes along with the stand your ground law. stand your ground, people have said this is not a stand your ground case. this is all about stan
daughter s daycare, babysitter, is that correct? that s part of the investigation. our detectives are working on it. but we can say he was texting someone. but we can t tell you right now who he was texting. and we also understand that mr. reeves who is the man who s been charged with this offense is apparently claiming that he feared for his safety because the victim threw popcorn at him. can you confirm that? there s many things that are going out there. rumors. but i can tell you he s been charged with second degree murder. with work with our state attorney s office, assistant state attorney, manny garcia. he has been charged. the one thing that comes up was this a stand your ground case. we wanted to make sure our detectives wanted to make sure that when he is brought to trial that he is convicted and justice is served. from our investigation, we re working with the state attorney s office, it was not a stand your ground case.
was actually texting his daughter s daycare, babysitter, is that correct? that s part of the investigation. our detectives are working on it. but we can say he was texting someone. but we can t tell you right now who he was texting. and we also understand that mr. reeves who is the man who s been charged with this offense is apparently claiming that he feared for his safety because the victim threw popcorn at him. can you confirm that? there s many things that are going out there. rumors. but i can tell you he s been charged with second degree murder. with work with our state attorney s office, assistant state attorney, manny garcia. he has been charged. the one thing that comes up was this a stand your ground case. we wanted to make sure our detectives wanted to make sure that when he is brought to trial that he is convicted and justice is served. from our investigation, we re working with the state attorney s office, it was not a stand your ground case.