how did you get there? if you got there by virtue of zimmerman tracking him down because of his race, profiling him because of the race, ignoring the police admonition to stay in your car. judge jeanine: that was not against the law, congressman. it was not against the law for him to get out of his car. it s not against the law to get out of the car. it is against the law to track somebody down and put them in fear of their life. judge jeanine: well, what evidence did you hear of that? let me go to you, steve halbrook. talk to us about the issue of the president basically saying that if trayvon had a gun, he could have shot zimmerman. the president made two remarks that were totally wrong in terms of what the law is in every state in the country including in the stand your ground states. one is that president obama said well, could mr. martin have used a gun and stood his ground and stayed on the sidewalk?
judge jeanine: quickly. usually you don t have any witnesses. you have a dead body and a story presented to a sympathetic jury. judge jeanine: congressman, stephen, i have a hard break here. thanks. [ heart beating, monitor beeping ] woman: what do you mean, homeowners insurance doesn t cover floods? [ heart rate increases ] man: a few inches of water caused all this?
of the congressional black caucus bobby scott from virginia beach and outside counsel to the nra stephen hallbrook. good evening, gentlemen. congressman, i ll start with you. when the president decided to say what he said, that created somewhat of a controversy, many people thinking that he was basically inflaming the upcoming protests and some people thinking it was the exact moment for it to happen. what s say you? well, there s going to be an ongoing protest because of the situation where a young man obviously innocent gets skittles and iced tea walking home, ends up dead. the question on these stand your ground laws is as the attorney general indicated, whether they add to violence or detract from violence. judge jeanine: excuse me, congressman. let me interrupt you for a second. are you and the president saying that the jury got it wrong here?
judge jeanine: quickly. usually you don t have any witnesses. you have a dead body and a story presented to a sympathetic jury. judge jeanine: congressman, stephen, i have a hard break here. thanks. stay with us.
how did you get there? if you got there by virtue of zimmerman tracking him down because of his race, profiling him because of the race, ignoring the police admonition to stay in your car. judge jeanine: that was not against the law, congressman. it was not against the law for him to get out of his car. it s not against the law to get out of the car. it is against the law to track somebody down and put them in fear of their life. judge jeanine: well, what evidence did you hear of that? let me go to you, steve halbrook. talk to us about the issue of the president basically saying that if trayvon had a gun, he could have shot zimmerman. the president made two remarks that were totally wrong in terms of what the law is in every state in the country including in the stand your ground states. one is that president obama said well, could mr. martin have used a gun and stood his ground and stayed on the sidewalk? well, of course he could have