it s unjust. and that s why we have to keep pushing for its repeal. joining me now are congresswoman corrine brown, democrat of florida, and lisa bloom. she is a legal analyst for avo.com and author of suspicion nation: inside story of trayvon martin and justice and why we continue to repeat it. thank you for being here to both of you. thank you. thank you. let me go to you first, congresswoman. you ve been one of the strongest voices speaking out about the need to change stand your ground. how does the dunn case affect your fight against stand your ground in your opinion? first of all, i ve been in the courtroom all day today. i ve been with the family, the davis family. and, you know, the mother named her son jordan after the jordan river. and she will never be able, regardless of the verdict, to be
in that suv? no. there was no mention of a shot gun? no. there was no mention of a barrel? no. there was no mention of a lead pipe? no. back in the hotel room, did the defendant ever tell you he saw the boys with a firearm? no. did he ever tell you that he saw the boys with a weapon? no. dunn is charged with first degree murder of mr. davis and three counts of attempted murder, the other three teenagers in that durango suv. jurors have ended deliberations for the time. a lot of people across the country are bracing themselves for the pobltd of another not guilty verdict just seven months after george zimmerman was acquitted of second degree murder and manslaughter charges in the killing of trayvon martin. joining me now is lisa bloom, author of suspicion nation.
martin. joining me now is lisa bloom, author of suspicion nation. lisa, what s going to happen here? i know you can t predict the future, but you ve been watching this trial closely, it seems like the facts on their face are so damning, the testimony is so damning, what is your thought on which way this is headed. there are a lot of similarities, including two of the prosecutors from the trayvon martin case prosecuted this case. they ve been afraid to talk about race in the courtroom. it s a key element of the case, including, this is a defendant who wrote explicitly racist letters from prison. he said, the more i get to know those people, referring to african-americans, the more prejudiced i become. i ve been a civil rights lawyer for decades, it s rare you get an explicit statement like that from somewhere. they had it here, and they didn t use it, they don t like to talk about race in these courtrooms, i think that s the
author of suspicion nation. lisa, what s going to happen here? i know you can t predict the future, but you ve been watching this trial closely, it seems like the facts on their face are so damning, the testimony is so damning, what is your thought on which way this is headed. there are a lot of similarities, including two of the prosecutors from the trayvon martin case prosecuted this case. they ve been afraid to talk about race in the courtroom. it s a key element of the case, including, this is a defendant who wrote explicitly racist letters from prison. he said, the more i get to know those people, referring to african-americans, the more prejudiced i become. i ve been a civil rights lawyer for decades, it s rare you get an explicit statement like that from somewhere. they had it here, and they didn t use it, they don t like to talk about race in these courtrooms, i think that s the problem. on the other hand, those who are
fiance who was at the convenient store in jacksonville the night of the shooting. did you ever see anybody throw the shotgun or deadly weapon away? no. and at that point, if they have a shot gun, what kind of sight do they have to you? right, this is where rhonda starts coming into my mind because i know she s heard the shots. i know rhonda. it wasn t just my life i was worried about now. lisa bloom is a legal analyst and also the author of suspicion nation, the inside story of the trayvon martin injustice and why we continue to repeat it. i want to play a little bit more here of the cross-examination of dunn. especially when he asks dunn