[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] im sorry. If i can ask you all to please stand. Its customary to give the oath before this committee. If you please raise your right hand. View from the testimony youre about to give before the committee will be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god . Let the record reflect that the witnesses all witnesses on the second panel answered in the affirmative. Each witness will begin five minutes for an Opening Statement and of course in a written statement they would like to submit for the record will be admitted without objection. Our first witness is sybrina fulton. Ms. Fulton is the mother of Trayvon Martin. Her son was shot and killed at the age of 17 on the night of february 26, 2012 and sanford florida. Sybrina and trayvons father tracy have cofounded the Trayvon Martin foundation to create awareness of how Violent Crime impacts the families of victims and provide support and advocacy for those victims.
Clerk read the verdict. State of florida versus George Zimmerman. Verdict, we the jury find George Zimmerman not guilty. Schieffer cbs news correspondent has been covering this case over the last year he is in florida this morning with the latest, mark . Good morning, bob. Not guilty in the end jury of six women, five of them mothers decided that George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin in self defense. His face was impassive. He shook hands with his lawyers as his wife cried in the gallery. Prosecutors looked drained in defeat they lost in both the murder and manslaughter conviction they pushed for, Trayvon Martins parents who watched every day of testimony from the courtroom were not present for the verdict. Zimmerman never took the stand but jurors watched lawyers use a man can to recreate his no independent witness saw the fight before he was arrested. And by then, the martin familys private outrage had gone national. There are no winners here in sanford. Zimmerman is a freeman but m
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Foreperson after George Zimmerman is death of Trayvon Martin. Cleanup is underway in oakland this morning after streets following the verdict. Coming up. We hope to learn more later today on the shocking death of glee actor cory mon he was found dead in a hotel those details coming up. And giants fans are waking tim lincecum tossed a no diego. Coming up. Cleanup is underway in the bay area this morning after protests broke out in San Francisco and oakland following florida jurors finding George Zimmerman not guilty. This is video of some of the protestors in San Francisco from our helicopter partnership with abc7 news. Zimmerman was being tried for the seconddegree murder death in the Fatal Shooting of 17yearold travon martin. The sixmember, allwoman jury deliberated for more than 16 hours over two days before reaching their they had been given the chance to convict zimmerman of manslaughter but did not do so. Jurors heard two different portraits of zimmerman and had to decide whether
Inaction in the aftermath of the killing of Trayvon Martin, the goal was to ensure that the system worked through the proper process. That the killing of an unarmed 17yearold black child did not go uninvestigated and unprosecuted. So now the first part of that system has played out. The jury has returned a verdict of not guilty, a verdict we must respect. Now we must grapple what that verdict means. We must grieve the reality that no one has been held responsible for the violent lost of someones child. We must confront as generations have done before us the stark realities of race, violence and justice. In just a few moments were going to speak with benjamin crump, the attorney for Trayvon Martins family. As we get started in our coverage this morning the verdict, trial of George Zimmerman i want to bring in craig mel sin who has been covering the trial in sanford, florida. Craig, describe for me, if you will, the scene last night. Last night starkly different from what were seeing now