impossible to believe. did race play a role? did race does race play a role in our everyday lives? the second that a black person and a white person enter america and have american citizenship, they are conditioned from the second they are born to have totally different experiences. so i mean the idea that race played a role in the case, yes, it played a role in the case. he s on the tape saying f ing coons. automatically it got racial. it definitely played a role in the jury. the situation is that the defense just had to pull out the fear that white america is conditioned to feel about black men. they re scared of black men. not because they feel this way intrinsically because they re conditioned to feel this way. all the defense had to do was tap into that fear and instantly george zimmerman is sympathetic. they re sympathetic to him and trayvon martin is instantly the aggressor until proven otherwise. and trayvon martin was on trial. stephanie, let me ask you about this issue.
a racial slur as he got out of the suv to follow trayvon martin. it is important, because the federal government is investigating this as a possible hate crime. and the audio in question could be a major piece of evidence. the fbi is certainly treating it that way. they re doing their open analysis of the own analysis of the tape. a warning about the language. if you want to send the kids out of the room, now would be a good time. okay? so about the phrase. some believe they hear zimmerman saying f ing coons and others hear f ing cold. listen. i don t want to say what it sounds like this time but a lot of people are saying it sounds like, but let s play it a few times so that the viewer can have a hear for themselves. f ing coons. you can stop it. it does sound less like that racial slur last time i acknowledged the possibility it could have been that slur. from listening in this room, this is the state of the art room it doesn t sound like that slur anymore. but to
conclusions so you can decide for yourself based on the evidence what happened that night. today, a leading forensic audio expert listened to george zimmerman s 911 call and weighed in on whether zimmerman uttered a racial slur as he got out of the suv to follow trayvon martin. it is important, because the federal government is investigating this as a possible hate crime. and the audio in question could be a major piece of evidence. the fbi is certainly treating it that way. they re doing their open analysis of the own analysis of the tape. a warning about the language. if you want to send the kids out of the room, now would be a good time. okay? so about the phrase. some believe they hear zimmerman saying f ing coons and others hear f ing cold. listen. i don t want to say what it sounds like this time but a lot of people are saying it sounds like, but let s play it a few times so that the viewer can have a hear for themselves. f ing coons. you can stop it. it does so
more sophisticated methods to uncover the truth. also, zimmerman s two attorneys are speaking out about why neither sat down and looked their client in the eye. they spoke to local station, wofl. if there s an investigation on going in this case, there are cases where i want to hear my client s version, look him in the eye and see if i believe him or not. in this case, i believe the sanford police have already given him a voice stress test, he passed that. his statement seems to support the evidence what happened, i don t need to look him in the eye. all right. that s something new, george zimmerman taking a voice stress test. sanford police won t comment on whether they put him through such a test when they questioned him, but they do say they use it as do other florida police departments. keeping them honest though, how reliable are they? we contacted an expert who did a study of the devices when used to question suspects about drug use. he says their ability to detect
and whether george zimmerman fired in self-defense. in a moment, a new version of that 911 audiotape that some believe contains zimmerman uttering a racial slur. the fbi now analyzing it. we did our own enhancements early but have now used more sophisticated methods to uncover the truth. also, zimmerman s two attorneys are speaking out about why neither sat down and looked their client in the eye. if there s an investigation on going in this case, there are cases where i want to hear my client s version, look him in the eye and see if i believe him or not. i believe the sanford police have given him a voice stress test and he s passed that. so i don t necessarily need to look him in the eye. all right. that s something new, george zimmerman taking a voice stress test. sanford police won t comment on whether they put him through such a test when they questioned him, but they do say they use it as do other florida police departments. keeping them honest though, how reliab