Forefront cases around the country, comparisons made to trayvon martin. joining me, editor of the grio.com. first case, baltimore, maryland, getting a lot of attention where a black teen was walking through a predominantly jewish neighborhood. two brothers on a watch patrol. they get out. apparently a confrontation ensues. what s the back story here and what was their role being neighborhood watchmen for what they should have done. this was another case, informal neighborhood watch. these men spotted the young man from the car, got out of the car and beat him up. it s compared to the trayvon martin case for the obvious reasons it s again a case of neighborhood watch. an interracial crime, which, of course, statistically is unusual. people again are saying they profiled this young man, felt he shouldn t be in the neighborhood because he was black. the teen went to police on his own accord after this beating, was able to identify
Interestingly enough, both experts agree ed that it wasn t the defendant s fault and even the families of the victim felt he shouldn t have gone to jail. richard, we want to switch over to elena kagan. her swearing in is taking place over the next couple of hours. three women on the supreme court, that is history right? and what do you make of soon to be justice elena kagan richard? amazing president, jim. you know mark the time in history. you will remember it forever, she is going to be great on that bench. she fills in for justice stephe stephens, she will keep the balance there and the obama administration is hoping that she will be able to exact her views on justice kennedy who is