report says that he has bruises on him and a broken nose, mary katharine, the police would have to be very, very sure that because of the complicated law in florida that you know, if you feel in danger you can use deadly force and the guy with the broken nose and all of this stuff as his lawyer contends, the arrest thing isn t as easy as all that. now florida has taken it away from the sanford police and assigned a special prosecutor which i think is exactly the right thing to do. let the florida authorities, the state authorities investigate, and, juan, if they believe that there is probable cause to make an arrest, i m sure they will. what do you say mary katharine? it sounds like what we had is a story with a try tragic end that looks like it did have some mishandling by the police there are a lot of ifs how they went through that investigation and came to that determination. a lot of people say the moment that zimmerman pursued trayvon the idea of stand your ground
grass stains on the back of his shirt. he claims that trayvon martin struck him and he went down and he was acting in self-defense. bill: well, according to the sanford police department report george zimmerman did have a bloody nose and a wound on the back of his head. apparently the police do believe there was some kind of physical confrontation between zimmerman before and the young man before the young man was shot. now, the reporting on the case has been hysterical in some precincts once again msnbc finds itself in a controversy. we came for permanent justice. arrest zimmerman now. that s what this rally is about. trayvon represents a reckless disregard for our lives that we have seen too long and we come to tell you tonight enough is enough.
ultimately proved wrong. we have to examine the trayvon martin situation because it s now a nationwide story. today there were rallies planned for at least 12 american cities all of them in support of the slain teenager and his family also a new cnn poll 73% of americans believe the man who shot george zimmerman should be arrested. he has not been. because he is claiming self-defense saying he was attacked by the 17-year-old fox tv station in orlando recently says he witnessed the con problem station,. the guy on the bottom ohio believe had a red sweater was on was yelling help help. i told him to stop and i was calling 911. when i got upstairs and looked down, the person that was on top beating the other guy was the one laying in the grass. and i believe he was dead at that point. bill: the factor was not been able to confirm that zimmerman was wearing a red sweater but his lawyer is pounding the same theme. george zimmerman suffered a broken nose, an injury, a gash
statements made. on that subject, juan, what do you think of the black panthers going hey, this is what i mean, once you get into this realm, that means zimmerman can t go outside of the house because these guys are threatening him. they re athletic him and people might be sympathetic to his point of view. so zimmerman s life is in danger. this is totally this black panther, this is totally a distraction. those people are despicable. they are race baiters. that, to me is lowsome. and it does not help. mary katharine said there are people looking to advance some kind of political agenda out of this. you talking talk about people who wouldn t make the news for any reason it would be those guys. my point to you about the arrest situation was this, bill. this kid had no weapon, zimmerman had a weapon. if zimmerman was the one pursuing the kid, he provoked the confrontation. bill: it depends, juan. having a broken nose. you are oversimplifying. i m not here to be his defense
certainly some inflammatory statements made. on that subject, juan, what do you think of the black panthers going hey, this is what i mean, once you get into this realm, that means zimmerman can t go outside of the house because these guys are threatening him. they re athletic him and people might be sympathetic to his point of view. so zimmerman s life is in danger. this is totally this black panther, this is totally a distraction. those people are despicable. they are race baiters. that, to me is lowsome. and it does not help. mary katharine said there are people looking to advance some kind of political agenda out of this. you talking talk about people who wouldn t make the news for any reason it would be those guys. my point to you about the arrest situation was this, bill. this kid had no weapon, zimmerman had a weapon. if zimmerman was the one pursuing the kid, he provoked the confrontation. bill: it depends, juan. having a broken nose. you are oversimplifying. i m not