End. so the fact that this is george zimmerman is making it a little bit more than it should. i m a little bit perplexed by the whole lack of charging decisions so far. and does this mean natalie, you think there will be a more serious crime in the future? you talk about multiple domestic violence cases, the charges were dropped in each of them or never filed in one case. speeding with a gun. i mean, you have a point there is now a very long record here of incidents since the trayvon martin killing. well, there are records before the trayvon martin killing too. he had a battery on a law enforcement officer before. so when you ask about that, what i think, you know, with george zimmerman, i do think that there will be more violence. i think the important part here is to focus with what is going on today. and to focus on the fact that it seems as though race does matter when you re looking at who is getting arrested who is getting convicted of these crimes. and who is facing the puni
Alexander the first time, what makes us think a small legislative fix will make any difference the next time? joining me now, my colleague the reverend al sharpton from florida this evening. rev, it s good to have you. thank you, chris. good to be with you. so you re going to be participating in a rally, i believe, on march 10th around some of these issues having to do with stand your ground. you spent a lot of time in florida since the trayvon martin killing. what s your response to the florida legislature s moves? well, i think that it is a very cynical move because what they are doing is using marissa alexander s case, which many of us feel is an egregious case, but they re using it to continue to use the fact that people can fire weapons, can have guns, and it s an unusual alliance of the nra and some members of the legislature. let s not forget, chris, when governor jeb bush who was then-governor in 2005 when the
so you re going to be participating in a rally, i believe, on march 10th around some of these issues having to do with stand your ground. you spent a lot of time in florida since the trayvon martin killing. what s your response to the florida legislature s moves? well, i think that it is a very cynical move because what they are doing is using marissa alexander s case, which many of us feel is an egregious case, but they re using it to continue to use the fact that people can fire weapons, can have guns, and it s an unusual alliance of the nra and some members of the legislature. let s not forget, chris, when governor jeb bush who was then-governor in 2005 when the stand your ground law was signed by him, standsing behind him was a representative of the nra.
Her lawyers mounted a stand your ground defense insisting alexander thought her life was in danger. a judge rejected that defense and she was sentenced to 20 years in prison. alexander had since been granted a retrial, after a court found the judge gave the jury improper instructions. now angela corey s office is looking to put her away for 60 years. marissa alexander s case is being used to still florida s expansion of stand your ground, but stand your ground didn t provide justice to marissa alexander the first time, what makes us think a small legislative fix will make any difference the next time? joining me now, my colleague the reverend al sharpton from florida this evening. rev, it s good to have you. thank you, chris. good to be with you. so you re going to be participating in a rally, i believe, on march 10th around some of these issues having to do with stand your ground. you spent a lot of time in florida since the trayvon martin killing.
it s not that hard at penn station. not that hard anywhere not just at penn station. you are trying to get a cross seconds of people. one of the women had a fur coat that coat must have cost a lot of money. some people were homeless. we get a wide have a right. you didn t get any homeless people. people hanging out. dark skinned people with the hood. she was hanging out at penn station. maybe she was undercover. penn station detective. you shouldn t generalize. living large and watters will be back with a report you are going to want to see. directly ahead senator rand paul says the party is in trouble: new study says al sharpton and others exploited the trayvon martin killing. those reports after these messages. in the new new york, we don t back down. we only know one direction: up so we re up early. up late. thinking up game-changing ideas,