story, telling his own personal story about people locking the doors on their cars and being followed in department stores. so i thought that was extraordinary that he approached it in such a personal way. candy, i thought it was interesting how he in a way he was explaining how some people in the african american community view the trayvon martin situation, for those who maybe don t understand the lens through which the history and experiences through which people judge things, but it wasn t like the president s 2008 speech on race, which was an address he kind of had to give at the time. this was something he really didn t have to address. he could have letter rick holder speak for him. yeah, i don t know. i think i think pretty much he was pushed into this, and there really was a feeling the first african american president needed to talk about a trial that people saw through different prisms. i thought what was particularly effective about his use of personal stories and we
surprise you? you know, it was surprising. i think the president s goal here was to create a bridge of empathy between himself and the rest of the country and a group of people that are too often left behind, that s low income, young african american men. he didn t just want to do that with policy or politics. he wanted to do it by telling a story, telling his own personal story about people locking the doors on their cars and being followed in department stores. so i thought that was extraordinary that he approached it in such a personal way. candy, i thought it was interesting how he in a way he was explaining how some people in the african american community view the trayvon martin situation, for those who maybe don t understand the lens through which the history and experiences through which people judge things, but it wasn t like the president s 2008 speech on race, which was an address he kind of had to give at the time. this was something he really didn t have to address.
profiling. here in new york city where we have this huge debate because of the way the mayor has gone with racial profiling and talking to individuals, we ve got to make sure that this conversation happens. we ve got to make sure that we stay with it until such time that we get rid of those laws like stand your ground. how do we get rift racial profiling? you have to make it illegal. number one. that s the trayvon martin situation, the prosecutors tried to avoid the discussion the jurors said they did not recognize it. and the defendant tried to delete it. can you imagine if you have a trial in florida where you had six black jurors as opposed to six white jurors, the prosecutor would accept that arrangement? the jury should have been black, white, male and female. it was very unrepresentative. you have a conclusion that was,
evidence to only point to one person s guilt, and the zimmerman, trayvon martin situation, it was different. it was a self-defense case, if you believe that evidence, and i don t believe it was racially charged, and it s unfortunate that s where the conversation always lies. again, i think we need to get bigger and more global and think how we treat each other and have a lack of regard for human life. the point i was going to ever is in your trial for example involving the death of your brother and others, having such a predominantly black jury, do you feel the race element of that, of jury selection led them to acquit somebody who many people believe should have been convicted because some people are saying in the zimmerman trial that had you had more african americans on the jury than they would have related better perhaps to trayvon martin to his background, to the star witness rachel jeantel and could perhaps have had a different verdict?
that way but our cases were drastically different. our case, we had a black defendant with white victims with hundreds of pieces of evidence to only point to one person s guilt, and the zimmerman, trayvon martin situation, it was different. it was a self-defense case, if you believe that evidence, and i don t believe it was racially charged, and it s unfortunate that s where the conversation always lies. again, i think we need to get bigger and more global and think how we treat each other and have a lack of regard for human life. the point i was going to ever is in your trial for example involving the death of your brother and others, having such a predominantly black jury, do you feel the race element of that, of jury selection led them to acquit somebody who many people believe should have been convicted because some people are saying in the zimmerman trial that had you had more african americans on the jury