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Joining me now is lisa bloom, a legal analyst for the "today" show and avo.com. she is also a frequent guest on this show during and after the zimmerman trial. thank you for being here, lisa. >> thank you, reverend. >> in your book, you highlight this photo. george zimmerman showing police where his gun was holstered the night of the shooting. why did you say this is an example of how the prosecution dropped the ball in the trial? >> because this should have been one of the most important pieces...

Analyst for avo.com. and she is also author of "suspicion nation: the inside story of the trayvon martin injustice and why we continue to repeat it." thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> lisa, the focus is now on evidence. what might he be alluding to? >> i certainly hope its the admissions of racism that came from michael dunn himself both in his jailhouse letters where he called african americans thugs and gangsters, and said the more he gets to know them, the more prejudiced he is against ...

Analyst for avo.com and author of "suspicion nation: the inside story of the trayvon martin injustice and why we continue to repeat it." >> thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> representative williams, what have you done in response to the dunn mistrial? >> well, i will tell you today we had a groundbreaking development in what we believe will hopefully change the moment here in the state of florida. today the vice-chairman of the task force that governor scott commissioned about a year and...

Over the volume of the music the boys were playing. music that dunn has described as thug music. dunn claims that he feared for his life and saw a gun in the car. in florida, because of the states stand your ground law, it didnt matter that davis didnt actually have a gun. all that mattered was that dunn believed his life was in danger before opening fire in self-defense. his defense attorney said after the verdict was read that dunn asked him, how is this happening? describing him in, quote, a ...

Acquitted in the shooting death of the teenager he keeps popping up on the media radar, especially this week. >> zimmerman does it again. back in court when his live-in lover claims shes in fear for her own life when zimmerman points a shotgun straight at her face. >> george zimmerman was releastreleast ed from a florida jail today after he posted $9,000 bail and agreed to give up firearms. >> weve learned george zimmerman was served divorce papers in jail before he was released on bond just a l...

Spectacle. since george zimmerman was acquitted in the shooting death of the teenager he keeps popping up on the media radar, especially this week. >> zimmerman does it again. back in court when his live-in lover claims shes in fear for her own life when zimmerman points a shotgun straight at her face. >> george zimmerman was releastreleast ed from a florida jail today after he posted $9,000 bail and agreed to give up firearms. >> weve learned george zimmerman was served divorce papers in jail b...

Lisa bloom. shes an analyst for avo.com. thanks for being on the program. look, i understand both sides of this argument. but it does seem a little bit fishy, the timing of it all, doesnt it? >> its more than a little fishy. when someones looking to ban photography, you have to look at whose interest is being protected. this remind me very much of those terrible ag-gag bills getting passed across the country that prevent people from taking a camera inside a factory farm and documenting the anima...

Hanging up and on the news. you had your opportunity. i cant imagine that this sick person being able to do this to another young girl, this -- it has to stop. >> you can imagine how this family is feeling, theyre already suffering through having a missing child and loved one and now the story that she was going to help deal pot. joining me now is defense attorney lisa bloom, shes also a legal analyst for avo.com, this is not the first time we have reported about someone whos been arrested and a...

>> those close to the jackson family are calling it a cry for help. michael jacksons only daughter paris is recovering this morning after being rushed to the hospital earlier yesterday. sources say she cut one of her wrists and that a suicide prevention hotline operator called 911 after speaking to the 15-year-old girl. jackson has been tweeting about her troubles recently. one of the tweets said using a beatles song, yesterday, all my troubles seem so far away, now it looks as though theyre her...

Discipline out of a rapists culture or does this need to be something entirely different like that overhaul question we asked at the top? >> reporter: i think its both. first and foremost its a crime. people need to be prosecuted to give justice to the current victim. this is not a woman in the military issue. countries like israeli, canada, australia, have women that serve honorably like our women do. but they treat this as a crime. it goes to a prosecutor. its not a cheney of command issue. wo...