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Would, again, require the government to prove that george zimmerman had a bad intent, in this case a racist intent. and one jury has already rejected that claim. its hard to argue that another jury would see it differently. >> reporter: this puts president obama in a delicate position. >> you know, if i had a son, hed look like trayvon. >> that was more than a year ago. since the verdict, the nations first black president has yet to address this issue on camera. instead in a written statement he...

Vain but also whether or not we will have decent dialogue and discussion to look at what we need to do to prevent these kind of things and even change some of these laws. but more importantly, this is a time where we must understand our roll and responsibilities of citizens to be more vigilant. >> dr. bernice king, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you. >> up next, what may be ahead for george zimmerman based on what other high-profile defendants went through after their acquittals. plu...

Elected we live in a post-racial america. those of us in congress and on the street let us know thats not the case and we have a long way to go. >> not guilty. >> this case, they say, has strengthened their resolve. wolf, lawmakers who gathered today say the first place they plan to have conversations about race in america is congress and reevaluate some of the laws that exist. wolf? >> thank you very much. joining us, dr. bernice king, the daughter of the late martin luther king, jr. thank you ...

Is wrong. what they did with medicaid is wrong. >> reporter: theyre calling it moral mondays. a day to stand against a key part of states gop agenda. >> overall, there tends to be a movement as we would call it, backwards. >> reporter: ever since they won control of both the governors office and the legislature for the first time in more than a century, republican lawmakers have cut unemployment benefits, health care for the poor and moved to change voting laws. just last week the house approved...

Mondays, protesters say theyll keep on demonstrating even though they know we wont have a major impact on the laws being passed in this legislature. that, they say, is what the next election is for. >> thanks very much. were just getting in some videotape, abc news barbara walters sat down with trayvon martins parents and got this reaction. >> when you finally got a chance to talk to your son in the courtroom, after the verdict, what did he say to you? >> i had him. i kiss him. and he said thank...

In fact, not about race. so because the standard is so very, very high, as it relates to a hate crime and because so many question marks do exist, and many things didnt come out on both sides, as i understand it, that i think that its an insurmountable mountain for the government to, in fact, climb, and in fact, if they were to try to do that, i think that for them to not be able to prove a case would prove all the worse for the government. i think that we need to move forward in addressing thin...