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From that trial, it was the real discussion about how race played a part in it. many people were allowed to ignore race. they wanted to ignore racial implications of why george zimmerman thought trayvon was suspicious and why he thought was a okay to follow trayvon with a gun and provoke him and why the jury felt it was okay after george zimmerman does that that try von did not have a right to defend himself. we wont second guess the jury, the jury has spoken but america has to deal with those q...

Discussion about how race played a part in it. many people were allowed to ignore race. they wanted to ignore racial implications of why george zimmerman thought trayvon was suspicious and why he thought was a okay to follow trayvon with a gun and provoke him and why the jury felt it was okay after george zimmerman does that that try von did not have a right to defend himself. we wont second guess the jury, the jury has spoken but america has to deal with those questions. >> natalee jackson, tha...

Dropped the ball in that regard and they should have had more people talking about the human being trayvon was? >> no, i wont criticize the prosecution. you know, i think the problem -- if you ask me one thing missing from that trial, it was the real discussion about how race played a part in it. many people were allowed to ignore race. they wanted to ignore racial implications of why george zimmerman thought trayvon was suspicious and why he thought was a okay to follow trayvon with a gun and p...

>> let me turn to natalee jackson because youve been in court. youve heard all this evidence. i mean, there clearly is going to be a lot of contention over whether the case for second-degree murder has been proven. however, many people believe that there is a much more compelling argument for manslaughter or aggravated assault. could you see a situation where george zimmerman is convicted of one of those lesser charges, and would that be satisfactory if you couldnt get a murder charge against hi...

Because it was more likely that you could then get a lesser conviction of manslaughter. is there any merit to that oo argument? >> i think there is no merit. we heard the star witnesses would be good or jeantel. zimmerman gave five statements. hes the star witness of this case. listen to the non-emergency call he made where by his own admission he categorized trayvon in the group of these a-holes and f-ing punks and trayvon martin was running away from him and he got out of the call to follow. t...

Felt by the end she held her own and although, i dont think everything she said was likely to be entirely accurate given her age and experience of dealing with these things, i did find quite a credible witness. >> right, and i think that was part of the problem for the defense because this went on for so long and the longer it went on, the more people began to observe exactly what you were saying, is that here you had a man that is an expert at talking to witnesses. here you have a young lady th...

To keep bringing that out. >> right. >> and bringing it home to the jury and repeating it and because it ties into their theory that maybe he was the one who began the assault on george zimmerman. >> vinnie paulson, what do you make of it? it does as natalee jackson said, comes down to two key things. one is was george zimmerman following trayvon martin against the instructions of authorities? we know from the tape he was told not to do that and did he start the confrontation, the altercation wi...

Shes an attorney for trayvon martins family. natalee, welcome back to the show. >> thanks for having me. >> fascinating day and really about this young lady rachel. you know her better than i do and most people. tell me about her. what kind of woman is she? >> well, actually, ive only met her once but ill tell you this is a person that did not want to testify. she didnt want to talk to sybrina fulton about this case, and she certainly didnt want to talk to police officers about this case. i thin...

Because it ties into their theory that maybe he was the one who began the assault on george zimmerman. >> vinnie paulson, what do you make of it? it does as natalee jackson said, comes down to two key things. one is was george zimmerman following trayvon martin against the instructions of authorities? we know from the tape he was told not to do that and did he start the confrontation, the altercation with trayvon martin or not? if both those things are true and ill verify it to be true as this t...

To be entirely accurate given her age and experience of dealing with these things, i did find quite a credible witness. >> right, and i think that was part of the problem for the defense because this went on for so long and the longer it went on, the more people began to observe exactly what you were saying, is that here you had a man that is an expert at talking to witnesses. here you have a young lady that probably never had to testify in the national spotlight before and she did seem to hold ...