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george zimmerman is what made this a national story, that issue. right. some of the key players weighed in on the issue after the verdict. take a listen. this case has never been about race, nor has it ever been about the right to bear arms, not in the sense of proving this as a criminal case, but trayvon martin was profiled. there is no doubt that he was profiled to be a criminal. and if race was one of the aspects in george zimmerman s mind, then we believe that we put out the proof necessary to show that zimmerman did profile trayvon martin. i think that things would have been different if george zimmerman was black for this reason, he never would have been charged with a crime. does it bother you when people say this case is not about race? no, it doesn t. but you know, the whole world was looking at this case for a reason. and what people wanted to see,
by what happened. now, monteith had checked into a drug addiction treatment facility earlier this year and he has been candid about his struggle with substance abuse, but i want to be clear here, ad adam shankman told me that he doesn t believe at this point anybody should be making any ties between any potential drug use and his death. we still have a lot of questions and no answers. it is a tragedy. cory monteith was 31 years old. chris, kate? and poppy, that s the hard part is what s definitely known, only 31 years old and his life is over. it s terrible. thank you for giving us the headlines. appreciate it. big story that we re on this morning, of course, george zimmerman trial, not guilty the verdict. the reaction, crowds, noise. you re listening to it now. protesters hit the streets in several big american cities after the not guilty verdict for george zimmerman. luckily, big voices but not a lot of violence, but we ll tell you about the reactions and why they feel this way
rachel jeantel everyone who loved trayvon and has been sent the message that his life did not matter. kate, chris? i think most people would agree, people, their hearts and prayers are with the family of trayvon martin and as well with the family of george zimmerman. as i keep saying, just to remember is that two families are changed forever from this trial. right, and i do think that, you know, it is our responsibility to bring up that in a vacuum, these reactions make 100% complete sense. they do, anyway, on an emotional level, but we do have to remember, and it s hard to focus on, but we know from that night that george zimmerman came away with the injuries, okay? he had the nose, he had the injuries on his head, he had a story that his head was being banged against the concrete by trayvon martin. the jury accepted that. so, this isn t a mystery. this isn t where we have to search ourselves why a society went so wrong. there was a trial here. the facts and arguments were presen
trayvon martin. you heard right there from angela corey. she said two very important things. she said this case was not about race, but she said that they believe they did offer enough proof that trayvon martin was profiled. going forward, that might be a big issue. what do you see in this case, especially after this verdict, reverend? i remain stunned at this decision that the grown man armed murdered an unarmed man going home because he suspected him. the state s attorney avoided the issue of race. the defense team denied the issue of race. and yet, race profile was obvious from the very beginning. and because of this conclusion, you look at all white people doing the offense and defense, you look at a jury without a black or without a man on it.