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Needed to speak alone. there will be no other interviews my prayers are with all those who have the influence and power to modify the laws that left me with no verdict option other than not guilty in order to remain within the instructions. no other family should be forced to endure what the martin family has endured. as for the alleged book deal, there is not one at this time, there was an agreement with a literary agent to explore the concept of a book which discussed the impact of sequestrati...

Shotgun at the back of my head. it turned out what it was was the guy -- the clerk had accidentally stepped on the switch that calls the police when theres a robbery, and so they responded. what i was thinking the whole time is oh, my god, this is the only money i have, maybe i should try to sneak it out and stick it into the sfak thing. if i would have done that, i would have been dead instantly, because i turned around and it was a police officer. what really got me at the time is there were a...

Thank you for the opportunity to vent some of the anguish which has been in me since the trial began for reasons of my own, i needed to speak alone. there will be no other interviews my prayers are with all those who have the influence and power to modify the laws that left me with no verdict option other than not guilty in order to remain within the instructions. no other family should be forced to endure what the martin family has endured. as for the alleged book deal, there is not one at this...

>> let me go to michael steele. what is your reaction to hearing that story? >> you know, it is a story of a lot of young african-american males. whether theyre from the hood or from, you know, or not. it doesnt matter. >> exactly. >> what val, myself, and so many others have in common is black skin. and a lot of the perceptions that go along with that. and as i tell my young boys, my two sons were in their early 20s, particularly when they got their drivers licenses, chris, said look, if you ev...

Has been in me since the trial began. for reason of my own i needed to speak alone. there will be no other interviews. my prayers are with all of those who influence and power to modify the laws that left me with no verdict option. other than not guilty in order to remain within the instructions. no other family should be forced tone dur what the martin family has endured. for the alleged book deal, there is not one at this time. there was an agreement with a literary agent to explore the concep...

There will be no other interviews. my prayers are with all of those who have influence and power to modify the laws that left me with no verdict option other than not guilty in order to remain within the instructions. no other family should be forced to endure what the martin family has endured and goes on to say this, now, as for the alleged book deal, there is not one at this time. there was an agreement with a literary agent to explore the concept of a book which discusses impact of sequestra...

Speak alone. there will be no other interviews. my prayers are with all of those who influence and power to modify the laws that left me with no verdict option. other than not guilty in order to remain within the instructions. no other family should be forced to endure what the martin family has endured. she then also goes on to say, for the alleged book deal, there is not one at this time. there was an agreement with a literary agent to explore the concept of a book which discussed impact of se...

Anderson cooper interview with one of them, four others put out their statement apparently wanting to distance themselves from one juror, b-37, had to say. what do you make of that? >> well, theres so much attention that attaches to this case, passions run so high that i think that if they have a voice they want it to be their own and not come from somebody else who has their own individual perceptions than doesnt surprise me. i am impressed, though, with what judge hatchett had to say. shes rig...

Black men disproportionately responsible for this crime. that requires having an honest discussion within the black community, between black leaders and parents and children and so forth and being honest about making behavioral changes that will therefore change perceptions. >> yeah. what jason has gotten that in this piece, kirsten is if black leaders hope to change that perception -- everyone agrees what happened to trayvon martin was a tragedy. the death of this young man is something that ev...

About the black mayors and black police chiefs in some of the most violent cities in the country. >> there have been a lot of crimes in this area committed by -- >> yes, again, black perceptions of black criminality reflect black crime rates. if we want to change those perceptions, change the behavior. >> those perceptions carried some weight in this case. thats a bigger issue here. the bigger issue here is that we have to understand -- [ overlapping speakers ] >> race was never introduced. it w...