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>> thats right. i think if the black leadership from president obama on down wants to play a constructive role here, and this is what i think is driving a lot of these protests going on around the country, this perception that black male, this perception of black male criminality played a role in this case. we have no evidence from the case itself that it did. but if you were of the opinion that it did, that trayvon martins race or how he was dressed played some role, then the black community co...

Perceptions come from. if you want to change perceptions, young black men need to change their behavior. we go back to what about chicago. you were making a point in the break about some of these issues. go ahead. >> we were talking about the fact that if the department of justice is going to single this case out, theyre going to get criticized heavily. every day in courtrooms across the country, you have crimes committed against black males. those arent being singled out for racist reasons. in ...

Any part of their discussion, what do you make of that? >> i dont know how to reconcile it. i certainly believed that in observing the trial, kate, that race wasnt an element of the crime but of the elephant in the room. profiling is criminal, not necessarilily racial. in retrospect when i listened to juror b37 and listened to the feedback of people that observed the trial it seems that people with their own perceptions of race perhaps put that lens on when they were viewing the testimony and th...

>> bill: in the impact signaturement tonight, after a court verdict emotion rules the day. now we are 48 hours after the jury came to their decision. joining us from orlando one of the attorneys forth family darryl parks. first of all, counselor, do you believe this was a fair trial? >> well, bill, i dont want to second-guess this jury. however, i believe that their decision is not socially logical, to be honest with you. thats why we see the outcry that were seeing today. >> bill: what about th...

>> bill: in the impact signaturement tonight, after a court verdict emotion rules the day. now we are 48 hours after the jury came to their decision. joining us from orlando one of the attorneys forth family darryl parks. first of all, counselor, do you believe this was a fair trial? >> well, bill, i dont want to second-guess this jury. however, i believe that their decision is not socially logical, to be honest with you. thats why we see the outcry that were seeing today. >> bill: what about th...

Different perceptions of the role that race played on the night that trayvon martin was killed. one of the jurors in the case rachel jeantel and one of the key witnesses a wave of activism centered around changing the type of racist culture many believe led to trayvon martins death. joining me right now, justin francis. justin is a senior at queens high school for the sciences at york college here in new york. also joining me from minneapolis, is kyle dranmyrie, two-time national slam propoetry ...

This is a teachable moment for america, to understand what black people and other people of color go through in this country every day and its not just because of racism. not the explicit stuff but the perceptions. there was a lot of discussion in the case about perceptions and assumptions that zimmerman may have been working off of. guess what? that was perceptions and assumptions based on race. its about the way that per primed in america to think that this -- that a young black male would be ...

He were in a standing position. that was an important defense argument. they refused to address the issue of race. they hid from the issue of race while the defense addressed it squarely. and they never offered a theory of the case. so when i was asked to indicate, as i think many legal pundits were. i want to emphasize to everybody listening, that doesnt mean the evidence wasnt there. i cant explain why the prosecution in this case made the decisions that they made but this was a very predictab...

The totality of the evidence as ive learned it throughout my exploration of this case. >> which includes your perceptions or his perceptions as he told them to you, right? didnt you say the defendants perception is important? >> the perception of an individual involved in any conflict is what you have to take into consideration when making a forced decision. so the perceptions -- if i told you i had a perception that the jolly green giant was jumping on me, that would be ridiculous. but if i was...

Moving away and most people, not all, but most people will test the water to see -- because their brain took into account the environment, the event, what they perceive what is a pot when its on a stove usually, its very hot. when they touch and feel that sudden change in temperature, their perception was, even though it wasnt, it was very hot, because of all the external influences. when i look and evaluate statements being given what i try to do is put my person in that persons shoes the first...