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Ago. his comments sparking even more controversy among some in the media. with the former press secretary to president bush, questioning the wisdom of the presidents choice of this particular shooting as a topic to involve the office of the president and not another crime. >> i think that when a president speaks, its to multiple audiences so from the prism of self defense, if you think of the young mother whose 2-year-old son was shot in the face by the two black teens that approached her in atl...

Listen to this. >> when a president speaks, its to multiple audiences. so from the prism of self-defense, if you think of the young mother whose 2-year-old son was shot in the face by the two black teens that approached her in atlanta, and that baby died, why do presidents choose to speak about one case and not the other. its why its better maybe not to talk about any of them. they chose to talk about this one. >> first of all, the president has talked about cases where blacks committed crimes o...

Was corrupt, that there was anything wrong with the system of justice. >> but you understand how it could be seen, as the president talked about, through a prism of the history of injustice in the system? >> absolutely, i can see that. i can also see that stand your ground law may be something that needs to be reviewed by the florida legislature or any other legislature that has passed such legislation. obviously, a lot of things need to come up for review. but to somehow condemn the verdict of ...

>> look, obviously we always want more. you know what we want to hear from president obama because he is a smart guy on race. he wrote "dreams from my father." you dont want michael jordan in the white house and not talk about basketball. you dont want barack obama in the white house and not talk about race. the reality is however, the consequences of his discourse, have been from the far right wing assault and look, tavis smiley is a friend of mine, i love him. but tavis and his buddy, dr. west...

Talked about through a prism of the history of injustice. absolutely. and i can see that the stand your ground law may be something that needs reviewed by the legislatu legislature. obviously a lot of things need to come up for review. but to somehow condemn the verdict of the jury, you would have to show me where the jury was corrupted in any way. >> do you think the stand your ground law in arizona is worth looking at again? >> i think that, yes, i do. and im confident that the members of the ...

Through the prism of that one singularly traumatic event. for you out there saying hes presumed innocent, let me tell you the truth about the presumption of innocence. the phrase innocent until proven guilty does not mean that those of us who have examined the evidence before trial must stick our heads in the stand and draw no conclusion whatsoever. we dont drag people into court because we assume theyre innocent. we indict them because we believe theyre guilty and theres probable cause and extr...

Through the prism of that one singularly traumatic event. for you out there saying hes presumed innocent, let me tell you the truth about the presumption of innocence. the phrase innocent until proven guilty does not mean that those of us who have examined the evidence before trial must stick our heads in the stand and draw no conclusion whatsoever. we dont drag people into court because we assume theyre innocent. we indict them because we believe theyre guilty and theres probable cause and extr...

Issues of poverty that the president is working on for a long time. going back to even bump he got involved in political life after college one of the first things he was was a community organizers for churches and poverty areas. one of the major pieces of legislation at the worked on in the illinois state senate was in fact a racial profiling bill. >> yes. >> this is something hes deeply rooted in. >> he wasnt taking a side in the case, and, you know, his initial statement was very clear in say...

Talked about trying to hail cabs in new york city, we talked about -- he talked about his own grandmother who he loved dearly and she was white and talked about being afraid of young black men and that was painful for him. this was sort of pushed on him, the african american community did want him to speak out but i thought in large part it was a way to say let me show you my prism. if you cant relate to this 17-year-old african american boy in florida, you can relate to me because you know me a...

In. >> so you didnt find her credible as a witness. >> i see you shaking your head. >> yes, because the way "they" live, the way they think, their environment. this is obviously a woman who sees herself as divorced from "they." she doesnt say this is the way young people think. she doesnt say this is the way our community acts. this is a person who i noticed even in your interview she kept talking about george. georgy. and trayvon martin was the boy of color. >> that goes back once again to what...