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You see it in every single trial. it explains 95% of what goes on in every courtroom in america. and jury selection is the -- why do you think that they reseat jurors? why do you think they say its unpair when an all-white juror judge as black defendant? why do they eliminate blacks so you get an all-white jury? that is reality. >> i have disagreed with you every day. however, and i tend to look at things very race neutral. i come from a multi-racial background and when i was viewing this case a...

>> thats all they can go after now, bob. his money. they cant put him in jail. thats point. >> if the justice department were to go forward with this, do you think ultimately that this case having been started hopefully deal with racial tension and actually makes racial tension worse? >> here is the issue with eric holder. he sees everything through the prism of race. he kept that mustache because he believes shaving cream, which is white -- you know, he keeps talking about an honest -- always w...

State level and consider them through the prism of gun violence and ask whether or not they are improving the situation with regards to gun violence or in-ed a vert tently making that situation worse. >> he stopped short of directly criticizing floridas stand your ground law. >> all right, wendell, thank you very much. so the attorney general is also under pressure from the naacp who are urging him to bring you new federal charges against george zimmerman. we will be hearing from eric holder in ...

I know that. i know that. i understand. im talking about in the state courts across this country. every single day if you -- as i sit in a courtroom and watch nothing but young black males get processed in and out of courtrooms in this country for the, what i consider to be, the parking ticket of superior court. it usually involves some small amount of drugs or something drug related. 80% of the cases that come through the criminal justice system. and the absolute constitutionalized racism when ...

That in one case where here its almost the exact flip side of what happened. what happened here was you had six white women or five white women on this jury. you talk about what charles was talking about, that organizing principle. i just call it -- and i called it a couple weeks ago, the prism through which they look. early on and one of the reasons i was all over sunny on this case was because i understand, i think, from sitting in the trenches that the prism through can they look is the same ...

And instead of dealing with that, they ran away from it. and ill go back to the other conundrum about this case. if george zimmerman was anybody but a cop, he would have been arrested that night. thats something that every young black male in america knows, and thats something that everybody whos in the criminal justice system knows. you do not kill somebody and get a pass. the cops arrest first and ask questions later. >> so when mark omara says that if george zimmerman was black, this never wo...

Young black male in america knows, and thats something that everybody whos in the criminal justice system knows. you do not kill somebody and get a pass. the cops arrest first and ask questions later. >> when mark omara says that if george zimmerman was black, this would have never gone to try, you believe if george zimmerman had been black, he would have been arrested that night. >> if george zimmerman had been black, he not only would have been arrested that night, but you would have had those...

Think, from sitting in the trenches that the prism through can they look is the same prism that george zimmerman looks when he sees trayvon martin walking there. then when you layer on all of the other nuances about this and you put on the woman who had the home invasion and you press all of those buttons, you play on and you absolutely build on this kind of archetype that is built into the system. and it is awful and it happens every day in the system. i hate the fact that now weve kind of look...

Presented to six or 12 people that has to support a conviction. so i think youll hear a lot of talk, and i think the public has to be reassured that this fairness in the system, that everything is being investigated and for african-americans in it and i think maybe -- i think a lot of whites in this country maybe dont get a sense that to african-americans, this is like one of their own children got shot down for no reason, for being in his own neighborhood and for being black and wearing a hoody...

Six white women or five white women on this jury. you talk about what charles was talking about, that organizing principle. i just call it -- and i called it a couple weeks ago, the prism through which they look. early on and one of the reasons i was all over sunny on this case was because i understand, i think, from sitting in the trenches that the prism through can they look is the same prism that george zimmerman looks when he sees trayvon martin walking there. then when you layer on all of t...