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Side, they were looking for a white guy. so why would all of a sudden the black guy be considered a scapegoat? >> williams disputes almost everything police witnesses said about that night. what happened that night on the bridge? >> okay. in the first place -- and im not being facetious -- but nothing happened on the bridge. thats the whole misconception. >> as he tells it, there was no splash. he never stopped and didnt turn around. so you never stopped on the bridge? >> no, i didnt. >> you did...

>> atlanta police departments side, they were looking for a white guy. so why would all of a sudden the black guy be considered a scapegoat? >> williams disputes almost everything police witnesses said about that night. what happened that night on the bridge? >> okay. in the first place -- and im not being facetious -- but nothing happened on the bridge. thats the whole misconception. >> as he tells it, there was no splash. he never stopped and didnt turn around. so you never stopped on the brid...

Continue my education and become an attorney, and that is the best way to stop the miscarriage of justice that happened to me from happening with somebody else. i dont think that it should happen to everyone ever again, not one person. >> reporter: what is the miscarriage of justice? >> the fact that two law enforcement agencies stated that i had acted within the laws of our nation within self-defense. sfw >> reporter: you dont think that it is about the law? >> no. >> reporter: what does that m...

Had to say. another reacted scapegoat? you killed someone. they criticized zimmerman for seeming to have an overall lack of remorse. >> unfortunately the department of justice is conducting a civil rights investigation. i have to tread lightly. >> we checked and the department of justice is investigating if any civil rights violations took praise, though no charges are expected to be filed. in the interview, zimmerman said he hoped he could change peoples perception of him. >> if it takes one pe...

On several outstanding felony and misdemeanor warrants. they got him. dont tease them. >> he taunted them on facebook. >> all right. so we heard it from george zimmerman and now were hearing it from michael dunn. both have said theyre the victim and its making people very angry. while those claims were backed up by injuries, the man who killed trayvon martin also said he was victimized by the process. he says he was used as a scapegoat. is zimmerman just looking for responsibility to avoid his a...

>> but the trouble followed them. >> theyre accused of taking $20,000 worth of property from a neighbors house. but thats only the beginning of their legal problems. according to court documents, mark byers was with a juvenile who allegedly assaulted another young man. byers says he let the boys fight in his presence because he wanted to make sure it was fair fight. >> all i could think about is thinking about my son getting beat to death. >> byers stood by watching the fight, holding a gun. now...

With you. >> it is what he wants to be the face of going forward that may be the most confounding? justice? >> what do you want to do with your life? >> good. i would like to professionally continue my education and hopefully become an attorney. i think thats the best way to stop the miscarriage of justice that happened to me from happening to somebody else. i dont think it should happen to anyone ever again, not one person. >> what was the miscarriage of justice? >> the fact that two law enforc...

It shows a miscarriage of justice, it shows that there is not equality for blacks under law. but there is a parallel narrative, which is, well, the police and a state investigative authority both thought there wasnt a crime, that he only got prosecuted because of politics, he was made a scapegoat by politicians and still beat the case. this is about the righteousness of stand your ground. there are two narratives. he buys into the second one and that is what his reality is, that hes a victim, he...

>> and what does that make you? >> like a scapegoat. >> a scapegoat for? >> the government, the president, the attorney general. >> they would be scapegoating you why? just to show theyre taking a position on something that matters to loot of people? >> i dont know what theyre thinking or whoa theyre thinking it. all i know is theyre doing it. i dont know what agenda they have. >> he is a scapegoat. >> wow. >> again, we see the defendant here saying what is going on here like he was in disbelief...

Controversial stand your ground law or at least the standards of self-defense in florida. for the very first time, we are hearing from george zimmerman, the man acquitted in that case. >> what do you want to do with your life? >> good. i would like to professionally continue my education and hopefully become an attorney. i think thats the best way to stop the miscarriage of justice that happened to me from happening to somebody else. i dont think it should happen to anyone ever again, not one pe...