this jury i would have liked to have seen. i think that voice and that culture and that perspective of a diverse panel is very important in any jury deliberation, and it s even minimized when you have a six-member jury. let me go to jordan. what struck me from the interview is there was a disconnect between her world and rachel jeantel and trayvon martin s world. and that is where i think the makeup of the jury became significant. it s just different worlds, different languages, don t really understand each other. well, absolutely. i think it s remarkable that b37 mentioned that she said she felt sorry for her, but she felt that she was telling the truth in her own way. i think very clearly these women looked very carefully through each one of these witnesses and evaluated them based upon, again, their own life experiences.
gun? no. what about drugs? drugs. okay. weed, you saying marijuana? uh-huh. in my area we say weed. my area, weed for trayvon, i can explain one thing. weed don t do ever him go crazy. it just ever him go hungry. [ laughter ] that s the best thing i can say. it ever him hungry. did he take a lot of weed? no. how much would you say? like twice a week. twice a week. yes. is that normal for teenagers in your community? yes, real normal. you would do the same? no, because no. you don t take it? no. you knew trayvon, we know there was evidence of that in his blood. yes. what the defense again tried
mother birthday. there is a lot of birthdays up in there. that creep me out. i don t don t do this at all. i haven t told my parents, i m not going to they funeral. i m not doing none of that. i don t like funerals. for those who just don t know, what effect did it have on you, trayvon s death to clear the shocking fact that you were the last person he was talking to? shock. it s just shock. it s just like wow. you can t believe like you can t believe what just happened. you were just on a minute on the phone with the person and he sound normal and then a situation happened, and then i m
because of the heat of the moment and the stand your ground. he had a right to defend himself. tonight another controversial jury verdict, o.j. simpson s acquittal 18 years ago. what it s like to live with a verdict that shocked the nation. i sat down with rachel jeantel what turned out to be extraordinary. she had a lot to say. they tried to paint a picture of somebody interested in guns, took a lot of drugs. let s get to the truth about that. did he ever talk to you about guns? no. did you ever see him with a gun? no. what about drugs? drugs? okay. weed. you say marijuana uh-huh. we in my area, we see weed. my area weed for trayvon, i can explain one thing. weed don t do ever him go crazy. it just ever him go hungry. when the state closed, they trying to explain what kind of person i am. you can see the kind of person i am. i never the whole stand i never cussed out don. even during our little back marmg i ve been dealing with don west. you actually saw hi
that. did he ever talk to you about guns? no. did you ever see him with a gun? no. what about drugs? drugs? okay. weed. you say marijuana uh-huh. we in my area, we see weed. my area weed for trayvon, i can explain one thing. weed don t do ever him go crazy. it just ever him go hungry. when the state closed, they trying to explain what kind of person i am. you can see the kind of person i am. i never the whole stand i never cussed out don. even during our little back marmg i ve been dealing with don west. you actually saw him here in the cnn yeah, yeah, yeah.