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That would drive him back, his head striking hard into the concrete. >> meanwhile, the prosecution tried to paint a very sinister picture of the defendant. >> why does this defendant get out of the car if he thinks that trayvon smarnt a threat to him? why? why? because he has got a gun. he has got the equalizer. is he going to take care of it. he is a wanna be cop. he is going to take care of it he has got a gun. and my god its his community and is he not going to put up with it. either the poli...

Dean of georgetown, university. and senior fellow at demos which is a center left think tank. lets go to center left on this first, richard. i have got to say of all the things that "time" magazine and i didnt even know it was still publishing so im very happy to hear that. what time magazine has said in the past, this is one of the ones that takes the cake. isnt that the polices responsibility to make sure the community is safe? black? white? latino, businesses are already secure? whats wrong w...

Or they are making racist statements defies logic. >> i said it was patronizing. i never used the word exactly racist. >> patronizing too defined. >> as a menace is this mentality that codifies the type of vigilante justice that would chase down a kid, even though you are told not to. >> laura: now you are the jury. >> yes. >> critical race theory? >> this is not a critical race theory. no it hasnt come back. >> laura: there are facts. >> where trial. what im talking about -- im talking about th...

During closing arguments, the defense asked the jurors one last time to find george zimmerman not guilty. >> i almost wish and i have never said this in a criminal trial before. i never heard it being said before. i almost wish that the verdict had guilty, not guilty, and completely innocent. i would ask you to check that one. check the not guilty but check the innocent then, too. >> laura: the prosecution then gave a rebuttal. >> the only way that defendant gets to his gun, the only way trayvon...

The president, as you know, does not spend a lot of time watching television during the day. but, you know, his comments on that are, you know, what they were, but, were not going to say anything from here in the midst of a trial of that nature. >> laura: not going to say anything that wasnt the case last year when shortly after trayvon martins death the president said this: >> can i only imagine what these parents are going through. and when i think about this boy, i think about my own kids. my...

If at the end of the trial, zimmerman is found not guilty because of this quirky law this stand your ground, and you see that it was a fair trial, do you think with all the emotion running through you that you could come out and say hey, he got a fair trial. is that possible? >> its quite possible. i believe in the judicial system and i believe that he can get a fair trial. >> bill: okay. so, its almost a burden on you though, i dont know how you are going to get through that i dont know how you...

Statements defies logic. >> i said it was patronizing. i never used the word exactly racist. >> patronizing too defined. >> as a menace is this mentality that codifies the type of vigilante justice that would chase down a kid, even though you are told not to. >> laura: now you are the jury. >> yes. >> critical race theory? >> this is not a critical race theory. no it hasnt come back. >> laura: there are facts. >> where trial. what im talking about -- im talking about the statements that you are ...

The president, as you know, does not spend a lot of time watching television during the day. but, you know, his comments on that are, you know, what they were, but, were not going to say anything from here in the midst of a trial of that nature. >> laura: not going to say anything that wasnt the case last year when shortly after trayvon martins death the president said this: >> can i only imagine what these parents are going through. and when i think about this boy, i think about my own kids. my...

Go free? how did that play as the final punctuation mark on this trial. >> i think it played well. there is no question this is an emotion case. whether you have a 17-year-old boy unarmed and killed, it tears at your heart strings. i have mentioned it before, my mother, unfortunately lost two sons. i know its very, very difficult to get past losing a child. so, the jury, especially of all women but any jury would sympathize with this. so the prosecution is pounding the emotional side of this cas...

Enforcement. >> laura: why the heck do you need mediators? if everyone concerned is just going to be peaceful and i think they pretty much were peaceful at that event, why do they need mediators? why didnt the justice department, that is the government, richard, that is our government, they felt the need to get involved. >> because that was a phone. >> details but did he make the comment about if hay son that looked like travon, he didnt have to say that, he did. >> that was assisting assembly o...