Morning and on social media. It blew up last night as that verdict was read. Fox friends begins right now. George zimmerman not guilty on all charges in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The verdict was met with shock outside the sanford courtroom and across the country. Live outside the courthouse with the very latest on whats happening in florida. Reporter good morning, tucker. Everything quiet but overnight there were demonstrators. During the entire trial, if you look at the protesters, those who came out here calling for George Zimmermans conviction far outnumbered those that came out to support them. When the jury handed down its not guilty verdict overnight demonstrators at the courthouse expressed their disappointment. The violence many had feared never occurred. Some prominent civil rights leaders and the family of the dead teen had urged them to honor Trayvon Martins memory with peace and thats exactly what they were doing. When the verdict came in, it wasnt as bad as i thought it would be, which is a great thing. I think people are conducting themselves quite well. Theres a lot of Police Presence out here. But i cant tell you whats in everybodys heart. George zimmerman supporters say this was never a case about race but a man dftding himself for his life. Naacp said Trayvon Martin, who was black, was racially profiled when zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch captain followed him the night of the shooting. The organization said they were going to ask the Justice Department to seek civil rights charges against the defendant. Back to you. Jonathan serrie, thanks so much. This is the rub about the cripple Justice System, which most people dont realize. Its not about justice but protecting your rights, protecting the rights of the defendant and the constitution. In the end people often feel so bereft and so unsatisfied. Like what about Trayvon Martins family. I think that is an understandable feeling but it doesnt mean that the law wasnt followed, everything was legal. Every trial comes down to a simple question. Can the state prove its case. And is there reasonable doubt the state hasnt proved this case. This very specific case, you can point to the prosecution. Every lawyer we interviewed said the same thing, they did not make the case. Even in the few weeks prior to the verdict, all signs point to not guilty. If youre reading the tea leaves, the prosecution simply was basing itself on emotion. Former prosecutor criminal snyder and defense attorney richard hornsby. Who we be surprised, richard, this turned out the way it did . No. I think if you talked to anybody that works in the criminal Justice System as a criminal lawyer, prosecutor or defense attorney, the reasonable doubt was always there. There was never really a question in most criminal defense lawyers minds about whether he would be found not guilty. Its not really a surprise at all. Philip, what did you think when you heard the verdict . I wasnt surprised at all. The state made a poor filing decision from the on set. I think murder two was a huge stretch. When they were arguing throughout the trial they put themselves in a corner, ill will, hatred. They lost the jury. They would have had a much better chance with the jury with a manslaughter charge. Ive heard a lot of people say what you said, murder two was a stretch. Why do you think they went with murder two. I think angela was spearheading from the beginning, john guy and bernie de la rosa were caught in a situation they had to argue adamantly things they werent able to prove. Ill will, spite, hatred wasnt plausible. If they had made a manslaughter and common sense argument, they would have had a much better shot at a conviction. Although, i still think based on the law the jury made the right verdict. Richard, lets put this on the screen. These were not guilty verdicts, Second Degree murder and manslaughter, not guilty of manslaughter also. Yesterday afternoon we had heard the jury wanted some clarification on manslaughter and exactly the charge therein at one point. It seemed like maybe if you were to believe that, manslaughter was about to be coming down the pike. Why did they need clarification on that . Well, i think the bigger issue is they probably went back there. Second degree murder was never a consideration im willing to bet right away. This was from the beginning a debate between selfdefense and not guilty versus manslaughter. Im willing to bet one or two people we suspect were holding out were trying to justify manslaughter on the act of him getting out. Manslaughter only involves an intentional act that ultimately resulted in someones death. Im willing to bet the two holdouts was saying getting out of his car was the intentional act. Not necessarily following the directions of the nonemergency caller operator, it was the act of confronting Trayvon Martin, however they interpreted it happened in that room was the intendingal act. I think there was probably make people that were trying to find a way to convict him. At the end of the day, even though hes been found not guilty, i think youll have a hard time finding anybody to say hes innocent. Thats the issue they struggle with, especially the People Holding out to try to get some type of manslaughter conviction. I think thats right. It was a complicated case that he had some culpability but that is the law. Lets listen to what defense attorney don west had to say about the verdict. We needed facts. Unlike what miss cory said they the broke the facts, they didnt. Anybody that watched the trial knew the defense put on the case. We proved George Zimmerman was not guilty. I think the prosecution of George Zimmerman was disgraceful. I am gratified by the jurys verdict, as happy as i am for George Zimmerman. Im glad this jury kept a tragedy. Lets hear from de la rionda how they felt. Respect the verdict. It boils down to a kid minding his own business being followed by a stranger. So i would submit thats when it started. Philip, what do you think about that . At the end of the day, George Zimmerman did follow trafb martin when they told him not to. People in some corners are feeling, what should Something Different should have happened. I spoke to a lot of people nmg case. They it are torn, they feel for this individual. It doesnt feel he did something wrong at the on set. George zimmerman was doing profiling, whatever that may be. That doesnt negate the fact once it started and after the case did not prove their case. I think bernie de la riondas especially coreys comments were inappropriate. They should have went to the family, consoled them before they came out with the press conference, still saying they believe this case was accurate. Her comments were over the top. When do politics bring charges in the first place. Absolutely. Tching angela cor was taking her 15 minutes of fame. As a former prosecutor, i was disgusted by her actions. I think shes the one that initiated this campaign, spearheaded the campaign, she did not even console the family before grandstanding is disgussing. Your comments about don wests comments about this being disgraceful the way prosecution handed things. I know him personally. If you know don west, hes a lawyers lawyer, a standup guy. Hes very mild mannered, even though hes a good lawyer. That was outrageous. I was shocked. He doesnt usually lose it the way he did. This goes to the fundamental issue, don west, federal public defender, private practice after that. Hes retired twice, came out of retirement twice to help mark omara the second time. This is the type of thing he fought against his entire career angela corey hiding evidence, hiding the ball, being dilatory, claiming to be ready when they really werent and pursuing a case here is the bottom line with a murder case, you dont pray with the family to decide whether or not its right to prosecute a murder case, of course the family will think it is. You get a grand jury. They had a grand jury convened. She never went through with it. She went ahead on her own. Cases like these are made for grand jury, politically charged cases. As for the state and what they did wrong. What do you make of this . They are trying to justify what happened. At the end of the day i agree angela corey, it was a political prosecution. You cant think of it any other way. She was grandstanding. In listening to her last night, she didnt know the law. She was trying to justify what was a bad decision. I think she used this case as political cover because she has her own problems in the Africanamerican Community back in jacksonville. Philip, i think it would help people today to hear from the jurors and what their rational was and what their deliberations were like. They can choose to stay anonymous. The judge gave them anonymity through this. We dont know their names and addresses obviously. Do you think any of them will ever come forward . Thats a good question. Normally in a highprofile case jurors want to come forward, because they like the limelight and want to explain it to the media. That being said, in this case unlikely for the jury to come forward. They did such a good job making sure they were anonymous, they dont want backlash because of the acquittal. For that reason it would be unlikely for the jury to come forward, at least until some of the heat dies down. Later maybe they will share their story. What are you saying . Are you saying the country is so out of control jurors are afraid to come and publicly comment on the case because they are going to get hurt . Is that what youre saying . I think its possible in the jurors minds its out of control. At this point everything under control. Prior to the verdict coming out, there were a lot of twrt feeds, social media feeds that said if George Zimmerman was acquitted there would be riots and repercussions. For their safety, it may be in their interest and familys best interest to lay low and then come out and share their story with the public. What happens to george zim. Were hearing naacp say they arent doing to let this lie. Other individuals. His brother saying George Zimmerman should probably hang onto the gun, he will have Death Threats for the rest of his life. From a defense perspective, what happens now. What happens when George Zimmerman wakes up . Any Legal Protection to make sure someone doesnt hurt or harm him . There is no Legal Protection in place p hes on his own. Lets dont forts the bigger picture. His wife is under prosecution by angela corey. Where does he go and what does he do . They are already investigated for civil rights. Thats a nonissue. I think you need to let it lie, accept the verdict for what it was. He does have the possibility he could be sued civilly for the wrongful death of Trayvon Martin. Thats an interesting thing. You heard mark omara say last night we will vigorously fight that. They can raise stand your ground. If they do raise immunity and are successful and win, they are responsible to pay the legal fees of George Zimmerman for successfully defending himself. Its really an interesting of dichotomy, do you pursue this, risk now that you know the evidence, no spin, do you pursue a civil lawsuit against George Zimmerman. It would be in Seminole County which i think would still be favorable to George Zimmerman. Gentlemen, if you could hang on for just a second, we want to come back to you in just a moment. We are joined by radio talk show host. George zimmerman acquitted from the charges. Naacp says its far from over. They are calling in the Justice Department to bring civil rights charges of some kind against George Zimmerman highlighting the fact this has really become a racially charged case. Was it from the beginning an inherently racial case. It wasnt a racial case. It was a local issue, a tragedy Trayvon Martin was killed, these two elements came together. It became a National Case when president obama injected himself saying if i had a son, he would look like trayvon. When he pulled out the playbook and property out Jesse Jackson, locals in the naacp chapter president , miss houston from the ame baptist church, they got together. Joe madison, mark thompson, they turned this not into justice and due process but into justice based on a black victim narrative. Lets listen to the Trayvon Martin family attorney. He said it was race and it started from the beginning. To everybody that put their hoodies on and to everybody who said i am trafb, his family expressed their heartfelt gratitude for helping them the last 17 months. The whole world was looking at this case for a reason. What people wanted to see as we all said, how far we have come in america in matters of equal justice. Certainly as we have said, well be intellectually dishonest if we didnt acknowledge the racial undertones in this case. So we have to have very responsible conversations about how we get better as a country and move forward from this tragedy and learn from it. Ben says youre being intellectually dishonest for saying this is not a conversation about race. Ben crump in 2006, the Martin Lee Anderson case, black teen killed at a juvenile camp. Young pictures of him. He brings al sharpton, Jesse Jackson, then senator barack obama. This the playbook he talked about with the Orlando Sentinel, his words hes using the same playbook. Having said all this, it was a racial case, because at first blush all we knew is that an unarmed plaque teenager was followed and shot. But in a way we didnt. What did he say 911 call to the operator, on a dark rainy night zimmerman couldnt identify if he was black, hispanic. He did say he looked like a black guy. Edited together as if that was the first thing he said. It was erroneous, there was more to the conversation. Thats what we knew. Thats why it felt like a racial case. But then it wasnt taken look, its a Law Enforcement issue at that point. I have always said from the beginning the due process needs to play out here. It became more racial when the had the marches not for justice but for a particular type of justice. When you look at the reaction that happened even from people like Marlon Wayans last night. This is not about justice but a perceived type of justice. In our system, black or white, trevor dully, a black man, 69yearold plaque man shoots a 21yearold white man in florida, asserts your stand your Ground Defense and back at work after posting bond the following monday. That also happened. Where was the outrage then . If its against stand your ground, there should be outrage there. There should be some civil rights violation but its biased justice they wants. It immediately fits into this 1955 template. The first thing we heard was black male underage shot by white guy. Its bull conner versus protesters. Its every cliche emerges right away. Where are the reasonable people to say, hold on, lets take each crime or incident on its own terms. We never would have known the details had he not been charged. All we knew was broad brush strokes, unarmed black teenager with skittles in his pocket with every right to be on the street shot by a white guy, hispanic guy. Im fine with that. We need to examine this, the details but that was not put forward. Zimmerman, not a typical hispanic name, white washed pictures put out by media outlets. Profiling. Prosecutors office used profiling. Profiling is not a charge, instrument to be used in charging for Second Degree murder. They were setting up a narrative themselves. There was a political aspect. The doj unit since 1964. Its down there, as we now have requests, down there spending money to facilitate rallies against zimmerman. We have emails. We have a meeting in the church. We have the firing of bill lee, chief bill lee. By the way, that rally facilitated by the Community Relations service who made it possible, spent the money literally, taxpayer dollars. Its not a small amount. Its the fact they arent supposed to be involved in this. Became political, absolutely. David webb joining us, special coverage as the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial has been read and we now know the answer to that. 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