But they have not arrested him. Fox w5s fox landry tells us the dead mans grieving family wants to know why not. Is that a friend of yours . My son. This afternoon we met tracy martin at the crime scene. He says his 17yearold son, Trayvon Martin was shot to death. He walked out of the house to go to the store. He was going to the store. The guy on the bottom who i believed had a red sweater on was yelling to me, help, help. I told him to stop and i was calling 911. The family of 17yearold Trayvon Martin is asking the state attorneys office, attorney general and Sanford Police to prosecute the miami teenagers killer. In this case, mr. Zimmerman has made the statement of selfdefense. Until we can establish probable cause to dispute that, we dont have the grounds to arrest him. Outraged residents asked the Sanford Police department to show accountability. If this young man would have shot this man, wouldnt he have been arrested . He definitely would have been arrested. My heart hurts for my son. Trayvon is my son. Trayvon is your son. Justice equals peace. Yes. Which means no justice no peace. Crowds gather in florida, and for that matter in cities and towns across the country brought together in their outrage over the killing of an unarmed teenager in florida. Hundreds of students walked out of more than a dozen schools in Trayvon Martins hometown of miami. From 30th street station, Peaceful Protesters marched about 15 blocks hoping their price for justice reach hundreds of miles away from sanford, florida. Massive support continues to spread across the country. From atlanta, to new york, and chicago. Thousands donned hoodies in church in solidarity with Trayvon Martin. The miami heat where many town friday night sure to beat the pistons, but also used the game to make a statement about how they feel about a teen from their area, Trayvon Martin. A lot of us are fathers, a lot of us have young boys. You know, if our boys can help in any kind of way, thats what were going to do. When i think about this boy, i think about my own kids, and i think every parent in america should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this. And the online groundswell continues to build. 1. 2 Million People have signed the martin familys internet petition demanding zimmermans arrest. The special prosecutor has charged George Zimmerman with seconddegree murder. George zimmerman, 28 years old, was taken into custody. Today we filed an information charging George Zimmerman with murder in the is Second Degree. A capias has been issued for his arrest. Do you feel you wouldnt be here for this interview if you didnt have that gun . No, sir. You feel you would not be here . I feel that it was all gods plan and for me to second guess it, or judge it on april 11th, 2012, special prosecutor angela corey filed a charge of murder in the Second Degree against George Zimmerman. He pleaded not guilty claiming selfdefense. More than a year later after 12 days of testimony and 2 days of deliberation, the jury reached its verdict. Were going to go to craig melvin right now. Craig, what do you got . We have a verdict, chris jansing. The p. I. O. For courthouse indicated a verdict has been reached in the murder trial of George Zimmerman. In the Circuit Court for seminole county, florida, state of florida versus George Zimmerman. Verdict, we the jury find George Zimmerman not guilty. So say we all, foreperson. To the living we owe respect. To the dead we owe the truth. We have been respectful to the living. We have done our best to assure due process to all involved. And we believe that we brought out the truth on behalf of Trayvon Martin. I think the evidence supported that George Zimmerman did nothing wrong and he was battered and beaten by a 17yearold, for whatever reason, we wont know, thought that he had to lash out and attack violently. To everybody who put their hoodies up and to everybody who said, i am trayvon, his family expressed their heartfelt gratitude for helping them these past 17 months. So far the paranoid predictions of mass race riots have not come true. That does not mean there is not fury and anger. There have been Peaceful Demonstrations and Prayer Services across the country, and the anger and deep disappointment has as much to do with the context of this verdict as the verdict, itself. A perception that in America Justice is not blind. Home, were just walking home were just walking home there are now questions of a possible civil trial and continuing Justice Department investigation as well as some astounding postverdict remarks by zimmermans Defense Attorneys about the prosecution of George Zimmerman being a disgrace. Well also look at why the stand your ground law was somehow not available to Marissa Alexander, a 31yearold black woman who felt threatened by an estranged husband in the same state and under the jurisdiction of the same state attorney, angela corey, who oversaw the zimmerman prosecution. Well get to all of that. First, we are all still processing what this verdict says about equal justice under law. Joining me on satellite is Melissa Harrisperry, host of the show that airs right here on msnbc, on saturday and sunday mornings at 10 00 a. M. And joining me here at the table, is msnbc political analyst Michael Eric Dyson, professor of sociology at georgetown university. And maya wiley, civil rights attorney and founder and president of the center if social inclusion, a social justice nonprofit. Melissa, i want to begin with you. You were incredibly compelling and eloquent and emotional in what you said on saturday night, and on sunday. How are you feeling about the fallout from the verdict now, today on monday . Well, you know, chris, i think you and i have talked before, when weve you got, initially had your weekend show about a year before i got the m. H. P. Show and how odd it felt as people who werent initially journalists to suddenly have a tv show in this way. I have to say this weekend was maybe one of the first times when i felt really not up to the task, that a lot of the personal rawness of the Emotional Experience was potentially overcoming anything that i had to say. And i dont say that because anybody should have sort of feelings for me about it, but rather that i think im not completely an outlier in that and many of us are going through multiple stages of grief and fury and resignation and also trying to analyze it. Its not as though we believe that any verdict, of course, would bring back young trayvon. I mean, that was never on the table as a possibility, but there is this sense of alienation from the state that compounds the sense of agony in this case. Do you feel like, michael . I think thats a fascinating way of putting it, alienation from the state that somehow were not playing by the same rules, were not covered by the same system that we have been pushed outside the tent by this verdict. Absolutely right. And melissa is absolutely right there. Verdict. Truth. But its not our truth. And the alienation from the state, especially ironic, in light of the fact that the ostensible or head of that state is a black man and the head of the Justice System is another black man. Yet we know now that symbolic representation of our enormous progress undeniable is juxtaposed to the reality, the system, robin kelly makes this argument in a brilliant piece in counterpunch. He said its not that the system failed us, the system worked as its supposed to work because the system has been rigged against us from the very beginning. Weve never been able to stand our ground because the system has protected white peoplehood, White Property and White Privilege and thats the bottom line. Maya . I i was a little undone by your opening clips. I thought i had gotten to a point where the raw emotion of that, seeing sybrina say, this is my son, this is your son. Its very much still present. What i think is most important, which, and i agree with both melissa and michael, the Justice System is not a just system. And one of the most damaging, damaging to the fabric of the nation and damaging to the reform is that we now have people saying, Trayvon Martin was convicted. Not George Zimmerman was acquitted because there was not sufficient proof but that Trayvon Martin was convicted of a crime. Right. There was this incredible i have to say that i have i have actually tried very hard throughout the trial to kind of give the defense the benefit of the doubt, as human beings because they are i have a lot of respect for Defense Attorneys. And its a hard job and they are doing their constitutional duty to defend their client and with as much zeal and vigor as they can. I thought the press, the postverdict press conference was an abomination, was just an absolute because you dont have to do that. Theres nothing you have to do about that press conference. I want to play this one clip, because this was the one that really, like, really made me angry. This is don west and mark omara. Take a look. I think the prosecution of George Zimmerman was disgraceful. As happy as i am for George Zimmerman, im thrilled that this jury kept this tragedy from becoming a travesty. I think that the things would have been different if George Zimmerman was black for this reason. He never would have been charged with a crime. Melissa, did that so what i appreciate about what you just said is something i think we have to keep in mind here that is critical going forward, and that, you know, thats right, George Zimmerman was absolutely, constitutionally had the right to a vigorous defense. These Defense Attorneys put on a vigorous defense. I think theres a lot of reasons to ask about how vigorous the prosecution was. That said, what we are now looking at is sort of the social and political and economic construction that comes around this case and thats the thing thats bigger than the actual trial, itself. You know, someone said this thing on twitter, i think it was a guy named jim henley who i really like and follow. He said, you know, i hope i have one thought, i hope George Zimmerman goes home tonight and thinks about what he did and what happened, but there is this world awaiting him that wants to embrace him as a hero. Theres an entire universe to whom he has become hes been made on icon. I ran into my hotel that evening, ran into George Zimmermans best friend. We had a vigorous, nonhostile conversation for 20 minutes. I said to him, sir, your friend just murdered an unarmed young man. He said, but there was no probable cause for him to be arrested. I said, were not only speaking different languages, were living in different universes. There is a world awaiting George Zimmerman that will support him economically, that will make him an icon. Hes become a kind of patron saint of the right wing in a very serious way. And seeing the reaction to the verdict, this crazy, you know, way the verdict was processed through the american lens of both racial polarization and partisan polar statiizatoin just, like they converged. On the one hand for the Defense Attorneys to say this was not about race, and then on the other hand to come out and say if George Zimmerman was a blackman, he wouldnt be charged, is to say were actually trying to say it is about race and were trying to flip the script. The other thing i found so fascinating is this conservative obsession with zimmermans race, the fact that he is that he is not white. The thing i keep saying is, it is about Trayvon Martins race. This case. I mean, when sean bell was shot by new york cops, some of which who happened to be africanamerican, the people i know, the activists in new york were not like, its okay because some of the cops were black. Its about this chris, this is such an important point. Ive been hearing in the days sens since, this language, were all racist in some ways. I. To be really clear. Sure, we are. Were all racist against africanamericans. Its not that were all racists and black folks are racist against whites. There is a Constant Group for whom there is this sense of criminality, a sense of, you know, being takers, not makers. And that is shared even among often members of that group because of how our media operates and because of how a deep history of segregation and the continuing realities of that segregation operate to reinforce those beliefs about blackness and black bodies. Melissa, i want you to speak around. Were going to bring in congressman Hakeem Jeffries to talk about what could happen at the federal level after we take this break. Many with our panel coming up including our very own Melissa Harris perry whos written a personal account about a conversation with her daughter about the race and zimmerman trial. Its posted at msnbc. Com. Were asking viewers to send their stories online. Send them to mhpmail msnbc. Com. Or use caringforourchildren. Well be right back. [ male announcer ] usaa Auto Insurance is often handed down from generation to generation. Because it offers a superior level of protection and because usaas commitment to serve military members, veterans, and their families is without equal. Begin your legacy, get an Auto Insurance quote. Usaa. We know what it means to serve. [ herbie ] theres no doubt about it brent, a real gate keeper. Heres kevin, the new boyfriend. Lamb to the slaughter. Thats right brent. Moms baked cookies but hell be lucky to make it inside. And heres the play. Oh dad did not see this coming. [ crowd cheering ] now if kevin can just seize the opportunity. Its looking good, herbie. Hes seen it. Its all over. Nothing but daylight. Yes id love a cookie. [ male announcer ] make a powerful first impression. The allnew nissan sentra. When the defense say that mr. Zimmerman wont see a courthouse again, that is not true. Zimmerman will have to testify in a civil suit. You cannot avoid that. And his testimony could lead to some very interesting new evidence. The federal government, the Justice Department, suspended an investigation. They did not end it. That was my colleague, the reverend al sharpton, commenting on the contention of George Zimmermans defense attorney, mark omara. Zimmerman would not see another day in court. Joining me now, congressman Hakeem Jeffries, from new york. With me, Michael Eric Dyson, maya wiley and Melissa Harris perry. You did a press event to talk about what possible investigation might be pursued at the federal level. What avenueses of redress are there for people that feel that justice was not done in that courtroom or even if the verdict was right and proper based on the evidence that jury saw, that the larger sense that something wrong here that should be held to account has gone unaddressed . Congressman rangel, congressman meeks, members of the new york delegation, one wanted to support the continuation of the Justice Department investigation as it relates to the civil Rights Violations that we believe took place in the killing of Trayvon Martin. We also wanted to make sure that it was a comprehensive investigation that ultimately led to the presentation of evidence to a grand jury so that the grand jury can decide whether the civil rights of Trayvon Martin were violated. That a Justice Department that ultimately yields no prosecution will only result in a further continuation of the frustration and dismay we have with the system at this point. Yeah, maya . Whats really point here, we need an evidentiary change of law because the Justice Department is facing the problem that it has to show generally some form of smoking gun. George zimmerman saying fing punch, which we all read as the code about him being black, and therefore, a criminal, is not generally enough even though thats the code. Right. Melissa, i mean, when i think about the politics of this also, i mean, we have seen the president issued a statement that was fairly, fairly neutral, it was kind of thoughtful about the loss of the life, but it certainly didnt say take sides or say this verdict was unjust. It called for peace and reflection. You can only i mean, seeing what was on drudge in the runup to this, seeing the way the right wing has stirr