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Joining me now is lisa bloom, a legal analyst for the "today" show and avo.com. she is also a frequent guest on this show during and after the zimmerman trial. thank you for being here, lisa. >> thank you, reverend. >> in your book, you highlight this photo. george zimmerman showing police where his gun was holstered the night of the shooting. why did you say this is an example of how the prosecution dropped the ball in the trial? >> because this should have been one of the most important pieces of evidence in the case. this is what the prosecution should have started with. this is what they s...

Analyst for avo.com. and she is also author of "suspicion nation: the inside story of the trayvon martin injustice and why we continue to repeat it." thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> lisa, the focus is now on evidence. what might he be alluding to? >> i certainly hope it's the admissions of racism that came from michael dunn himself both in his jailhouse letters where he called african americans thugs and gangsters, and said the more he gets to know them, the more prejudiced he is against them. and now the new phone recordings released where he calls african americans animals. i mean, t...

Analyst for avo.com and author of "suspicion nation: the inside story of the trayvon martin injustice and why we continue to repeat it." >> thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> representative williams, what have you done in response to the dunn mistrial? >> well, i will tell you today we had a groundbreaking development in what we believe will hopefully change the moment here in the state of florida. today the vice-chairman of the task force that governor scott commissioned about a year and a half ago when the lieutenant governor was also named the chairman, the vice-chairman of that comm...

Over the volume of the music the boys were playing. music that dunn has described as thug music. dunn claims that he feared for his life and saw a gun in the car. in florida, because of the state's stand your ground law, it didn't matter that davis didn't actually have a gun. all that mattered was that dunn believed his life was in danger before opening fire in self-defense. his defense attorney said after the verdict was read that dunn asked him, how is this happening? describing him in, quote, a state of disbelief. today would have been jordan davis' 19th birthday. joining me now, former cri...

Acquitted in the shooting death of the teenager he keeps popping up on the media radar, especially this week. >> zimmerman does it again. back in court when his live-in lover claims she's in fear for her own life when zimmerman points a shotgun straight at her face. >> george zimmerman was releastreleast ed from a florida jail today after he posted $9,000 bail and agreed to give up firearms. >> we've learned george zimmerman was served divorce papers in jail before he was released on bond just a little while ago. >> joining us from los angeles, lisa blum. legal analyst for nbc news and avo.com...