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Charleston. it's an interesting place. a little like ferguson, actually, a suburb of charleston that has become majority black. i think it's 60 to 40%. it's odd that that's the jury composition. >> it's not odd and the defense actually did strike i think seven of the nine jurors struck by the defense were minorities. five of them were african-american. two were latino. the prosecution did raise a challenge, challenging the striking of the jurors based on race and after hearing the explanations offered by the defense dropped it. so we don't know -- >> just to be clear, that is named for the pla...

Knock joke? for a defense attorney, normally doesn't have to apologize to the jury in the opening statements. >> look, having used humor in the courtroom quite a few times, sometimes working, sometimes not, it's not damaging at all. it's embarrassing, you're mortified. you wish the joke had been better. you notice he did get a little bit of a laugh when he said, hey, nothing. it's all going to be forgotten in the wash. i understand people want to make a big deal out of it, but i don't think it matters. jury composition is what matters in this case, i think ultimately, the opening statements by...

Mark geragos. how damaging was this knock knock joke? for a defense attorney, normally doesn't have to apologize to the jury in the opening statements. >> look, having used humor in the courtroom quite a few times, sometimes working, sometimes not, it's not damaging at all. it's embarrassing, you're mortified. you wish the joke had been better. you notice he did get a little bit of a laugh when he said, hey, nothing. it's all going to be forgotten in the wash. i understand people want to make a big deal out of it, but i don't think it matters. jury composition is what matters in this case, i t...

This young man is somehow abhorrent and somehow against the norm of the american society, what does that say about the millions of kids -- >> that's what i thought was so brilliant and effective of the prosecution's opening line, opening with that line, the reminder of the line from the tapes infamously about the judgment that emanated in that moment, in that one moment by george zimmerman -- >> as a racialized judgment. it wasn't just -- the blanking punks, and george zimmerman is a man who called the sanford police department 46 times to say there was some scary black person in the neighborh...

Abhorrent and somehow against the norm of the american society, what does that say about the millions of kids -- >> that's what i thought was so brilliant and effective of the prosecution's opening line, opening with that line, the reminder of the line from the tapes infamously about the judgment that emanated in that moment, in that one moment by george zimmerman -- >> as a racialized judgment. it's not a race neutral judgment. it wasn't just -- the blanking punks, and george zimmerman is a man who called the sanford police department 46 times to say there was some scary black person in the n...