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The issue of race and more. have a listen. >> be honest with me, rachel, do you think that was racially motivated or more a case of somebody he thought was a young thug? black or white. >> racial. let's be honest, racial. if he was -- if trayvon was white, he had a hoodie on, would that happen? because that was around 7:00 or something. that's around people walk their dogs, people still outside. all that. >> the jury -- the jury never really discussed race as being a motivating factor here. >> imagine, they're white. well, one hispanic. >> do you think they understood the world that you and tr...

University of pittsburgh to the aspen institute all of which are trying to make this issue go away. >> in terms of race, i know emily, you disagree with rachel jeantel. she says race was, of course, a factor in this case. listen to this. >> racial. let's be honest. racial. if you were -- if trayvon was white and he had a hoodie on, would that happen? because that was around 7:00 or something. people walk their dogs. people still outside. all that. >> the jury never really discussed race as being a major factor here. >> imagine. they're white. one hispanic. >> was that a common belief on the ju...

Least 21 people leading prayers. a separate attack at a funeral outside the capital taking the lives of at least three others. a continuation of violence that plagued iraq. i'm robert grey. now, back to our coverage of the george zimmerman verdict. >> this is something no one gets over. there is no winners here. there is no monsters here. that is the tragedy. >> don west one of the victorious defense team and he is right there are no winners here. remember this jury, six ladies. six women. six local women. five of them white. one hispanic. what must they have thought of this spectacle. of cour...

The george zimmerman verdict. >> this is something no one gets over. there is no winners here. there is no monsters here. that is the tragedy. >> don west one of the victorious defense team and he is right there are no winners here. remember this jury, six ladies. six women. six local women. five of them white. one hispanic. what must they have thought of this spectacle. of course, they were sequestered but it was impossible, frankly, folks, let's face it for them not to know the eyes of the nation and the world were on sanford, florida, on that courthouse behind me and that they were playing ...

Is an indefensible accusation. we are disturbed when it seems from our experience that the standard is people accuse someone of being a racist without any foundation in fact, then we have to retroactively prove we are in fact not. i think accusations should be leveled when they're appropriate, when there's actual evidence or actual things that would suggest that those accusations might be true. >> one of the things i've read that you said, you said this really wasn't a black or white issue to begin with, my family is hispanic. >> right. i mean, people went out and called george white and gave ...