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Murder and manslaughter. and it was in the immediate aftermath of the not guilty verdict that some high profile media figures took to social media to share their own judgment about the outcome. huffington post live host lamont hill tweeted this. we live in a country where it is not only illegal but lethal to be young, and black and outside. trayvon is our nation's metaphor, he said. how about this from filmmaker michael moore would shared his verdict. trayvon is one whose life was threatened by a guy with a gun chasing after him. trayvon had the right to do anything to defend himself. let's ge...

Have started. but the jury deliberated carefully, decided on the fact and it appears trayvon martin was hitting george zimmerman and was on top of him in such a way that zimmerman feared great bodily harm and therefore shot him. >> howard, you know, you look at the media very closely, obviously. have you for many years. when you look at this case, do you feel there wasn't enough good reporting done on this case? that too many jumped to conclusion about george zimmerman and did the public a diser isses have by not laying out the facts as they were? as we knew them in this case? >> initially the...

For our nation to speak honestly about the complicated and emotionally charged issues that the case has raised. we must not as we have too often in the pass let the opportunity pass. i hope that we will approach this necessarily difficult dialog with the same difficulty with those who lost most. trayvon's parents and they demonstrated over the last year and few days, they suffered a pain no parent should have to endure and one that i as a father can consowed. we embrace their example and hold them in our pray ares we must not forgo the up to the to better understand one another and the nation....

Better be the right circumstances. >> no one just gets a gun out and shoots, even trained police officers, when they are on the ground with a suspect out on top they can't get it out. at in point trayvon became aware of the gun and george zimmerman shot. >> jackson is the family's co-council. natally good to have you with us today. >> thank you for having me. >> what can you tell us about, yes, there is a little bit of a delay which i will let you and the viewers know. in terms of the family's reaction, and what their next move might be, the department justice may be considering charges. is th...

Last spring, we have opened an investigation into this matter. >> that's breaking news from moments ago when the attorney general assuring people that the department of justice is considering federal charges for george zimmerman after a florida jury acquitted him on second-degree murder. in the weeks after the shooting of 16-year-old martin, president obama remarked on the highly charged case, saying if i had a son, he would look like trayvon. and within days, the president weighed in and marches organized by civil right's leaders and law makers taking part in hoody protest. the president issu...