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Their concern, outrage or skepticism is warranted? >> you know, i understand their concern. we all know it is very difficult to convict a law enforcement officer in this country. in part because with what they are tasked with doing every day, which is protecting and serving. they deal with difficult situations. but here, i mean, it's without question, anybody with a soul would think that what officer slager did was wrong. i don't think that the problems with the jury here boil down to a question of fact. fact, officer slager shot an unarmed man running away with the first shot being at 17 feet...

Kimberly, did you win every case you tried. >> yeah. so i quit while i was ahead. >> kimberly deserves a round of applause. >> must have been the voice. >> i'm not that masculine. not like my friend tacopina who is in there. trial work is all about making connection with the jury, making them feel comfortable with you. making them like you. and then, having a conversation with them to convince them of your side but they're not allowed to talk which is really weird. imagine trying to convince somebody of something and they can't ask you any questions. >> but u.s., supremes. the supremes women w...

Kid of 17-year-old buying skittles and ice tea shouldn't be shot and left dead, right? and what happened is we've seen the great american polarizaton machine work itself up and i've seen all of a sudden, you know, on conservative blogs it's about the new black panthers are doing this or that. and my question is why is that the important thing? why is there this -- just because reverend al sharpton is doing something, why do conservatives feel they had need to take the other side of the bet, why does it have to be the case that you sort of mobilize in favor of george zimmerman or point out doub...

>> let me finish. i was a prosecutor eight years. you can have two people telling the truth as they understand it. the reality is you don't always know what's going on. you don't always mere well and don't know what's happening in events. if it happened it was wrong and if it didn't happen people were mistaken if they -- >> joan, that cuts to the chase. the credibility of a congressional member who has a long history of civil rights activists all the way back to the 6 '60s is being called a li. >> he is being called a liar. tony did not go there. >> i absolutely did not go there. >> question w...