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Look at this case. this case is open. i think it is almost certain that if a civil case is brought, they would wait until that is done to see what comes out of that. if there is a civil case, it s almost impossible mr. zimmerman would not have to take the stand. and what he says could be critical to a future case. so, right now what people can do is go to naacp.org and actually sign onto the petition. more than a quarter million people have done so. the server crashed for a second but they re back up now. we need folks to keep on signing on, joining in and pushing doj to follow through. ben, you know, there have been so many questions about race in this case. and certainly now in hindsight that we have this verdict, certainly people will be talking about this. sure. i want you to take a listen. we re putting these two sound bites together to show the contrast here. martin family attorney daryl parks on msnbc earlier today as ....
Legal team are heartbroken right now, we re disappointed but today we made a decision to stand up and continue fighting for the legacy of their son so that this doesn t happen to another child. i think certain court observers were curious as to why tracy and sybrina were not in the courtroom when that verdict was read. can you tell us why they were not in attendance? they were not in the courtroom upon the advice of their legal counsel. is the martin family now and they re going by the advice of this legal team that they ve had in place, are they planning now a civil suit to be filed against george zimmerman? would that be the next tactic in trying to provide justice for trayvon? i m not going to talk about the civil suit today. what i m focused on is the outcome of the jury last night, but i m focused on the millions of people that we had that gave us support from all over the world, black, white, brown, christian, muslim. they know what george zimmerman did was wrong. and a ....
Them. i think they overcharged it and missed an opportunity to focus on the manslaughter charge. and 16 hours, is that admirable in the amount of time devoted to deliberation on the case as we know it? yeah. i think there s no dispute the jury took it seriously. it seemed like they definitely went through all of the evidence they had. it would have been disappointing for a lot of people if they came back quicker. i don t think there s any blame to be laid on the jury at all. thank you very much. it was interesting to hear your insights from a professional s aspects of how juries are made up. appreciate it. from sanford, florida, straight to the halls of capital hill, george zimmerman drawing reaction. when they read not guilty, it echoed across the country. harry reid, a long-time trial lawyer himself, had this to say when asked about the verdict on mp meet the press. i don t always agree with ....
And it was quiet. there was no one demonstrating. then i went to goldsboro and i heard people talk on the street corner about their frustration. there was no rioting, violence or anything like that, but definitely people were mad, talking loud on the street. i interviewed one woman who was crying when i talked to her about this. i think they have a long way too go in terms of digesting this verdict. they said they got two things they wanted, george zimmerman arrested and police chief lee fired. they do think they changed the city in some way. alexis, you wrote an article about this verdict and also maybe some changes coming to sanford about voices united and not just getting this put in the judicial system, but seeing it processed and zimmerman being arrested and charged. ....
They rushed out of the courtroom basically as soon as the verdict as soon as they were able to. certainly palpable for both sides. alexis, what are you hearing about how sanford is absorbing this and taking it in? basically the people in sanford are not that surprised. there s a feeling in the black community, especially goldsboro area, that the police have never been on their side, so a sense of apathy, a sense of being dejected and underscoring a feeling that s been going on for many decades. in your twitter you sent this out last night. drove around sanford, some heated discussions but mainly quiet streets. to you about the absorption question. how do you think once it does sort of wash over everyone, where does it go in sanford? i think right now people are still numb. i drove around sanford. i went to ft. mellon park where there were demonstrations before ....