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That would drive him back, his head striking hard into the concrete. >> meanwhile, the prosecution tried to paint a very sinister picture of the defendant. >> why does this defendant get out of the car if he thinks that trayvon smarnt a threat to him? why? why? because he has got a gun. he has got the equalizer. is he going to take care of it. he is a wanna be cop. he is going to take care of it he has got a gun. and my god it's his community and is he not going to put up with it. either the police are taking too long to respond, he is he going to handle it. >> laura: in the end, which side wa...

Dean of georgetown, university. and senior fellow at demos which is a center left think tank. let's go to center left on this first, richard. i have got to say of all the things that "time" magazine and i didn't even know it was still publishing so i'm very happy to hear that. what time magazine has said in the past, this is one of the ones that takes the cake. isn't that the police's responsibility to make sure the community is safe? black? white? latino, businesses are already secure? what's wrong with this? >> i read that piece, laura and frankly was quite patronizing. it's is that same men...

Or they are making racist statements defies logic. >> i said it was patronizing. i never used the word exactly racist. >> patronizing too defined. >> as a menace is this mentality that codifies the type of vigilante justice that would chase down a kid, even though you are told not to. >> laura: now you are the jury. >> yes. >> critical race theory? >> this is not a critical race theory. no it hasn't come back. >> laura: there are facts. >> where trial. what i'm talking about -- i'm talking about the statements that you are asking about that the police made. >> laura: i have got to wrap, guys. ...

During closing arguments, the defense asked the jurors one last time to find george zimmerman not guilty. >> i almost wish and i have never said this in a criminal trial before. i never heard it being said before. i almost wish that the verdict had guilty, not guilty, and completely innocent. i would ask you to check that one. check the not guilty but check the innocent then, too. >> laura: the prosecution then gave a rebuttal. >> the only way that defendant gets to his gun, the only way trayvon martin was getting off of him or he had backed up so far on his leg that he couldn't hit, couldn't ...

The president, as you know, does not spend a lot of time watching television during the day. but, you know, his comments on that are, you know, what they were, but, we're not going to say anything from here in the midst of a trial of that nature. >> laura: not going to say anything that wasn't the case last year when shortly after trayvon martin's death the president said this: >> can i only imagine what these parents are going through. and when i think about this boy, i think about my own kids. my main message is to to the parents of trayvon martin. you know, if i had a son, he would look lik...