thank you >> thank you, mr. tracy. >> good morning community housing partnership is excel excited to take 44 i did not get out of the streets and into housing by this fall. this site is the old travelers end so we're going to be in recycling housing. it's going to have intensive services and make sure the poorest is broken forest and we can hardly wait to get to work on this. we ask you to fund this request and support is the community mroofrm that's been developed through many organizations and labor unions >> thank you. next speaker, please >> good morning members of the board of supervisors. i'm ann. i'm executive director of the san francisco conservation korea. we serve 1 hundred and 75, 18 to 26-year-old adults. 80 percent are high school drop outs and 80 percent have no job experience. without the basic job skills they can't compete for the higher jobs. in fact, we have the highest unemployment rates. i'm also rep a board basis of job providers. >> i am the director of social enterprise. we run a million dollar

we are fortunate that mr. tracy martin, the father of trayvon martin and founder of the trayvon martin foundation, agreed to come to today's event to give opening remarks. the loss of 17-year-old trayvon has focused attention on black males as nothing else has in decades. overlaying the disappointment of african-americans in the verdict in the zimmerman trial are many issues that trayvon's death brings into sharp focus. with the loss of trayvon, attention is focused on a civil rights or hate crime cause of action by the u.s. department of justice. what ever they decide, we hope that today's event focuses us as well on a lasting legacy for trayvon martin. today, trayvon helps the caucus bring black men and boys to center stage. we begin our mission to take on the challenges facing our men and boys and we ask our fellow americans and african americans to do the same. congresswoman frederica wilson, a vice chair of the caucus to offer remarks. >> i am congresswoman wilson. i represent miami-dade county. the same county

and i this i that's where the conversation begins. >> that was trayvon martin's father, mr. tracyn hour ago at the first ever hearing of the congressional caucus on black boys and men. and perhaps nobody knows more about the dangers facing young black men in this country than the father of an unarmed teen who was gunned down while walking home to watch a basketball game. the event comes just days after the president made a surprise appearance in the white house press briefing room and touched upon some of the issues that are being covered at today's event. >> we need to spend some time in thinking about how do we bolster and reinforce our african-american boys. and this is something that michelle and i talk a lot about. there are a lot of kids out there who need help who are getting a lot of negative reinforcement. and is there more that we can do to give them a sense that their country cares about them and values them? and is willing to invest in them? >> for more now i'm joined by karen finney, host of disrupt with concern finney" and clarence page from the chicago tribune. this

we are fortunate that mr. tracy martin, the father of trayvon of theand founder foundation agreed to come to today's event to give opening remarks. trayvon of 17 year old has focused attention on black has ins nothing else decades. ofrlaying the disappointment african-americans in the verdict in the zimmerman trial are many death that trayvon's brings into sharp focus. trayvon,loss of attention is focused on a civil rights or hate crime cause of action by the u.s. department of justice. , we hope they decide that today's event focuses us as legacy forasting trayvon martin. helps the caucus bring a black men and boys to center stage. we begin our mission to take on the challenges facing our men and boys and we ask our fellow americans and african americans to do the same. congresswoman, a vice chair of the caucus to offer remarks. >> i am congresswoman wilson. represent miami-dade county. the same county that trayvon martin representative. i am happy to have here his father and also the attorney. i want you to know t

we are particularly fortunate that mr. tracy martin the father of trayvon martin and founder of the trayvon martin foundation agreed to come to today's event to give opening remarks. the loss of 17-year-old trayvon has focused attention on black males as nothing else has in decades. overlaying the disappointment of african-americans and the verdict in the zimmerman trial are many issues that trayvon's death brings into sharp focus. with the loss of trayvon attention is understandably focused. with the loss of trayvon attention is understandably focused on a civil rights cause of action by the u.s. justice department. whatever the justice department decides we hope that today's event focuses us as well on a lasting legacy for trayvon martin. today, trayvon helps the caucus brings black man and a ways to take on the challenges facing our men and boys and we ask our fellow americans and african-americans to do the same congresswoman frederica wilson vice chair of the caucus to offer remarks. >> congresswoman wilson i represent miam

there come a time then that investigator serino played what we now know to be the 911 call from from mr. tracyartin and his girlfriend to listen to? >> yes, he played it for them. >> do you recall if it was played once or more than once? >> i recall it was played once. i'm not sure if it was played more than that. >> without telling us the verbal response, what did mr. martin do in response to listening to the call? >> objection, your honor. calls for hearsay. >> she can describe what she saw but not what she heard. >> you understand hearsay, right? and what you can and can't say. so i'm not asking you to tell us what mr. martin said but i am asking you to give an observation as to his physical response. >> he was very upset. he was very sad. he hung his head. he cried. >> and did he give a response to officer serino? >> yes. >> the next question i think might be objectionable, for record purposes, your honor. what did mr. martin say in response to the question by mr. serino as to whether or not that was his son's voice? >> same objection, your honor. >> sustained. >> no further questions for

we are particularly fortunate that mr. tracyher of trayvon martin and founder of the trayvon martin foundation agreed to come to today's event to give opening remarks. the loss of 17-year-old trayvon has focused attention on black males as nothing else has in decades. overlaying the disappointment of african-americans in the verdict in the zimmerman trial are many issues that trayvon martin's death brings in to sharm focus. with the loss of trayvon, attention is understandably focused on a civil rights or hate crime cause of action by the u.s. justice department. whatever the justice department decides, we hope that today's event focuses us as well on a lasting legacy for trayvon martin. today trayvon helps the caucus bring black men and boys to center stage. we begin our mission to take on the challenges facing our men and boys and ask our fellow americans and african-americans to do the same. i ask congresswoman frederica wellson -- wilson, a vice chair of the caucus to offer remarks. >> congresswoman wilson, i represent miami

i can't thank mr. tracy martin and mr. benjamin crump enough for coming to this thing. you have enhanced it in ways we could not have imagined. thank you very much. [applause] >> if i could come as a transition from if i could also respond to tha the question, wel deal with it as well. my pastor freakily says -- >> just a moment. please don't interrupt the hearing. if you wish to have words, would you leave and go into the hall so that we can continue with this event uninterrupted? mr. johns, just a second, please don't stop. [inaudible conversations] >> could you ask mr. martin, exit please. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> a couple of life instantly about today. the u.s. chamber of commerce and aarp will focus on how americans are preparing for retirement. that's here on c-span2 at 9 a.m. eastern. later, on c-span, they gave institute hosts a panel of economists discussing the effect of immigration on the economy. that's at noon eastern. >> the first lady will select the schism that in the united states about what women are supposed to do today.

mr. martin, tracy martin, i am so sorry, i made a mistake. i didn't realize that trayvon martin was minding his on business. i am terribly sorry. the law doesn't say that. >> so you didn't see a dramatic effect helpful for the prosecutor. >> seriously, you're asking -- >> it was just kind of a throw away to allow you to opine. we don't even need to go there. >> right, we really don't need to go there. >> we got 22 more minutes, i'm doing the best can i here. >> his moment was the entire two hours. >> i get the fact -- i get the fact that, you know -- i don't know. sometimes it's obvious -- >> wait a second. why was that moment so terrible? i didn't think it was so great but why was it so terrible? >> what the prosecutor did in that moment. >> would you do that? would you do that in a closing argument? >> do what? >> do an imitation of phyllis diller without her wig on? and i thought it was disrespectful to the victim's family. i don't understand what trials people are watching. >> why didn't the rest of us see that was a phyllis diller imitat

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these things that surround sabrina and tracy, mr. crump, those who i think really exploited the naacp i'll sharpen it. sabrina and tracy lost their son. now that we have this verdict of not guilty, what i always will remember is the rawness of emotion. you hear that your brother took someone's name in self-defense. the tension of having him on trial is gone. >> we know that the jury may not have made the right call. they have to carry that burden around for the rest of their life. >> when the shooting occurred back in february 2012, how did you first hear about it? my dad and grandmother said that someone died. it involves george, which was kind of mysterious. i said, what happens, gracie. he was involved in an altercation and he used a gun to defend himself but george is going to call you and fill you in himself. he wants to tell you the truth and every member of his family the truth that he did from his own home. he called and basically said what we know to be the murder. >> there are so many killings, shootings, zwenlts. people say

mr. martin, tracy martin, i'm so sorry, i made a mistake, i didn't realize that trayvon martin was minding his own business, i'm terribly sorry. you know the law doesn't say that. the law talks about accountability and responsibility for one's actions. and that's what we're asking for in this case. hold the defendant responsible for his actions. hold him accountable for what he did. because if the defendant hadn't assumed that, trayvon martin would've watched the basketball game, george zimmerman i'm assuming would've gone to target and does whatever he does on sunday evenings and we wouldn't be here. the law doesn't allow people to take the law into their own hands. it doesn't allow, quite frankly, even the police to take the law into their own hands. the police had gotten called out there, they would have, okay, what are you doing here? can i ask you what you're doing? do you mind telling me? and under the law they're allowed to ask somebody walking the streets. the person can ignore them, or not, that's not a crime. most people say, listen, i'm right here, i'm going home. you want to co

going on in the courtroom right now as they continue the questioning of trayvon martin's father, tracy. >> mr. martin, i was asking you about the 27th, direct serino came and showed you a photograph and you identified it as your son, corrects? >> correct. >> and we move to the 28th and you go down with at the time brandy green, correct? >> correct. >> and at that time they played several recordings for you, correct? >> yeah, they played a series of 91 1 calls. >> and these were calls where neighbors had called in regarding what you now knew was the death of your son, correct in. >> correct. >> and the recordings were of people calling and explaining that somebody had been shot and i'm sure you listened to the person now identified as the lady who went hysterical in the 911 call, you were listening to all that? >> to my recollection, i don't think detective serino played each call in its entirety. to my knowledge, he played some of each call leading up to the last call with the fatal shot. >> so they played the call then of the cries for help and then you actually hear a shot; is that correct?

mr. martin, tracy martin, sybrina fulton, i'm so sorry, i made a mistake. i didn't realize trayvon martind was minding his own business. i am sorry. the law doesn't say that talks about accountability for one's actions. that's what we're asking for in this case. hold the defendant responsible for his actions. hold him accountable for what he did. m if the defendant hadn't assumed that, trayvon martin would have watched the basketball game, george zimmerman, i'm assuming would have gone to target and done whatever he does on sunday evenings and we wouldn't be here. the law doesn't allow people who take the law into their own hands. it doesn't allow, quite frankly, even the police to take the law into their own hands. the police had gotten called out there, would have done -- okay, what are you doing here? can i ask you what you're doing? do you mind telling me? under the law they're allowed to ask a person walking the streets. the person can ignore them or not, that's not a crime. the person could say, i live right here, i'm going right home. you want to com

mr. martin, tracy martin, have been -- the extent to which they have been holding up the rest of us when they are, in fact, the grieving parents is extraordinary. it has put me in mind of the other of emmett till who in the context of her own grieving launched a social movement, allowed her son's death to have greater meaning for decades. and yet it seems such an unfair role for a parent to have to play. what is the next step for this family as they again do this amazing work of making meaning out of their son's life and death? >> melissa, it's interesting you ask me that, because i know talked to sybrina a lot. just moments ago she said attorney crump we have to now call up our sleeves and we've got a call to action to move forward. she talked about how we can peacefully protest to make sure this doesn't happen to anybody else's child. and we talked about reverend sharpton and dr. martin luther king, jr.,'s son, martin iii celebrating the great march on washington and the fact they will focus a lot on trayvon martin and the criminal justice system as it relates to our young people and h

mr. martin, tracy martin, sybrina fulton, i am so sorry. i made a mistake. i didn't realize that trayvon martin was up to -- was minding his own business. i am terribly sorry. you know, the law doesn't say that. the law talks about accountability and responsibility for one's actions. and that's what we're asking for in this case. hold the defendant responsible for his actions. hold him accountable for what he did. because if the defendant hadn't assumed that, and trayvon martin would have watched the basketball game. george zimmerman i'm assuming would have gone to target and did whatever he does on sunday evenings, and we wouldn't be here. the law doesn't allow people to take the law into their own hands. it doesn't allow, quite frankly, even the police to take the law into their own hands. the police had gotten called out there, they would have done -- they would have, okay, what are you doing here? can i ask you what you're doing? do you mind telling me? under the law, they're allowed to ask somebody that's walking the streets, the person can ignore them

. >> the defense also called to the stand tracy martin, himself. mr.n's own testimony seemed to contradict officer serino. >> i think the chairs had wheels on them and i kind of pushed away from the -- away from the table and just kind of shook my head and said i can't tell. >> so your words were "i can't tell"? >> something to that effect, but i never said, no, that wasn't my son's voice. >> mr. martin said he listened to the tape again at the sanford mayor's office and played it about 20 times and knew that it was, in fact, his son, trayvon's voice. joining me now is karen desoto, criminal defense attorney. james peterson, msnbc contributor, director of african studies. and tim wise, anti-racism educator and author of the book "dear white america: letter to a new minority." it was incredibly difficult to watch trayvon martin's father on the stand today trying to hold it together, trying to keep his composure under these conditions. and it's strange to much time being spent on contesting this one piece of evidence, whose voice is on the tape? why is t

. >> tracy, twinkies will be available nationwide on monday. mrs. obama will be thrilled!ss what my kids are havetion for lunch next week. >> absolutely. there's nobody on a bear on twinkies. >> neil, take it away! >>> fox on top of an irs budget that is now over the top as the fight for jond the top because if w can't cut a few billion from an caught targeting conservative and caught spending money on this, what can we cut? i'm neil cavuto. let's start chopping. republicans want to chop a budget for irs. and democrats won't ha anything to do with it. >> what do we want to do, go around and give people a tin cup and give money to pay for police, firefighters, government, capitol building? how do they expect to

>> tracy, twinkies will be available nationwide on monday. mrs. obama will be thrilled! guess what my kids are havetion for lunch next week. >> absolutely. there's nobody on a bear on twinkies. >> neil, take it away! >>> fox on top of an irs budget that is now over the top as the fight for jond the top because if we can't cut a few billion from an caught targeting conservative and caught spending money on this, what can we cut? i'm neil cavuto. let's start chopping. republicans want to chop a budget for irs. and democrats won't have anything to do with it. >> what do we want to do, go around and give people a tin cup and give money to pay for police, firefighters, government, capitol building? how do they expect to run this country? >> this is the irs! they don't do that! well, how about with a little less cash and a whole lot less -- i'm sorry. i didn't eat. you don't want to deal with me. to ben stein. charlie's book, "circle of friends" racing up the best seller charts. we'll get into that and some of the themes fit nicely today. doctor, what do you make of this? i me

watchers of the zimmerman case, is the parents that you talk about as your friends, as sybrina and tracy, mrnd miss fulton. what have you all talked about as parents, about the legacy of your children, no matter how these individual cases go? >> well, the first thing i want the panel to realize, when you go on all these shows, you know, and i do welcome the discussions, but people that call on the show, they have to be mindful that sometimes the discussion, when they start tearing apart the victim, tearing apart the children, that sometimes it's even worse than the trial. and i want everyone to be mindful of that. that, you know, to you, as a panelist, it might be part of the show or whatever the case may be and part of the discussion of the discourse, but you have to understand, behind that, the parents are laooking t you, the sisters and brothers, the aunts and nieces of that victim. they're looking at you on that show. and i want you to be mindful of that. that sometimes you tear apart the family member and it hurts worse than the trial itself. >> mr. davis, that is a compelling and impor

mr. martin listen to this tape, and he said no, it wasn't trayvon's voice. so then it pits tracy martin against the police officers. and there is this question of who do you believe? that was my problem with the state allowing mr. martin to be called as a defense witness today. >> now lisa, is it arguable that the prosecution let the defense call tracy martin because they knew the defense cannot go but so far in impeaching their own witness? >> you know, that's possible. the prosecution may not have called him because his testimony is mixed. i think the defense made a big blunder today calling this witness. on a human level, it just looks mean-spirited to call this innocent, grieving father to the stand and make him relive this. and on a legal strategy level, he did not help them. just before him, they had two police witnesses who said when he was asked is it trayvon martin on the 911 call that he had said no. why didn't the defense just leave it at that? by calling him, it was overkill, and it allowed him to explain and to tug at all of our heartstrings. what a heartbreak to hav

mr. martin emotionally impacted by the recording, quietly responded no. the defense of course will pounce on that. we should note tracy martin later said it was, in fact, his son's voice on that 911 call. the defense is going to be calling a number of witnesses. don't know if we're going to hear from them later today. mark o'mara said other the weekend that he was having a good time with the trial, but he expected that he could probably try and wrap this thing up late to mid, this week. >> after watching the prosecution try to make their case, do you think the defense is altering their plans based on what they believe the prosecution either successfully did or unsuccessfully didn't prove? >> they probably are, but both sides in this case knew before the trial began what the other side was going to do. that's because florida has very extensive pretrial discovery. even in a criminal case, witnesses can be deposed and are deposed which means they give a lengthy statement before trial. so there probably aren't a lot of surprises for either side once the trial gets under way. >> and, craig, there was a lot of emotion on fr

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exhibit 140, when you came into contact with brandy green, and i believe also tracy martin, is that when you understood mr martin, trayvon martin was staying, the day he got killed? >> yes, he was. >> i want it make sure i get the right place. right here. >> yes, sir. >> did you end up showing tracy martin a photograph and he identified that person as his son? >> yes, he did. >> now sir, i want to draw your attention to february 27, that same day, did you later come into contact with the defendant, george zimmerman, at the retreat at twin lakes, sir? >> yes, i did. >> were you present when the defendant was interviewing specifically putting up a car with sergeant randy smith and you followed with invest getter singleton and then later end up the defendant actually gets out of the vehicle and demonstrates, describes what he claims occurred? >> yes, sir. >> okay. have you reviewed that video? >> yes, i have. >> and for the record, your honor, it is state's exhibit 181 and your honor before we play it, we have instruction that we request the court to read at that time entitled, regarding rediamondbacks with

however, recall trayvon martin's father tracy martin, mr. this, initially disidentified the voice. he said, that's not my son. this is an interesting topic. we might see in cross-examination. >> quick take, what's more likely, my getting drafted by the nba next year or george zimmerman getting on the stand? >> i -- >> i think there's a chance of his attitude. >> are you saying i can't play? i got no game, what you're trying to say? you don't think he's going to take the stand. >> no left hand, chris. you're all right. >> i'm getting insulted here. >> it's a powerball chance. >> a powerball chance. so much of the story's out there. let me ask you this, as we get out of here. after the case the prosecution will ask for lesser charges, they're going to back off this being a murder ii case, what do you think the chance is? >> yeah, you have to ask for lesser included. the jury has to have options like manslaughter, aggravated manslaughter, things like that which, let me tell you, using a gun and found guilty of aggravated man slotter in florida

mr. martin's response? >> was that it was not his son. >> tracy martin later testified that he didn't say that, that he didn't. give me your analysis and how it's likely to play with those six jurors. >> think of the position the state is in. they're having to pit their victim's father against law enforcement. and basically the victim's father is saying that law enforcement is incorrect or untruthful. that's their best case, that they're incorrect. and so now this once again, with all the multiple -- i think they put on seven witnesses that said that it was in fact george zimmerman's voice and you have his own father being compromised by the defense's questioning. it's a challenging position for the state to be in, to have law enforcement refute their own victim's father's testimony. >> we did hear earlier, it was very dramatic, as you well remember, we heard trayvon martin's mother and brother testify that they thought it was the voice of trayvon martin crying out for help. >> yeah, and i think that may, in fact, give tracy martin some more credibility. i mean, look at the circumstances around which he first

tracy martin, would that have been at 2631? >> yes, sir. >> is that where you understood mr. von martin was staying the day he got killed? >> yes, he was. >> i want to make sure i get the right place. right here? >> the third -- yes, sir. >> did you end up showing tracy martin the photograph, and did he identify that person as his son? >> yes, i did. >> sir, i want to draw your attention to february 27th, that same day. did you later come into contact with the defendant george zimmerman at the retreat at twin lakes? >> yes, sir, i did. >> okay. and were you present when the defendant was interviewed, specifically he was put in the a car with sergeant randy smith and you followed with investigator singleton and then later end up the defendant actually gets out of the vehicle and demonstrates to you or describes what he claims occurred? >> yes, sir. >> okay. have you reviewed that video? >> yes, i have. >> okay. for the record, your honor, it's state's exhibit 181. your honor, before we play it t we do have an instruction we request the court to read at that time. it's titled st

mr. martin clearly emotionally impacted by the recording, quietly responded, no. here's the exchange when defense attorney mark o'mara asked tracy particulart martin about that. >> do you recall detective serino asking about whether or not you could identify your son's voice? >> not those exact words, but something to that nature, yes. >> do you recall the words, as best as you can recall, that he used? >> as best as i recall, after he played the tape, he basically just said, do you recognize the voice? >> and what was your response? >> my response was, simply, i didn't tell him that i didn't know -- i didn't tell him, no, that wasn't trayvon. i kind of -- i think the chairs had wheels on them and i kind of pushed away from the -- away from the table and just kind of shook my head and said, i can't tell. >> so your words were, "i can't tell"? >> something to that effect. but i never said, no, that wasn't my son's voice. >> i thought the attempt, leas a, at rehabilitation by the prosecution was pretty effective, when i essentially they brought out of the man that he didn't want to accept, given the rawness of the emotions in the

mr. martin step down? >> certainly. >> you may step down. call your next witness, please >> we've just been listening to plaintive and painful testimony from tracy martin, the father of trayvon martin, speaking about those phone calls, the 911 calls, and i'm joined now by jonathan capehart of "the washington post" and lisa bloom, who is our msnbc expert. and jonathan actually asked you, lisa, just before mr. trayvon took the stand, whether mr. martin, sorry, took the stand, whether you thought it would be a good idea for the defense to call him. and your reaction was no. >> that's right. and that's still my answer. i agree with the answer they gave before. you know, i don't think that was particularly helpful, to the defense. you know, i think it's kind of overkill at this point. and this is a very, very sympathetic man. i think any of us can understand, if your son has been killed, unexpectedly, at a young age, and you're at the police station and you're answering questions, you're going to be beyond dazed and confused. >> absolutely. lisa, we are going back to the proceedings, so thank you, but please stay with us. >> -- and on february 26th,

mr. martin's testimony. now, if he comes in and testifies and changes his story, i think his credibility will be called into question. >> and this could all be ramping up to tracy martin taking the stand today. there had been word that the defense would be calling him. let's go back inside the courtroom. >> did -- presuming that was brandy green, did -- >> i believe that's who it was. >> did she say anything about whose voice she thought it was on the tape? >> i don't recall hearing her say anything. >> okay. but again, mr. martin's words were -- >> that that was not his son's voice. >> nothing further, your honor. >> cross? >> good afternoon again, officer singleton. do you recall actually tracy martin saying that was not his voice, that is not his son's voice? >> yes. >> okay. and you clearly heard him say those words? >> i don't know his exact words, but he was telling us it was not -- he was telling chris it was not his son's voice that was screaming for help. >> he said words, in other words, like you're saying. >> yes. >> okay. and then after that he put his head down is what you're saying. >> i think it was even while listening to it that he was already