in the michael dunn matter, you have jordan davis and michael dunn in two vehicles.y never come into contact with each other. the concept that someone needed to shoot nine, ten times to defend themselves is farfetched. >> and then the key witness. remember the friend of trayvon martin that was on the phone with him. >> you don't know the person. trayvon did not know him. >> in the michael dunn case the three young men in the car when jordan davis was killed. >> i went to check and see if he had a pulse. >> and what did you find? >> i did not feel one. >> there was a big difference in the caliber of those witnesses. >> we made a big deal about rachel genteel and how inarticulate she was and how the difficulties understanding what she was saying. but in the dunn trial we have these three young men who have been through a horrific experience. >> and finally the issue of the defendants taking the stand. zimmerman did not and dunn did. >> you said it looked like a shotgun? >> it was thick enough profile. it was a 12 gauge, to my eye, or 20. >> there is no evidence that an

the gas station wrote down the license plate and went to michael dunn's home and then brought him out the issue of race was largely ignored in the trial. dunn wrote to family members that he thinks the justice system is unfair and biased to african-americans. he wrote -- but that was never brought up in court. >> there is great sensitivity to bring up race in the zimmerman case and in this case, we have to ask questions why. are notthe south, they ready to talk about these issues . i think the state prosecution is concerned to bring it up. these statements and michael dunn's actions show that he was a threat. that he willthing serve at least 60 years in prison. of these statements, it is clear he is a threat. >> the attorney for jordan davis's family released a video formerael dunn's neighbor. he said he had a history of violent behavior and cocaine use and insurance fraud and even bragged about once putting a hit out on someone. his first wife said that he had held a gun to her head and threatened to kill her. this is an interview of his former neighbor. >> he acted like he was smart

he was in his car and argument ensued verbal a and michael dunn backed off a little bit close the road down as rolled up his window in the. for about a minute or so when the other kid came back in the car from the store he decided that he was going or michael dunn was going to roll down the window again and say you know are you talking to me you guys are still talking to me and i have a concealed weapon in his car and started shooting at the current shooting at my son and he shot my son twice and as the car was pulling away trying to get away from him he was continuing to shoot at the car with these children seventeen year old children in the car. pool disappear yards away he still shot two more bullets in the back of the car trying to kill these kids which to me as a father is a can't believe in our society today that someone. is trying to kill children but you know i see things that happen on the news and sometimes you know know if it's going to hit home or not but it has hit home for me because it has torn jordan from me and his mother and when you have a teenager someone at ho

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in a confession she said she felt michael dunn got away with murder. >> do you think michael dunn got away with murder? >> at this point, i do, myself, personally, yes. >> when you went to the deliberating room you thought michael dunn was guilty? >> yes, sir. >> of killing a 17-year-old boy. >> what convinced you? >> to me it was unnecessary. >> not everyone on the jury agreed with her. and she revealed why. >> you all first took your first poll on guilt or innocence on the murder of jordan davis. what was your vote? >> 10-2. >> so two said self defense. so as we expected it came down to self-defense. the controversial stand your ground law that says you have no duty to retreat if you feel threatened and you can use deadly force. michael dunn said he was in fear and that he saw a gun. no gun was ever found. it was his word against everyone else's that he felt he was threatened. juror four also had a message for the parents of jordan davis. >> i would say i am sorry, of course. nothing will bring back their son. i hope that they feel that we didn't do them a disservice. >> back with u

and he was in the back seat in the passenger side in his best friend next to and a guy drove up michael dunn and brought out his window and beef and told his girlfriend for she are because i hate that thug music you know and so he kind of profile them you know. and so he told them to cut down below after the girl from going in the store and of course like teenagers i mean if you're not their parent they're not really to listen to you and so. they didn't turn it down and he got into a verbal altercation with my son and my son never got out of the car you know here the window half way down in michael dunn he was in his car and argument ensued verbal am i could burn backed off a little bit close the road i was rolled up his window in the. for about a minute or so when the other kid came back in the car from the store he decided that he was going to michael dunn was going to roll down the window again and say you know are you talking to me you guys are still talking to me and i had a concealed weapon in his car and started shooting at the car and shooting at my son and he shot my son twice and a

the jury in found michael dunn get on four of the five counts and a mistrial on the highest charge. ng 17-year-old jordan davis in thanksgiving of 2012. they apparently argued over the music coming from the suv. and surveillance video was played inside of the courtroom. dunn said he fired those shots in self defense. and it has been a busy 45 minutes, steve? >> reporter: certainly, harris and with this verdict it is easy to become confused because we are dealing with two different things. a guilty verdict and a mistrial. you have to separate the different counts. michael dunn is likely to go to prison for a long time despite the fact that the jury could not agree if he was guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of 17 year old jordan davis. there is a mistrial to the single charge. but the jury did agree and pronounced him guilty on four of the other charges. three of them are attempted murder. and firing a weapon and another possible 15 years and when the 47 year old computer programmer faces the music in sentencing next month he could be looking at 75 years behind bars,

florida man who shot and killed an unarmed teen will break down the verdict in the case and ask if michael dunn will face a retrial for the death of jordan davis all of that and more later in the show. it's monday february seventeenth four pm in washington d.c. i'm lynn neary david and you're watching our team america we begin today with the news that an attorney who represents former government contractor edward snowden says she was detained and questioned by heathrow airport border force in london while going through customs just one raid act was traveling along with former n.s.a. whistleblower thomas drake to meet with julian a songe at the ecuadorian embassy in london yesterday right back tweeted after her experience saying i'm fine he throws a border force was just trying to intimidate me who was at work snowden who do you know him where is bradley manning to talk about what happened exactly i was joined earlier by just one radar herself from london and i first asked her to tell me about what that experience was like. yeah i don't i mean everyone has to go through customs i get that and us

to what one of the jurors had to say about the case. >> the verdict in the michael dunn murder trial is raising questions. >> the jury delivered a verdict. >> he's accused of killing a teenager. >> dunn fired ten rounds. >> the shots killed 17-year-old jordan davis. >> dunn says he shot davis in self-defense. >> no gun was ever found. >> no weapon, however, was ever found at the scene. >> this was a mixed verdict. >> guilty on four of five charge against dunn. >> that's three counts of attempted murder. >> and one count of firing into the vehicle. >> jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict. >> the jury was unable to come to a decision on the charge of first degree murder. >> retrying the case is something that we've all had to do. >> the prosecutor said she would retry the case on the outstanding charge. >> and we'll give it the same full attention. >> he had no duty to retreat and had the right to stand his ground proop. >> for the stand your ground law -- >> something that's become sort of a matter of confusion over this case. >> stand your ground. >> stand your ground, the prin

and we turn to florida where a verdict was reached in the trial of michael dunn the forty seven year old who shot and killed teenager jordan davis on saturday the jury in jacksonville found michael dunn guilty of attempted second degree murder for opening fire on three teens who were in the same as you vs jordan davis however they could not come to a consensus on whether to convict or acquit dunn of the most serious of charges first degree murder in the two thousand and twelve killing prosecutors argued that dunn recklessly shot at the teens after complaining about the volume of their music in a convenience store parking lot three of his ten shots struck davis one of them cutting through his liver along and his aorta however dunn testified that his actions were all in self-defense that davis threatened him and that he thought he saw a gun sticking out of the vehicle that held davis and his friends dunn was found guilty on four of the five counts he was charged with and now faces up to sixty years behind bars to discuss this more i was joined earlier by our tease nicholas o'donovan wh

ask if xeljanz is right for you. >>> breaking news in the michael dunn murder case, there's michael dunnccused of killing a young man over loud music. we have just learned the jury hasached a verdict on four of the five counts, they appear to be hung on the fifth count. the judge has brought the jury in. this is a dynamite charge where he tries to push and shove and cajole the juror into going back into the jury room to deliberate more. >> i am required to read to you an additional jury instruction. i'm going to read that instruction to you now. and then i will provide a copy of it to each one of you when i'm finished reading it. i know that all of you have tried hard to reach a verdict in this case to each of the counts. it apparently has been impossible for you so far. sometimes an early vote before discussion can make it hard to reach an agreement about the case later. the vote not the discussion might make it hard to see all sides of the case. we are all aware that it is legally permissible for a jury to disagree. there are two things a jury can lawfully do, agree on a verdict or dis

michael dunn was in his car. michael dunn rolled up his window.or a minute or so, when the other kid came back, he decided that michael dunn was going to roll down the window again and say, you guys are still talking to me, and had a concealed weapon in his car, and started shooting at the car, and he shot my son twice. as the car was pulling away, trying to get away from him, he was continuing to shoot at the car with these children, 17- year-old children, in the car. a few yards away, he still shot more bullets in the back of the car, trying to kill these kids. which to me, as a father -- i cannot believe in our society today that someone would try to kill children. but i see things that happen on the news. sometimes, you do not know if it will hit home or not. it hit home because it has torn jordan from me and his mother. and you have a teenager at home who is missing, it breaks your heart and ruins your life. i am standing up for jordan. i am standing my ground for jordan. his mother is standing her ground for jordan. >> do you think your son'

seventeen year old boy yes or what convinced you that to me it was unnecessary you didn't think michael dunn had to kill jordan davis i don't believe most of the jurors while valerie thought that dunn should have been found guilty for the murder murder of jordan davis two jurors thought the dunn was justified in taking the actions that he did so why did those two jurors think that dunn was justified in opening fire on an s.u.v. filled with teenagers after argument over loud music because of florida's stand your ground shoot first law during closing arguments in the dunn case dunn's defense attorney corey stroll repeatedly instructed jurors to look over page twenty five of the jury instructions he said to them i'm going to talk to you a little bit about justifiable use of force is honor's going to instruct you in ages twenty five to twenty eight i ask you when you go back in the jury room go all the way to page twenty five and start there because the law is going to tell you very clearly here's what page twenty five of the jury instructions if michael dunn was not engaged in an unlawful activ

>> we did, michael dunn. >> besides michael dunn. >> here we go, the only two people that know what happened, every single state's witness outside of the kids in the car indicate they were not looking over in that area until after they heard the gunshot being fired. as a matter of fact, the one witness who claims he heard mr. dunn say something, he even said, i only looked at the gun, i never looked at the suv, so not one single witness can talk about jordan davis being out of the car and even the kids in the car admitted he could have threatened michael dunn, but they didn't hear him. >> the prosecution has said it's going to retry on this top count. are you going to represent michael dunn in the retrial? >> as it stands right now, yes. there are things that come into play, we talked about the defense budget. >> what would having more money, what difference would that have made for the defense? >> we'd be able to bring in experts to show that when you are in a life and death fight or flight situation, what the mind goes through, what somebody may go through, and we get it. from day one we u

. >> you didn't think michael dunn had to kill jordan davis? >> i don't think so. >> stand your ground is part of the consciousness in florida and the other stand your ground states. >> even if we don't ever receive the verdict for jordan, he will still pay because he will spend the rest of his life in jail. and i feel sorry for him for that. >>> today, prosecutors announced that michael dunn will be retried for the first degree murder of jordan davis in may. and today, we heard from a second member of the jury, juror number eight, a 21-year-old who says she thinks michael dunn is a good guy, but she also thinks he is guilty of murder. >> i honestly think he was a good guy. i think he is a good guy. i don't think he hates everybody. i don't think he wants around wanting to shoot everybody. i think that he made a bad decision. >> the first juror to speak, juror number four, known only as valerie says race was not a factor in their deliberations. >> for a lot of folk in america, they would say white man shoots and kills a 17-year-old black boy. h

michael dunn is now in prison for life with no parole. but in that we had to fight to get those convictions. with we had to fight because of the implicit bias and racism and the perception that those young, black males were with up to no good. and that's how my advocacy began. i began speaking out about not only our tragedy, but all the tragedies since jordan the's death that -- jordan's death that i'd watch happen again and again and again. these were not only tragedies of young, black males, but sandy hook, pulse, all of the other tragedies that we've seen happen again and again and again. i started asking the hard questions, why were our legislators not standing up? why were our civic leaders, why were our national clergy not talking about this senseless death that was happening over and over again? and who was going to stand up to champion to make sure that we are safe and not in fear of being maimed or gunned down unnecessarily? that's how it all began. i became the national spokesperson for moms demand action, for gun sense and ever

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do you think michael dunn got away with murder at this point. i i do myself personally yes when you went to the deliberating room you thought michael dunn was guilty yes or of killing seventeen year old boy yes or what convinced you that to me it was unnecessary he didn't think michael dunn had to kill jordan davis i don't believe most of the jurors she told us agreed with her you all first took your first poll and guilt or innocence on the murder of jordan davis what was the vote tended to ten people thinking he was guilty yes i thought it was going to be killed valerie says that was a key moment in the trial dunn's insistence he believed he was in danger that in this final directive from the defense attorney check page twenty five start with page twenty five page twenty five reads the use of deadly force is justifiable that michael dunn reasonably believes that the force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm valerie went on to say that we all believe that there was another way out another option for him to the actions tha

michael dunn got into an argument over loud music with four teenagers. sitting inside a parked suv. dunn fired ten shots at the vehicle. 17-year-old jordan davis was killed. dunn says the killing was in self-defense and that the teen threatened him with a gun. this case centers on one question, will the jury believe mr. dunn was really in fear? today during the closing arguments the state repeatedly focus td on the fact that no gun was ever found. >> on november 23, 2012 when this defendant shot and killed jordan davis there was no gun in that durango. there was no stick. there was no bat. there was no lead pipe. there was no gun. he makes no mention of the firearm. there were no shots every fired at this defendant. i think he said, well, there was one gun for them so he was shooting at all of them. but as i stated earlier, there was no gun in that durango. it didn't happen. there was no gun. >> the police blamed police for not finding the gun. >> did the detectives close the plaza down? no. did they secure the scene? they haven't call k-9 to find the gun. why didn't they search the

you have to buy michael dunn not guilty of every cow in dykeman every lesser included you don't even start your discussion they met their burden of beyond a reasonable doubt but the prosecution sees it much differently they argue that there was no reason for done to think his life was in danger when this defendant shot and killed jordan davis there was no gun in the rain there was no death there was no bag there was no life high. there was no gun. artie's nicholas l. donovan joined us earlier with more on this controversial murder trial and what happened inside the courtroom well it was day nine day of closing arguments in the michael dunn trial we heard prosecutors say that for dunn the shooting was just simply a target practice prosecutor erin wolfson was in charge of deliver in the state's closing argument and she said that when michael dunn pull up to the s.u.v. with jordan davis and his friends were as you said listen to music his blood literally started to boil obviously the state is trying to depict a picture of michael dunn where he was some way triggered by some sort of irra

you need to know this on saturday a florida jury convicted michael dunn of three charges of attempted second degree murder and one charge of shooting into a vehicle for shooting into an s.u.v. that was full of teenagers after an argument about their loud music that same jury . failed to convict on a first degree murder in the death of jordan davis a seventeen year old who was in the s.u.v. earlier today one of the dunn jurors identified only as valerie spoke with a.b.c. news about the case and about what she thought dunn deserved take a look at do you think michael dunn kind of with murder at this point. i i do myself personally yes when you went to the deliberating room you thought michael dunn was guilty yes or of killing seventeen year old boy yes or what convinced you that to me it was unnecessary he didn't think michael dunn had to kill jordan davis i don't believe most of the jurors she told us agreed with her you all first took your first poll and guilt or innocence on the murder of jordan davis what was the vote tended to ten people thinking he was guilty yes i thought it was

matt was archie sarah for can we turn to for now where a verdict was reached and trial of michael dunn forty seven year old who shot and killed a teenager jordan davis on saturday the jury in jacksonville found michael dunn guilty of attempted second degree murder for opening fire on pre teens who were in the same suv is four and a vest. however they could not come to a consensus on whether to convict or acquit done on the most serious of charges first degree murder in two thousand of killing. prosecutors argued that don recklessly shot at the teens after complaining about the volume of their music and a convenience store parking lot three had his ten shots struck again as one of encoding to his liver along and has a door knob. however dunn testified that his actions were all in self defense that gave this trend him and that he's not he's on guns sticking out of the vehicle that held davis and his friends. gun was found guilty on four of the five pounds he was part with it now faces up to sixty years behind bars. this causes more i was going to earlier by r t smith was owed on a man wh

and they are indeed a jury of michael dunn's peers. and even with that, even with maybe their biases that they may have as far as culture is concerned. maybe not connecting with jordan and his culture, but we can still have a society where we can depend on them and count on them to render a verdict based on the facts of the case and the witnesses that they hear and not on any biases that they have. so i'm elated that we have this time. i think it's something for the history books. i think it's something that our young people all across this nation should understand and view, that this is really great for our nation, that we can maybe have a start of having justice and making sure that justice is equal and we don't have to worry about the makeup of the jury. i joined the human rights network, and we go to different places around the country where there's violations of human rights and i know there's a lot of people that have been unable to attain the justice that me an lucy have for our son. so immediately i'll be going to valdosta, geo

the both sides of the emotionally charged of the loud music trial. >> last night the jury found michael dunn guilty but on the most serious charge the jury deadlocked. mistrial. but dunn is still facing a lot of time in prison. martin savage, the reaction on both sides? >> yeah, i mean last night the reaction outside of the courthouse here was immediate. primarily that it was focuseded squarely on 17 year old jordan davis. outside the courtroom different reactions. first from the parents of davis. >> listen to this. >> we are so grateful for the truth. we are so grateful that the j y juriers were so able to understand it all and we will stand and wait for justice for jordan. >> heart breaking to listen to the mother there. next up was the defense attorney. and he was talking about the reaction of his client michael dunn who seemed like he was in a state of shock. even when he sat next to me he said how is this happening. i said i'll talk to you in the back. i didn't want to comment in the courtroom. it has not set in. i don't think it will set in anytime soon. >> it is expected that sentenci

, and i took it. >> michael dunn repeated the sentiment as he testified in his own defense. in an emotional moment, a 47-year-old software engineer described what was going through his mind. he said he was concerned not only about his own safety, but that of his fiancee. she had gob in the store at -- gone in the star at the jacksonville gas station to buy a bottle of wine. >> michael dunn said he saw what looked like the barrel of the shotgun, that jordan davis opened the door, got out and threatened to kill him. >> i was in fear for my life. i was probably stunned. >> during cross-examination, the prosecution argued that doesn't sprayed bullets into the s.u.vl with four unarmed teenagers. he was asked why he kept firing. dunn responded that he shot at the teens to, "keep their heads down so they wouldn't shoot at him", he said he didn't shoot to kill, but the prosecutor noted there was no gun or sign that anyone shot at him. >> you could imagine a gun. >> anything is possible. between his threats and action, they are reinforcing what my eyes told me. >> during rebuttal the

michael dunn got into an argument over loud music with four teenagers sitting inside a parked suv. dunn fired ten shots at the vehicle. jordan davis was killed at the scene. dunn says the killing was in self-defense, and that davis threatened him with a gun. >> he says yeah, i'm going to [ bleep ] kill you. i look, and i'm looking at a barrel. he is showing me a gun and he is threatening me. he said he was going to f-ing kill me. but after he opened the door, then he looked at me and said you're dead, [ bleep ]. >> and were you still sitting this in shock? >> yes, i was. >> were you still in fear for your life? >> i became even more fearful at that point. >> okay. at that point, what did you believe was about to happen to you? >> i thought i was going to be killed. >> did you even think he might even be able to get a shot off? >> yes, i kid. >> that testimony wasn't backed up by any other witness or any of the evidence in the case. the prosecution says it never happened. >> when that defendant opened fire, jordan davis was sitting in his car seat with the door closed, with nothing i

>> michael dunn's state of mind in this trial is key. he's going to assert self-defense, meaning he was in reasonable fear for his life. and so the state, they're going to argue, no, he was just angry. he didn't shoot inside of this suv at these kids because he had to. he did it because he wanted to. he was angry. they were playing this thug music. he referred to them as thugs before that shooting ever happened. and they're saying that he reacted based on a bias that he had towards these kids, not because of fear for his life. >> lisa, that face there, john dunn, a very familiar case to anyone who followed the george zimmerman trial. you've got to wonder what sort of lessons the prosecution may have learned from that trial, the lessons that they might try and apply here. >> right, and that's what the entire first half of my book is about. in my opinion, the state of florida did a terrible job in the george zimmerman case. they missed the key evidence in the case. they argued the evidence that they had very inappropriately. they lost a wi

all around this country. >> and we will continue to wait for justice for jordan. >>> jury in the michael dunn loud music trial reached a verdict last night. after almost 32 hours of deliberations over the course of four days, dunn was convicted of attempted murder and shooting a deadly missile into a vehicle, which was occupied by four unarmed teens as they sat in a parked suv playing music. but the jury couldn't decide if the fact that three of the ten bullets he fired, which hit and killed 17-year-old jordan davis, constituted murder. this all goes back to the night of november 23rd, 2012, at a gas station in jacksonville, florida, when dunn shot at the unarmed teens after an argument over the volume of the music the boys were playing. music that dunn has described as thug music. dunn claims that he feared for his life and saw a gun in the car. in florida, because of the state's stand your ground law, it didn't matter that davis didn't actually have a gun. all that mattered was that dunn believed his life was in danger before opening fire in self-defense. his defense attorney said after the

michael dunn accused of killing a young african-american teenager over loud music. that is not how dunn tells it. he insists he was in fear for his life when he pulled a gun and pumped nine bullet holes into a teenager's suv. this weekend's dunn's fiance said dunn said quote i hate that thug music. good morning. >> it is possible the state could rest early this week. this was a working weekend for the jurors with key witnesses taking the stand. after a rare and emotional session in which the prosecution called michael dunn's fiance it testify. she was shaken as surveillance video from november 23, 2012 played in court. >> somebody is shooting. >> what did you hear? >> i heard pop, pop, pop. >> reporter: minutes earlier she and dunn stopped at a jacksonville gas station and parked next to a red suv with a group of teenagers inside. >> what did the defendant say? >> i hate that thug music. >> reporter: what unfolded next is at the crux of the case. dunn told investigators there was an argument over loud music and then said he heard threats, saw a weapon, took his gun o

well if the racially diverse jury formed by ten women in six men finally find michael dunn guilty of first degree murder will he obviously faces up to life in prison dunn also faces three counts of attempted first degree murder related to the other three teenagers that were with jordan davis but survived the shooting one of them was severely injured so as i say he's facing life in prison right again this is the same state where the very controversial trayvon martin trial took place and we saw a strong reaction from the community there really come together in protest nicholas what reaction are you seeing on the ground there to the death of jordan davis. well there very two similar cases we are starting to see protests outside the courthouse in jacksonville i remember well the coverage of the reactions after that trayvon martin very ticked and i can tell you there was an outrage when george zimmerman was acquitted the truth is that it's inevitable to link both cases both in florida both involve a seven year old african-american kids apparently unarmed being shot by middle aged men the

. >> i know you know i have forgiven michael dunn for taking your life. >> michael dunn says it was self-defense. >> this guy comes up with something. i thought it was a shotgun. >> police say they never found a gun. dunn expected to take the stand today. >> i went over this a million times. what i should have done is put the car in reverse. >> our coverage begins right now in the cnn newsroom. >>> good morning. i'm carol costello. thanks for joining me. we start in jacksonville, florida in a courtroom where the loud music murder trial could go to the jury today. in a dramatic move, we could hear from michael dunn himself, the man who opened fire into a parked car blaring loud rap music. three of the bullets struck and killed 17-year-old jordan davis. dunn says he fired in self-defense leabelieving they e armed and threatening. jurors were told davis was leaning away from the shooter when he was killed. >> we know we're dealing with a horizontal track of the bullet. that happens by motion of the body. as you notice when i bend over t track becomes horizontal. that path of the liver and path of t

. >>> one week ago today a florida jury could not agree on whether or not michael dunn's shooting andilling of an unfarmed african-american teen-ager constituted first degree murder. with that decision, we're once again working through complicated questions about the role of racial bias and buy vent acts and how to addresses permissive vigilante style gun culture that comes with stand your ground laws. some say the law just needs to be tweaked. even in jacksonville where jordan davis was killed, the sheriff on friday said, quote, i think there's some tweaking to the stand your ground law needed. if it's a safe retreat and it doesn't place you in any more danger, i think that's always the best response." >> but here's the thing -- michael dunn did not retreat when he had the chance to. instead he got out of his car while he was firing into the suv carrying four unarmed black teen-agers. so while i agree that the law needs to change, it seems pretty clear we need to do more than sort of tinker around the edges of these laws. the florida prosecutor, the same prosecutors who failed to get

did >> reporter: michael dunn did not appear to show much emotion as the verdicts were read. he was also found guilty of three counts of attempted murder and one count of shooting into a vehicle. dunn fired ten shots at an suv full of teenagers at a jacksonville convenience store parking lot in november 2012. he testified that he did it in self-defense, after an argument over loud music coming from the suv. he claimed he saw one teenager, jordan davis, holding the barrel of a shotgun and that's when he grabbed his gun and fired. davis was shot and killed. but police did not find a weapon on him or the suv. not. >> we're so very happy to have just a little bit of closure. >>> dunn now faces at least 60 years in prison. the judge set sentencing for late march. the prosecution must now decide whether they will try michael dunn on the charge of murder. manuel bojorquez, cbs news, florida. >> >> axelrod: if you think this has been an especially miserable winter, you from absolutely right. and another winter storm is now bearing down on the northeast tonight. this is the 13th major

mattress discounters >> a jury in jacksonville, florida is now deciding the guilt of innocence of michael dunnjurors began deliberating late this afternoon. we've learned they've wrapped up for the night without reaching a verdict. they'll resume deliberations tomorrow morning at 10:00. dunn is charged in murder in the shooting death of a 17-year-old man, jordan davis at a gas station in 2012. he claims he acted in self-defense during a confrontation with a group of teenagers in an suv. martin savidge was inside the courtroom today. >> reporter: in closing arguments, prosecutors said 17-year-old jordan davis may have a big mouth, but he never had a weapon. >> let me be very clear. on november 23rd, 2012, when this defendant shot and killed jordan davis, there was no gun in that durango. there was no stick. there was no bat. there was no lead pipe. there was no gun. >> reporter: 47-year-old michael dunn says it all started when he exchanged words over loud music coming from an suv carrying four teens. he says he pulled his weapon after he thought he saw the teens, at least one of them, point so

michael dunne accused of shooting and killing a florida teenager. nse, but prosecutors say that 17-year-old jordan davis fervor stood a chance against dunn. steve harrigan is covering it live from miami. >> day four of deliberations, the jury had more questions for the judge this morning asking if all the charges against dunn should be considered separately. dunn is facing a first degree murder charge for murdering a 17-year-old african-american. he also faces lesser charges of attempted murder for firing into a vehicle where there were three other young men present. those attempted murder charges carry a penalty up to 20 years each. throughout this case, the defense maintained that dunn was simply acting in self-defense. he claims to have seen a rifle pointed at him. no weapon was found at any time after the shooting took place. the prosecution says dunn acted with deliberation and he fired ten shots in all, including three shots that they say happened when the suv containing all four passengers was already pulling away. that courtroom is cleared no

even though michael dunn is almost certainly going to jail for the rest of his life. there was a sense of incompleteness about it. and i'll mention dunn seemed shocked. i really think he thought he was going to be acquitted of all charges. >> well, lisa bloom, dunn is a very strange person based on everything we've collected in the evidence so far. in his writings since he's been held awaiting trial he seems to have very strange reactions to things that happen around him, including when he's in parking lots in situations like he was in in this case. >> right. well, that's charitable, lawrence. i mean, i've read a lot of his jailhouse letters. he's very arrogant. he was quite confident that he was going to be acquitted in this case. he really had no doubt about it. he referred to african-americans as thugs and gangsters on a number of occasions. he said it would be great if more people would do what he did. and he said "the more i get to know those people," referring to african-americans, "the more prejudiced i become." i mean, this is a man who was really quite open ab

that jordan davis was inside the vehicle and not outside when michael dunn shot and killed him. d they also made it clear that dunn was angry. that he was the one who was escalating the situation, and not jordan davis. now, they also made the point that michael dunn was the one who acted after the shooting in a way that made it seem like he was not defending himself. he was the one who fled the scene. he was the one who did not call the police. and those are all actions, ashleigh, that the prosecution really focused on in their closing arguments. >> so alina, much like the zimmerman case, things started off, and they gathered momentum. the community started really getting engaged. and i'm seeing people behind you with signs. i can't read them. when i was just down there, i also heard a loud mega phone, as well, and apparently it was somebody who turned up at the zimmerman trial, as well. are you feeling there is some community momentum all of a sudden? people turning out at the courthouse? or does it just seem scattered? >> reporter: it seems like there are some protesters out he

tongue michael dunn got away with murder? >> at this point, i do.myself, personally, yes. >> when you went to the deliberating room, you thought michael dunn was guilty. >> yes, sir. >> of killing 17-year-old boy. >> yes, sir. >> what convinced you of that? >> to me, it was unnecessary. >> you didn't think michael dunn had to kill jordan davis. >> i don't believe so. >> you all took your first poll on guilt or innocence on the murder of jordan davis. what was the vote? >> 10-2. >> 10 people thinking he was guilty. >> yes, sir. >> and two said? >> self defense. >> there were reports there was yelling heard coming from the deliberation room. >> there was. >> what was that about? >> yes. >> you did some of the yelling. >> at one point, we were all trying to get our point across. >> scream? >> oh, yes, sir. >> how could you all convict michael dunn of attempting to kill the other teenagers in the car, but not convict him of killing the 17-year-old? >> that is pretty much my sole purpose for being here. because reading the social media and people looking

>>> michael dunn in the cross hairs. ore on this from cnn martin savage. >> i'm the victim here. i was the one who was victimized. >> prosecutors releasing audio of jailhouse phone calls between michael dunn and his fiance. >> i don't know how else to put it. they attacked me. i'm the victim. i'm the victor but i was the victim too. >> the calls recorded in the weeks following dunn's arrest after he shot and killed jordan davis in an argument over loud music at the gas station. dunn maintains he was threatened by jordan davis and his friends. in one of the calls released, dunn complains about being housed alone in the cell. >> it would be better than being in the room with animals. >> he was convicted on saturday but the jury failed to reach a charge on the most serious, first degree murder. the mistrial sparked outrage from some in jacksonville. protestors gathered at the gas station where the shooting occurred. >> i brought my grand son. i love this man with all my life. i don't want him or no other black child to have

michael dunn convicted of three counts of attempted murder. him guilty of murdering jordan davis. today dozens of davis supporters gathered in jacksonville to protest. we begin our coverage tonight with martin savage. >> we find the defendant guilty of attempted second degree murder. >> reporter: protesters gathered at the gas station where the shooting occurred. for a second time in six months they have seen an admitted killer not convicted for a black teen's death, first trayvon martin, now jordan davis. >> this little man here i love with all my life. i don't want him or no other black child to have to continue to go through this. it has to end and it has to be now. it has to come to an end now. >> reporter: not far away parked his suv hip hop blaring just as davis was doing. loud music has become a symbol of protest. like many in jacksonville think prosecutor failed the black community just as she did he says in the trial of george m zimmerman. >> you think she should resign? >> immediately. >> the night of the verdict protesters marched d

. >> do you think michael dunn got away with murder? >> at this point, i do. >> the loud music murder trial for the first time the road to conviction. >> what convinced you? >> to me it was unnecessary. >> you didn't think michael dunn had to kill jordan davis? >> i don't believe so. >> outrage over the wisconsin national guard and this photo. >> to me it's just completely unacceptable. >> the caption reading we put the fun in funeral. this morning the fallout has begun. the american dream team. >> the idea that in four minutes you have to be on. >> rachel nichols one on one with ice dancers meryl davis and charlie white. >> as athletes we planned so much of our lives. we're trying to enjoy this moment. >> you're live in the cnn "newsroom". >>> good morning, i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we begin this morning with the long shadows of the cold war and new explosions of that era's bitter east versus west divisions. this is ukraine where thousands of americans live and more than 25 people died in escalating violence

>> i said, yes, i know. >> that was rhonda rouer, the girlfriend of michael dunn, testifying to the opinion quote, thug music playing in the car where jordan davis was sitting with his friends. and this was dunn's attorney, cory thohla making his argument. >> you know who didn't duck? jordan davis. you know why he didn't duck? because he was getting out of the car with a weapon, after telling michael dunn, you're dead [ bleep ]. this is going down now. you have four men against one. >> those are some of the moments during the trial, when racial overtones may have seemed readily apparent in a case where a white man was accused of killing an frafrican-american teen. and yet the question of race was not expressly evoked in the case. we have lisa bloom and with me in the studio are jelani cobb with the university of connecticu connecticut, and the executive director of the metropolitan center for urban education. rincu sen, the executive president of the race forward, and publisher of colorlines.com, and michael denzel smith, a writer for the nation.com and a nobler fellow at the nation institu

what is clear here is the fact that michael dunn shot and killed 17-year-old jordan davis in novembersues, one is this. were dunn's actions lawful and justified because he feared for his life? today it's been about the details and the friends of michael dun. family members. listen to the two exchanges with a witness, beverly berry. >> do you know or have a belief of his limitation for peacefulness? >> yes. >> what is that? >> never have i observed anything other than a very calm demeanor. >> at any of these special occasions did you play rap music? >> play rap music? >> yes, ma'am. >> no. >> were there young black teens at these special occasions? >> i object. i can approach. >> sure. >> joining me to discuss in jacksonville, let's begin with the witness who we saw most recently. 24-year-old chris dunn, son of michael dunn. it was his wedding. where the father had been the day before he drove to the gas station where he shot and killed a 17-year-old young man. what was the importance of that testimony today? >> the defense attorney tried to put this witness on the stand to give us the