hoodies tell you nothing about a person because everyone has a hoodie now.ut as informative as socks. everyone has them. i have a bunch. one that i like to wear on airplanes. a couple others that i wear on those very rare occasions when i work out. o'reilly says that trayvon martin was "dressed in clothing sometimes used by street criminals." now, i would have had no problem with that line if o'reilly rewrote it to say "and sometimes used by fox news gangstas." ♪ [ male announcer ] harvey's i'm so happy you're home dance. that's real love. and so is giving him real tasty food. but some leading dog foods add sugar, dyes, or even artificial preservatives. [ dog whimpers ] but now there's new so good! from iams. with 100% real wholesome ingredients and none of those other things. now that's real love. so is that. new so good! see what's really in your dog's bowl at iams.com. >>> senator mike enzi, a new public policy poll shows wyoming republicans giving enzi almost a 30-point lead over liz cheney. 54-26. liz cheney has established a legal residence in wyoming,

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, the famous hoodie, with the bullet hole in it.o show you that moment in court as the firearms analyst describes what tests she did. >> explain to the jury first what this is, and then what you did. >> this was -- evidence that i examined for distance determination, and what i did was i was looking at the surrounding this hole. i was looking for partially burned or unburned gun powder particles. i was looking for any kind of sooting present around the hole as well as looking at the ends of the fibers to whether they were blackened, singed or melting. >> if you would just stand back so the court reporter has a visual of you, that would help. what did you do to test-fire with this particular -- you took a cutting or what did you to? >> i did. i removed a portion of the back of the sweatshirt for testing purposes. >> all right. mr. de la ronal arondald it -- more forensic in nature or psychological? i can't -- we can't hear his volume right now. something is wrong with it. jeff toobin, i'll go to you. was it more forensic or psycholog

if you, ezra, and james, changed into hoodies, yourselves, and walk down the street, the way each of you would be perceived by society would be completely different. he's asking people to examine why and examine that and recognize that for african-americans, every little slight, it's like a thousand little cuts, not being able to get a cab, yeah, that's not the end of the world. it's a perception even minorities -- we're not talking about all white cab drivers but whether you're dealing with another minority or somebody who is white always being perceived as lesser, eaven if you're the president of the united states and have the power and grand year and power of the office, at the end of the day to a lot of people you're another black man and someone less than them. that's something people don't understand because they don't experience it and don't have to experience it. >> after 9/11 you did not have to explain why people would be feeling post-traumatic stress even if they didn't live in manhattan. people upd understood that sense of vulnerability, you could be attacked just for who

all my kids at columbia university walk through the campus with hoodies on.none of them robbing nobody. >> and we live on the upper east side. my nephew wears a hoodie and he's playing basketball right now. my nephew lives with me. so if he comes over and walks by your house to bring something down to you, you should be thinking oh, that could be star's nephew right there, instead that could be a criminal. >> i have to say this, i think we try to use the hoodies as this metaphor. but 35 years ago, there were not hoodies and they were still profiling african-american men. so we have to be real about it. >> i would love to know what you think about this. i'm hopeful. we've come a long way, but we have so long to go. what gives me hope is when i talk to kids. my 9-year-old daughter doesn't see a black person, she sees the president. am i being naive to think that we're a generation away, but this next generation is approaching things very different? that's what i'm starting to see. >> i think you're right. each generation deals with race differently. but there a

a hoodie up playing basketball right now.'m your girl, my nephew lives with me. so if he comes over and walks by your house to bring something down to you you should be thinking that could be star's nephew instead of thinking that could be a criminal. that's the point. >> that's it. [ applause ] >> go ahead, guys. >> i just have to say this, i think we try to use the hoodies as this metaphor but 35 years ago there were not hoodies and they were still profiling african american men. [ applause ] >> so we have to be real about it. >> i would love what you think about this. i'm hopeful. we've come a long way and have a way to go. what gives me hope, i talk to kids. my 9-year-old daughter doesn't see a black person, she sees a president and am i naive to think we're a generation away but the next generation is approaching things differently? is that the white guy look but that's what i'm seeing -- >> i think you're right. i think each generation deals with it differently because we reimagine what it looks like but structural issu

talk to us about the symbol of the hoodie. we saw it initially long before this case was resolved, the notion that this young person wearing a hoodie was indicia of suspicion or was simply an outfit choice, fashion, a decision that has no greater consequence. talk to us about how contested the notion of the hoodie has been and whether you think this is something that will stay with us. >> i think it will stay with us. it represents implicit bias. in my view, it's a really great example of how people are standing up and saying we're going to challenge the symbols of racism and the symbols here are that subconsciously, you will think i'm a criminal because i'm wearing a hoodie, when it's a fashion issue. my two daughters wear hoodies all the time. i think most kids of this generation do. >> so does mark zuckerberg, as people pointed out. >> exactly, but mark zuckerberg is not trayvon martin wearing a hoodie. because of the stereotypes and fears that are not always conscious. there's one other thing i think is really important to

would it look different if the hoodie was flat against the chest? >> yes, it would have.flat against the chest, you would have had a circular entrance wound surrounded by a wide cuff of blackened and partially seared skin. what you have with tattooing with that size and density, the muzzle of the gun was maybe 2 to 4 inches away from the skin at the time of discharge. so while the muzzle -- >> go ahead. i'm sorry. >> no. while the muzzle was in contact with the clothing, the clothing was 2 to 4 inches away from the chest. and this is consistent -- this is consistent with the account of mr. zimmerman that mr. martin was leaning over him so that the hoodie would have fallen away from the skin. >> is there any other explanation for it to be have the distance? for instance, if you're pushing away and trying to get away from someone and you're standing, would you expect that the hoodie could be pulled away from the chest or not? >> okay. you can forget about standing. the only way you can get a pattern like that of standing would be if somebody grabbed your shirt and pulled it

a 6'2 "hoodie-wearing stranger is in the immediate housing complex. how would the ladies of that jury have reacted? i submit that if they were armed, they would have shot and killed trayvon martin a lot sooner than george zimmerman did. >> stephen: great analysis, and it proves this was a fair trial. as the bill of rights clearly states, the accused shall be tried by a jury of people who would have done... who would have done the murder faster. but, folks, even though justice was served that did not stop some americans from rudely accepting it back to the kitchen, taking to the streets to protest so-called racial inequality. knock it off! because yes, america had racial inequality but by my latest calculations, it's evidently... it is now a tie. [ cheers and applause ] stick with me. stick with me. here's how it breaks down. obviously zimmerman's acquittal is seen as a point for white people. (ding). then again, o.j.'s acquittal was one for black people. (ding). obama, with two black points, one for each election (ding, ding). and whites lose one poin

lose the hoodies. wear something nonthreatening. you know what? start buying your clothes wherever martin lawrence and tyler perry shop. i mean, they look harmless. i mean, madea has only been to jail once. folks, if this trial proves anything -- and i'm not sure it does because the prosecution certainly couldn't -- it's that america... [ cheers and applause ] it's that america has no patience for transgressors. we punish them harshly, those who break our state or federal laws go to jail while those who break our moral laws go into new york city politics. [ cheers and applause ] recently, i found one man who poses our country's greatest threat. he is like al capone meets the unabomber stuffed inside voldemort and smothered in a creamy charles manson sauce. and tonight i do more than just bring him to justice. i bring him to basic cable. jim? >> america is a great nation. built on a foundation of sacred texts. but some people don't understand that. they demand we embrace their deviant lifestyle. >> are you saying it's perverted? it's not that way.

the hoodie that became such a symbol. we heard about the hoodies tonight from benjamin crump. one of the key defense arguments was that the hoodie was separated two to four inches from the body. therefore trayvon martin had to have been leaning over george zimmerman, threatening him. so zimmerman would have had to shoot. these were gathered at the bottom. they bagged out. did not necessarily mean he was leaning over. we never heard that argument. did the prosecutors not look at the evidence? did they not review it over and over and over again? as a lawyer would do in the course of a trial? did their staff not review it over and over again? did he not work on a closing argument that pulled together a cohesive theory? i may sound extremely critical of the prosecution. i have to be honest. i've been flabbergasted. especially through the second half of the trial. i look at the evidence over and over again. i look at what was going on in the courtroom and i had to shake my head and wonder what was going on in there. i don't have an explanation for it. i wish somebody would ask the

>> tens of thousands of people wear hoodies. it's now a fashionable thing to do. >> i wear hoodies., you put on hoodies. >> it was sort of an insane column to be honest. >> was it really? >> on the same one as the sort of passionate eloquent column that eugene wrote yesterday was startling. >> because if something happens to us, it's one thing, but to your child, so eric holder's a big boy now. one thing that struck me, he said, i didn't think observe the tradition by talking to my son that we've gone further, but we haven't. >> united states has made extraordinary leaps and bounds. over the past 50 years, extraordinary changes, and there have been, in race relations, in just about every yr area. but when it companies to this one area in law enforcement, there are pockets in this area. by the way, i had a friend of mine last night say, hey, it's not just the white officers. i've had some black officers growing up that had white partners that were shoving me into the side a car and banging my head, just trying to send a message. >> holder's point was that yes, this happens occasional

he did. >> he told you that just because trayvon was wearing a hoodie. your son wears a hoodie.y should profile a person, geraldo, including your son because of what they are wearing or because of what they look hike. >> geraldo. >> geraldo: ted. >> i couldn't disagrow with you more. trayvon martin had every right to be where he was at that time. it was raining and he had a right. right. >> geraldo: there is right and practical sense. >> what uncommon sense was he operating under at that time. >> you see a guy saying kid what are you doing here and want to turn around and confront them? >> if you follow somebody in the dark and see the silhouette there is going to be fear if you. you got one of two choices. take off you running or confront them. trayvon martin confronted the person. >> i got you. and i appreciate that. and ladies and gentlemen, you see the sincerity of the emotion here and you see the, you know, these when some people struggle with their mortgage payments, they become frozen, but the people who take action, are far more likely to get the most positive outcome. c

he did. >> he told you that just because trayvon was wearing a hoodie. your son wears a hoodie. nobody should profile a person, on because of what they are wearing or because of what they look hike. >> geraldo. >> geraldo: ted. >> i couldn't disagrow with you more. trayvon martin had every right to be where he was at that time. it was raining and he had a right. right. >> geraldo: there is right and practical sense. >> what uncommon sense was he operating under at that time. >> you see a guy saying kid what are you doing here and want to turn around and confront them? >> if you follow somebody in the dark and see the silhouette there is going to be fear if you. you got one of two choices. take off you running or confront them. trayvon martin confronted the person. >> i got you. and i appreciate that. and ladies and gentlemen, you see the sincerity of the emotion here and you see the, you know, these side or the other? >> i would like to keep my bar license for a couple more years. and second part of the question? >> second part of the question was, what do you tell people this h

is a hoody rally happening now. >> and watch as this woman aband yonz her baby in a gas station rest room. why did she do it? her jail house confession, only on abc 7 news. >> you'll see the jobs being created by a silicon valley construction boom. some of the region's biggest companies moving on up. >> getting underway tonight a very small hoody rally now in support of trayvon martin whose killer has been cleared of criminal charges in florida. good evening. i'm cheryl jengs. >> i'm dan ashley. the trial captivated the nation, enraged some protestors in oakland who used the verdict as an excuse to vandalize the 9 the city this weekend. mark math jews wlift story and the clean up. mark? >> looks like a crowd of 70-100 behind me getting ready for what we hope will be a peaceful march. you know a lot of frustration and anger over that not guilty verdict in the george zimmerman case. near oakland a group of about 100 turned that into violence and vandalism. as he cut plywood covers, victor said they'd never put up with this in his hometown. >> no. i don't think so. no. this is why destr

martin was leaning over him so that the hoodie would have fallen away from the skin. >> is there anyer explanation for it to be with the distance? for instance, if you were pushing away and trying to get away from someone and you were standing, would you expect that the hoodie could be pulled away from the chest, or not? >> okay. you can forget about standing. the only way you could get a pat other than like that of standing would be if somebody grabbed your shirt and pulled it this way, in which case the contact defect which here -- when the hoodie falls back into normal position, would have been over here. in other words -- >> i'm sorry. >> in other words, the defect in the clothing would not have matched the defect in the body. >> you know, as best as we can piece together with the testimony, other than george zimmerman, of course, is that they were both on the ground. so it seems that one had to be over the other. they both couldn't have been standing. or is there some possibility that they could have been standing at the time of the discharge of the weapon? >> i considered that.

with a hoodie on. >> absolutely. i appreciated that sketch because it reminded us of is this idea that anyone could be trayvon. what george zimmerman saw was not some young punk. he didn't see somebody who may have been raiding houses. he saw a black body he immediately saw as a suspect and ultimately worthy of lethal force and that is scary to me. the fact they weren't talking about race in that jury room is also scary to me because they should have. yes, the judge gave instructions not to. i think you're right about that but for me the prosecution didn't weave a narrative from the beginning to force them in bthis in racial terms. even if he don't use the language of race we still smuggle in the tone and tenor of race by the way we construct trayvon martin. >> i want to bring in robin kelly a democrat from he will now. good to see you. thanks for being here. you know civil rights leaders are meeting as we speak and calling for the justice department to bring civil rights charges against george zimmerman. reverend al

he said he could tell martin was on top, because even though zimmerman's gun was touching the hoody, the hoody was not touching marty's skin. >> in fact, we know that the clothing was two to four inches away is consistent with somebody leaning over the person doing the shooting and that the clothing is two to four inches away from the person firing. >> reporter: he also countered the medical examiner's testimony from the prosecution who said martin could have survived and suffered up to ten minutes. he said shot in the heart, martin would have unconscious in 10 to 15 seconds. >> he's going to be dead within one to three minutes after being shot in this case. >> reporter: final he, he testified that zimmerman's injuries indicate his head suffered at least six impacts against a hard surface. >> is this injury consistent with mr. zimmerman's head having impacted a sidewalk? >> yes. >> reporter: the prosecution jumped on a key question that the defense expert couldn't answer. >> you're not testifying here as to who started what led up to the death of trayvon martin? >> that's correct, si

and the hoodie and the sweatshirt, the hoodie that became such a symbol. one of the key defense arguments was that the hoodie was separated by about two to four inches from the body. and trayvon martin had to be leaning over george zimmerman, threatening him so zimmerman would have to shoot. they were gathered at the bottom, didn't necessarily mean he was leaning over. we never heard that argument. did the prosecutors not look at the evidence. did they not review it over and over again? did he not work on a closing argument that pulled together a cohesive theory. i have been flabbergasted, especially through the second half of the trial i looked at the evidence over and over again, i looked at what was going on in the courtroom and i had to shake my head and wonder what was going on in there. i don't have an explanation for it. i wish someone would ask the prosecutors. >> as a layperson watching the trial, there were times you wanted to jump up and say, why aren't they asking a rebuttal question. they would put up witnesses, but never question his story mo

for example, say the person had been wearing a hoodie, then you would be fine. this is a tough case. on one hand people probably shouldn't just fire shotgun blasts into the air. on the other hand, the vice president literally told me to. that's a pretty solid defense. you know what? i am going to rule on this. if there's one legal precedent set by this case, it should be for god's sake ignore joe biden. we'll be right back. ers heers

because he was wearing a hoodie.ehow this man right here became suspicious of a 17-year-old kid who's wearing a hoodie. at 7:00 in the evening or 7:10 in the evening. >> straight through to see if there was a street sign that i could tell dispatch where i lost sight of him at. when i walked back, that's when he came out of the darkness. and i guess he was upset that i had called the police. >> he's starting to speculate or trying to convince the police, oh, i guess that's why he must have attacked me or why he came out. because he must have been upset that i called the police. see, he's trying to justify to the police why he did what he did. of course, it's not that he came to the wrong assumption originally. it's, no, i was just checking for the street sign. i was just doing my job as a neighborhood watchman or just a citizen concerned about crime. and i guess he came out of there because he must have realized that i called the police. meaning that first assumption's still existing in his mind. he is a criminal. and

door here smashed early monday morning when crook drive the car right through. 3 thieves wearing hoodie and mask rush in and get to work. sledge ham tore smash display case filling bag with prisony jewels and gold. but police say the bandit were discriminating knowing exactly what they were looking for. >> about somewhat selective on what they d.they passed up display stands and targeted others. so it was it was a group that was looking for specific items. >> praise year the better. thieves were i hope the store 4 minutes and made off with

this hoodie thing, this stereotyping. he had a hoodie on why that night? why?s raining that night. if you had an umbrella, you would have put an umbrella up. you know, i think that zimmerman had a combination of both. he said these young punks, they always get away with it. i think he was speaking toward the black issue there, so yes, i think there was a tint of racism involved in this as it pertains to zimmerman. >> geraldo: okay, ted. got it. gotta give niger his opening statement. >> real quick, first of all, i want to applaud the trayvon martin family for operating with such honor and dignity. my family has had the pain of losing two young black men, my brothers, and the amount of dignity and decency that they have demonstrated throughout this entire process should be applaud. i think that's something we should all agree upon. in terms of the image of young black men which i hope we get into in the next segment, zimmerman is no more guilty of racism than santita jackson's father who said he feels comfortable when he's walking down a dark alley and he looks

, the hoody garment and the body is -- and the fact that the -- trayvon martin was carrying this juice can in the pocket of the hoody, you put that all together and it's very consistent with trayvon martin straddling over george zimmerman and george zimmerman shooting with his right hand with the bullet entering slightly to the left of midline and moving toward trayvon martin's right side. all very consistent with what george zimmerman has told. >> and danny, the defense argued strenuously to get the toxicology report in, we talked about this a lot, but then it didn't come up? >> that was fascinating to me, because they fought hard to get that in, and even now today we've been talking about text messages. it's a spectrum of different pieces of evidence that the defense wanted to get in. on one end is probably the marijuana, because it goes to someone's state of mind at the time this happened. on the other end, you get into the text messages. which jeffrey toobin is absolutely right, what we look at is what was in george zimmerman's mind at the time of, not just general history of trayv

pray and after i pray, i'm going to hug my son who one day might go to the store in the rain in a hoodie. maybe it will be different, #jesus." and a lot of prayers, a lot of calls for people to pray for the family and for our country. and let's also go to lana dunham, treater of the hbo series "girls." she writes simply a two-letter sta start, "no. my heart is with sybrina fulton, rachel jeantel everyone who loved trayvon and has been sent the message that his life did not matter." kate, chris? >> i think most people would agree, people, their hearts and prayers are with the family of

wait, o'reilly sells hoodies? now only $29.95.urse clicked on the link, went to o'reilly's website, where indeed the guy actually sells hoodies himself. and yet he still says hoodies make you look like a suspicious person. bill o'reilly, still stranger than fiction. >>> up next, the great tony-award winning harvey fierstein with a warning for edward snowden about life in russia and a warning for you maybe even thinking about visiting russia. this day calls you. to fight chronic osteoarthritis pain. to fight chronic low back pain. to take action. to take the next step. today, you will know you did something for your pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a pain reliever fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. anti-depressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not for children under 18. people taking maoi

who was where, and when were they there, and the blood-stained hoodie.weatshirt that martin was wearing on the night that would be his very last. it's certainly become an icon. does the forensic evidence show that shirt was pressed up against martin's chest, or hanging down when he was shot? the difference could show whether or not martin was on top of zimmerman during the struggle as he contends. an expert testified wednesday about tests that she ran on the hoodie and a second sweatshirt martin was wearing. >> this is a close-up shot of the tests that i had generated with the lighter colored sweatshirt depicting a little better that you can see the tearing and the blackening of the fabric right around the hole. >> all right. are your findings consistent with the muzzle of the gun having been pressed into the dark hooded sweatshirt and then fired through both the dark hooded sweatshirt and the lighter colored sweatshirt? >> it is consistent with the muzzle of the firearm touching the outer sweatshirt and inner sweatshirt being in direct contact, yes. >>

some of the demonstrators actually worn hoodies like trayvon martin did. in los angeles, protesters clashed with police and a small group actually broke off and blocked interstate 10 for about 30 minutes as the mayor there appealed for calm. at least one arrest in los angeles that we know of. in new york, times square was packed. more than 1,000 protesters causing gridlock in the streets, upset with the verdict, while some here in oakland are upset with the verdict, many residents say they're also frustrated that their city was hit again. and i wanted to show you, this is the top of the window here at the sears building, and it looks like in addition to breaking the window, someone left a hoodie up on top. reporting live in oakland, christie smith, today in the bay. >> okay, christie, thanks. much of george zimmerman's case was built on a claim of self-defense. that's prompting questions about what constitutes self-defense and how it differs across the country. we spoke to steven clark, an nbc legal analyst here, to explain. >> you are allowed to use self-

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it is a picture of martin luther king in a hoodie.lks took offense at that, a lot of folks cheered it. i was interested in your reaction to it particularly because we had spoken earlier about whether trayvon martin should be compared to megger everett. >> i think for young people, the reality is that they often feel judged because they wear their hoodies. they're seen as suspect. and this is across race. >> but it's the use of martin luther king's iconic image. >> right. and where i was headed is that, yes, we remember martin luther kick sort of with a halo and a glow of light. but he lived a life as a black man and really as a young plan man, killed before he was 40, being treated as all young black men are. he grew up in the naacp, he grew up in the church, he went to morehouse college. and he was treated like any other black man in atlanta in those days. and they were often treated as if they were criminals because of their color and race. and what his son and i have in common is that we're both raising young black kids in this cou

and so you have a congressman whose own district is bleeding, who puts on a hoodie as a symbolic act, but he doesn't do anything about the gangs in his own district. >> wait a minute. >> hang on. first of all, congressman, let me let you -- >> that's a charge, newt, that is not going to hold, doesn't hold water. i have been working relentlessly since i've been in congress, even when you were the speaker of the house and didn't want to hear these matters. i have been working on trying to deal with this violence. i'm astounded and ashamed about this violence. but this is also systemic to an overall problem. chicago will take care of this violence. that's one of the reasons why on a friday, the 26th, we're having this national summit on urban violence. this was before the verdict we had planned this. the congressional black caucus is coming into chicago so that we can work on solutions to this problem. now, what i challenge you to, newt, especially today, i want to challenge you and your republican cohorts. today is a sunday. today is a day of worship. we serve and worship the same god.

if he was trayvon was white and he had a hoodie on, would that happen? >> civil rights leaders including the reverend al sharpton, president of the national action network and our msnbc colleague have called for public gatherings in 100 cities this coming saturday. even as one protest turned violent in los angeles last night. a fringe group broke away from a peaceful demonstration and began breaking store windows and destroying property. however, the vast majority of protests have been peaceful even as this delicate national conversation continues. for more now, i'm joined by kerry sanders from sanford, florida, who is with the city's mayor jeff triplett. kerry? >> martin, we're here with the mayor because this is in many ways not only the epicenter of events but it is the epicenter of calm. we have seen the events in los angeles and oakland, in milwaukee where protesters have gotten a little out of hand. although it's just a small group. nonetheless, here things are calm. so i guess i'm curious, as you look forward to this saturday, marches in 100 citie

king stopped the demonstration. >> jones tells me today there is no question king would put on a hoody justice but not like in oakland. >> if you really care about making a difference, and honoring the legacy of trayvon martin you protest peacefully. and then, don't come to a protest rally unless you are registered to vote. >> another protest is planned for saturday. oakland mayor is promising it will be better. >> we're going to have more community people come out to monitor. >> one organizer tell meez if anyone acts out they'll be turned in to police. >> we want peace and justice. we don't want violence in the community we're going to have to go against people that seek to hijack our demonstration. >> leadership requires those people who are calling these demonstrations who are putting demonstrations together they're the one that's have to set the ground rules. >> participants told me that they did not feel safe, clarence jones says that threat was always present in the civil rights mars. but dr. king and his followers would not permit it to come from their side. dan? >> okay. thank

martin was wearing a hoodie when as we shot and killed. coming up in our next half-hour we'll bring you a live report from sanford, florida with more reaction on the zimmerman not- guilty verdict and newschannel 2 is it en route to the roy. >>> police are trying to figure out what caused an accident that left 19 people hurt in san francisco. ktvu's christien kafton with more on the collision that shut down service for several hours. >> minute after the crash between a muni light-rail vehicle and a van shortly before 1:00 this afternoon, more than a dozen passengers lined 3rd street and evans avenue while responders evaluated them. eventually loading up 19 patients to be checked out at various hospitals. michelle howard says she has on board with her young daughter when the crash happened. >> where that glass fell in at. >> reporter: she says she scrambled to protect her daughter. >> i had to cover my baby so the glass wouldn't hit her. >> reporter: police say the muni light-rail vehicle and van were heading towards the downtown, that the v

. >> announcer: the neighborhood watch dog on a collision course with a kid in a hoodie, trayvon martin. >> he said you're going to die tonight [ bleep ]. >> announcer: with today's verdict is a racial powder keg about to explode? here's david muir. >> good evening and welcome to "20/20." tonight the breaking news here, not guilty more than 15 hours after they got the case, six women just came out of that jury room and handed in their verdict. in essence delivering the future of george zimmerman. moments ago, trayvon martin's father tweeting this. we'll put it on the screen. got blessed me and sybrina with tray and even with his death, i know my baby would be proud the fight. a family in pain tonight. another family with tears hugging his defense team. abc's matt gut man has been on this case in florida ever since the case broke and we join him outside the courthouse there in sanford. after george zimmerman shot trayvon martin on that cold february night, six jurors, five mothers coming to this verdict. let's pause for a second to hear judge debra nelson read that vert. >> in the circui

, i was wearing hoodies before we called them hoodies.ed them sweat shirts. right? it was a sweat shirt when you and i were in college. >> your school made them. >> exactly. >> and i wore them probably from late november in new orleans when it finally got cold to about early march when it stopped getting cold. no one would ever have thought to say, well that's a thug. that, to me, if we can't understand that, then it seems to me we'll have a very difficult time. >> and to hear people say white men, you know, keep bringing it back to ben who i like but i think ben is very naive on the subject. when he says, you know, white men are profiled, what about white men across this country the way they dress? i'm sure they're in some ways maybe young people are profiled but you can always change purple hair. you can always change the way -- not that you should have to. >> right. >> that is a whole different thing. >> listen, i've been in spokane, washington when there have been at least three skill neers on t loose. no cop has stopped me and said w

>> yes. >> if i was wearing a hoodie and had his shoes on, correct? >> yes. >> when you talk about relative size, i think you said mr. zimmerman, not today, but back then, wouldn't come across as a skinny kid correct? >> correct. >> when you look at the actual height differential, there was quite a height differential, was than there? >> yes, there was. >> and, therefore, a reach differential? >> yes, sir. >> you know what that means? >> yes, do i. reach is -- measured arm to arm, sideways. >> may i have a moment, your honor? >> yes. >> the defense is taking a moment. so are we. e. a rich, never bitter taste cup after cup. 340 grams. [ sighs ] [ male announcer ] always rich, never bitter. gevalia. humans. even when we cross our "ts" and dot our "i's", we still run into problems. that's why liberty mutual insurance offers accident forgiveness with our auto policies. if you qualify, your rates won't go up due to your first accident. because making mistakes is only human, and so are we. we also offer new car replacement, so if you total your new car, we'

because he was wearing a hoodie.ehow this man right here became suspicious of a 17-year-old kid who is wearing a hoodie. >> back with us, lisa bloom, faith jenkins and marcia clark. marcia, he seems to be trying to drill home the point that trayvon martin did nothing that night to deserve his death. beginning with the 7-eleven and everything he was doing before he encountered george zimmerman. >> right, and it is a really important point he is making here. in other words, trayvon martin is the victim. trayvon martin was going about his business. he went to the liquor store to get iced tea and skittles for his nephew, and he was zoned in to watch the all-star game. he is talking to rachel jeantel, make sure the game is on. he is going about his business, certainly not engaged in any kind of behavior that would justify suspicion. you can see he is focused on getting home. it is a rainy night. he is not trying to scope out the neighborhood, that he was trying to burglarize, he is zoned in on getting home, watching the a

the fact that he was wearing a hoodie. i'm sorry, the head of facebook wears a hoodie.es that have to do with it? heraldo rivera was trying to say the hoodie was as responsible as george zimmerman. that is lunacy. even today drudge report went so far as to display a photo shopped image of the president of the united states of america in a hoodie. they have continually been disrespectful of this president. >> absolutely. disrespectful. rush limbaugh went on the air and said he now had the ability to use the n word. it is a shame we have to rebroadcast this. paula deen's career went up in smoke for arguably less than what rush limbaugh did this week. >> in terms of consequences, and people saying, sometime i have to say, you hear rush limbaugh and you hear fox news. sometimes what is most deafening. i don't hear other rational voices from the right traditionally sort of speaking up. i will give credit to chris wallace who yesterday basically weighed in and said, wait a second. and had a very different take on the president's response. and his comments. which i give him tr

you couldn't tell by a hoodie if she was a boy or a girl.walking in the neighborhood, should i be afraid? that's what i'm trying to get to her. once she saw it, she was like, oh. but she didn't look at it that way. that's why the younger generation, they need to pay attention. because this has woken up a lot of deep-rooted anger from the community that they need to see. they really do. the younger people need to see what is really going on. because they're coming up, and i know you have friends of other races, but they really don't see color. you know what i'm saying? which is good. but they do need to see right and wrong, that's my point. >> before i let you good et out of here. you're the unofficial mayor of golds boro. what was the reaction last night on that part of sanford? >> oh, my god. angry. angry. really angry. >> were people surprised? yes and no. they wanted something done. but have we gotten justice? no. >> we'll have to leave it there. i appreciate your time today, and yesterday as well. a business owner, unofficial mayor of go