he's joined the panel along with jane velez-mitchell and dr. salzer and curtis sliwa as well. how did the hoodie go from being a popular accessory to being seen as a thug? >> it used to be when hoodies weren't popular, so when we'd see the images of people robbing banks that was the image. i remember before that it was the stocking cap. so if you were a black man you couldn't wear the stocking cap because people might say that's the thuggish look as well. the clothes are not the problem. it's the consciousness. the problem here though is when you put the clothes on a certain skin that changes everything. >> so it depends who wear it? >> absolutely. >> geraldo riviera said. >> parents, don't let your kids wear the hoodies because they can attract the attention of not only cops, but of this nut job like zimmerman. >> since then he's apologized and does he have a point there? >> geraldo, where's your street cred? why are we fixated on the hoodie? >> why? >> because it's thug like. if you're wearing a hoodie like a thug, you've got your trousers down to butt and you're acting big

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. >>> and joining us is jane velez mitchell. host of jane velez mitchell on headline news. good morning. >> this is so weird. what could this guy be facing? >> he could face a year in jail. the prosecutors said, i'll let him out. what's the worst thing he can do, get marry aid third time? >> lovely. great thinking. prosecu prosecutor. >> when it comes to facebook in general, how many crimes are we finding? >> it's become the best tool of law enforcement. a lot of police departments setting up their own facebook page. people love to snoop on facebook. what's really fascinating. this actually happened before. there was a woman married to a man in italy. he was going on a lot of business trips. he got suspicious and found out he had a wife in florida. in the old days, a traveling salesman could have multiple wives. bigamy is as old as marriage itself and they could compartmentalize. not anymore. facebook has blown it wide open. with facebook friends like this, who needs enemies. >> i'm scratching my head about this. why not just divorce the first wife? it's way too complicated

joining me now, jane velez mitchell, host of the "jane velez-mitchell" on hln and she's also the authorlled "addict nation." let's get right to it. it says drowning, but the coroner said she did cocaine immediately before her heart gave out she slipped under the water. >> and she also had in her system pot, xanax and men drill. it is uppers, it is downers. st it was a drug dock pail. this needs to be a wake-up call for america, because her bing could have been triggered by a doctor giving her those powerful mood altering meds. what doctor in their right mind would give one of the most famous singers known with drug abuse heavy mind-altering drugs. that should be investigated. >> and it is a wake-up call also about the stigma when it comes to addiction. we need to remove that stigma and give people treatment. her friends, who thought they were supporting her when they said oh, she's cured from the hard stuff, now she can go out and have champagne. it doesn't work that way. if we learn that one thing. also, the coroner talked about chronic drug use. who was supplying her? when you're whit

joining me now, hln anchor jane velez-mitchell and defense lawyer joining us, one of the very first tonesy a stand your ground case in the state of florida and also dr. elash hsia sulzer, a trauma counselor. nice to you have with me. alecia, start with you. george zimmerman, if you can, paint a psychological profile of him from what we know. >> the legal disclaimer i've never met george zimmerman and read the same reports everybody else has, those the things i'm going by. seems george was a guy who liked to see himself at the center of justice. he sought out opportunities to be the guy who defended right versus wrong. there's stories in his past that he chased a guy who had stolen a tv, or he tried to defend a friend being arrested, and it seemed that he really did enjoy his job on the neighborhood watch where he was the guy got to make the calls. these to me are not necessarily bait traits on a guy on the neighborhood watch, even making 46 calls over six years. my feeling, if something isn't going on in that neighborhood, maybe you continue to need a watch. what concerns me about george

joining me now, hln anchor, jane velez-mitchell, and defense lawyer jay e. bayer, who is joining us locally. he's one of the first attorneys to try stand your ground case in florida. and also a trauma victims counselor. it's nice to have all of you with me. alicia, i want to start with you. george zimmerman, if you can, paint a psychological profile of him. >> first, i never met george zimmerman. i read the same reports that everybody else has. those are the things that i'm going by. it seems george was a guy who liked to see himself at the center of justice. he sought out opportunities to be the guy who defended right versus wrong. there's stories in his past that he chased a guy who had stolen a tv or that he tried to defend a friend who was being arrested. and it seemed like he really did enjoy his job on the neighborhood watch where he was the guy who got to make the calls. these to me are not all necessarily bad traits on a guy on neighborhood watch. even making 46 calls to the cops over the years. if something isn't going on in the neighborhood every f