on on the ground in florida after the killing of trayvon martin and can attest directly to the harm thising private citizens to become execution nurers. it found that the law overwhelmingly favors whites to blacks in a four to one margin. even though the decision is sure to be challenged starting with the florida attorney general's office which says it will appeal the decision, i have to appreciate this news because in this climate a win is a win. >>> joining me now is sema ayer civil rights attorney. we know it is going to be challenged but i think the ruling in itself really underscores what many of us were concerned about from 2012 -- >> right. >> -- with trayvon martin on through other cases and many groups, not only mine, but dream defenders and others were really trying to dramt advertise. >> sure. listen, this is a win, but stand your ground in and of itself, right, it's self defense plus no duty to retreat. what this piece of legislation was saying was now prosecution not only do you have to have your own burden, but you have to disprove that there was no stand your ground. this

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were definitely drawn along racial lines back then and we see it again now after the death of trayvon martinhe death of mike brun. we saw people divided along racial lineses when it came to the acquittal of george zimmerman and this happens over and over again. people look at the world through very different lenses and those lenses are colored by race. in many ways o.j. simpson and the entire nineties were filled with race that was an issue that hadn't been sufficiently wrestled with by the american people. >> it didn't just give us o.j. simpson and mark fuhrman and the rodney king incident and the l.a. riots. how does it show the tensions between the african-american community and the police? >> it's the same story, right? a black person bears witness to police violence, police terrorism and state violence and everyone says oh, you're exaggerating. oh, it didn't happen. in the nineties there were times when 98% to 99% of complaints to the police in the l.a.p.d. were found unworthy of further investigation and then you get the rodney king videotape and suddenly america says this might be rea

it was a time of trayvon martin and michael brown, freddie gray and others, so how did those events actually influence your writing? >> well, i think when you are writing about antiblack, racist ideas and you're seeing on cell phone videos, on television screens, through the cries of mothers and fathers just how lethal antiblack racist ideas still are. i think it sort of inspires you and it really in short of encouraged and showed me just how important this project that i was undertaking and i think that's really , i think, what guided me along the way. i could not sit here and talk about how difficult it is to compos this history of racist ideas when i saw these families having to deal with the difficulties of police violence. >> and certainly these are issues that we continue to grapple with here and so what i like about your book is that it -- it lays out the history of these racist ideas in america and a great narrative and gives us a road map of how we can kind of move forward using what we have learned from your research. but another thing and perhaps more important is that you have ch

create kind of a black empowerment movement, particularly among young people pick it was a time of trayvon martin and michael brown, freddie gray, and others. so how did those events actually influence your writing? >> well, i think when you are writing about anti-black racist ideas and you are seeing on cell phone videos, on television screens through the cries of mothers and fathers just how lethal anti-black racist ideas still are, i think it sort of inspired you and it really in sort of courage and showed me just how important this project that i was undertaking. and i think that's really i think what guided me sort of along the way. like i could not sit here and talk about how difficult it is to compose this history of racist ideas when i saw these families having to do with the difficulties of police violence. >> and certainly these are issues that we continue to grapple with here, and so what i like about your book is about it lays out the history of these racist ideas and america in a great narrative and gives us a roadmap of how we can kind of move forward using what we have learned from

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don't cover local crime would be news to people, read about the connecticut school shootings, the trayvon martin killing, the police shooting of michael brown of ferguson, missouri. so whether the topic has been religion, the family, human life, guns, conservatives governance, or even sports, media bias has become more pronounced and an epidemic. once conservatives saw the problem, they cannot on see them. even the case for more nuanced issues, we react hysterically to disasters that occur during republican presidency while giving the benefit of the doubt environmental disasters that have been during democratic years. republican comments are made sexist and bigoted while downplaying or trying to provide context from -- for charged comments from democrats. hiding balancing viewpoints at the end of stories instead of featuring the more prominently. using terms with negative connotations with stories they dislike and those with positive connotations for those they favor and many other ways of shaping the truth. looked at from the perspective of conservative voters who feel like they have been repea

have a problem with mike brown or trayvon martin.he end of the day, we have different sets of experiences. that's why people were celebrating, many black people were celebrating the o.j. simpson verdict, not because people didn't know o.j. sitsmps. many of us, including myself think o.j. simpson was guilty -- >> i got to run, mark. thank you, mark, thank you, kierna. join kyra phillips. cnn's special report "after o.j.: the fuhrman tapes revealed." airs tomorrow night at 10:00. sounds riveting. good to see all of you. thank you. that's it for us tonight. thanks for watching. >>> good evening, we begin tonight with blow-backs from republicans about the president's remarkable interview with "the new york times," in it ripped attorney general jeff sessions for recusing himself on russia, took verbal shots at rosenstein and former fbi director james comey. the president had a warning for russia special counsel robert mueller not to poke too far into his business. when asked by the "times" if that would constitute a red line for the presi

read about the trayvon martin killing, the police shooting of michael brown of ferguson missouri. so whether the topic has been religion, family, human life, guns consumer governance or sports, media bias has become more pronounced than the trouble with accuracy. once conservative saw the problem they cannot on see them. even the case of new on issues reacting hysterically to disasters that occur during republican presidency while giving the benefit of the doubt that occur during democratic. comments are sexist and bigoted while downplaying or trying to provide charge comments from democrats using anonymous sources to tear down political. hiding balancing viewpoints at the end instead of featuring the more prominently. using terms with negative connotations and positive connotations for those they favor and many other ways of shaping the truth. looked at from the perspective of conservative voters who have been lied to and abused by media elite for decades. it's really not hard to understand how we ended up with president trump. the media however are so unrepentant and lacking sel

actually seeing it are saying, so certainly, a lot of things that witnesses a attention to before trayvon martin are now being paid attention to because people feel free to say, wait a minute i am seeing something that is not right. normssn't fit our local it is potentially illegal. and the media, love it or hate it needs to know about it. because then they can share it with other people. to see if our outrage is justified. impact it is a positive on the whole because it means that we in the media are not stock on the same three stories every day permit we have people saying -- no no no, pay attention to this. sometimes it feels like those 24 hours in a 10 hour day or 11 hour day, but i think ultimately, we are better as a profession. the people who watch us and readers are better served because you're trying to get more of the universe out to them. >> one last question. from the side of the room. my name is sasha scott. i wanted to ask you about orreach to new audiences even i am sorry to say, lost audiences in some cases. especially given everyone's earlier points about diverse city, whether i

cover local crime would be news to people who read about the newtown connecticut sureties, the trayvon martin killing, the police shooting of michael brown and ferguson, missouri, or rights in baltimore. so whether the topic has been religion, the family, human life, guns, conservative government or even sports, media device has become more pronounced and the trouble with accuracy and absolute epidemic. once conservative saw the problems they couldn't unseat a big even indicates of more nuanced issue such us and be detail playing massive annual while hyping leftist marches. acting hysterical to disasters that occur during republican presidents are giving the menace of the doubt to the handling of oil spills or natural disaster that occurred during the democratic tinges. comments made by republicans as sexist and bigoted while downplaying or trying to provide exculpatory context for charge, some democrats. using anonymous sources to tear down political opponents, hiding balancing viewpoints at the end of stories instead featuring them more prominently, using terms of negative connotation for c

certainly a lot of things that wouldn't have been paid attention to before, trayvon martin are now being paid attention to, because people now feel free to say, wait a minute, i'm seeing something that's not right, that doesn't fit our local norms that is potentially illegal and the media, love us or hate us, need to know about it, because they can then share with other people and see if our outrage is justified. we are not stuck in our silos focused on the same three stories every day. we have people saying pay attention to this. sometimes it feels like it's 24 hours in a ten or 11 hour day. but i think ultimately we are better as a profession in that the people who watch us and read us are better served because we are trying to get more of the universe out to them. >> hi. i wanted to ask you a bit about out reach to new audiences and maybe even i'm sorry to say lost audiences in some cases, especially given everybody's earlier points about the need for diversity in so many different regards, whether it be race, country of origin, socioeconomic, whatever. what are some of the bridges th

some young activists were mobilized after the death of trayvon martin and jordan davis in 2012, and 2013, george ceremonyman is jacker -- george zimmerman is acquitted and then the death of eric guardianer and john crawford and michael braun and tameer rise. and this is all we could focus on. the first thing is there is still activism going on. in fact before those moments. there were people in communities, activists and organizations who have for decade, generations, been working on these issues and we health paid enough attention -- haven't paid enough attention to the work they were doing. it's clear the attention we were all collectively paying dissipated and started to do that prior to the election. last year in 2016, there had been a name that aren't gone viral, not a hash tag, not a shooting story. i remember actually working with colleagues preparing a piece about where did it go, where did "black lives matter" go? and i saw this name trending online, and we just the story. except for this one guy, and then in the next day, another one is killed, and the day after the, the shooti

young activists mobilized after the death of trayvon martin and jordan davis in 2012, and the death of oscar grant in 2009, with 2012, 2013, george zimmerman is acquitted in the death. michael dunn kills jordan davis and there's a mistrial and then convicted. and there's the death of tamir rice and we saw tens of thousands people in the streets, across the country. had this moment. now a few things have happened. there's activism going on before those moments there were miami -- people in communities, activists and organizations who had for deck cascades generations been working on issues and we hadn't been paying much attention to their work. unquestion my cheer the attention we are were all collectively paying dissipated and it had started to do that even prior to the election. in 2015 -- last year in 2016, there hadn't been a name that had again viral the first time in the year, not a hash tag or shooting story. work with colleagued preparing a piece about where did "black lives matter" go, why do now one care and as we went how to the fact checking of the story, saw this name alton

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