An affidavit in the case against George Zimmerman says that the neighborhood watch volunteer "profiled" Trayvon Martin.
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Anderson Cooper asked Trayvon Martin's mother and brother, Sybrina Fulton and Jahvaris, to describe what it was like to see George Zimmerman in custody. "It actually helps a little to see that the person who shot and killed Trayvon will be held accountable for what he has done," said his soft-spoken mother. "I'm relieved that it's happened. We, finally, are starting to get some justice for my brother. So I'm happy about that," said Jahvaris.
The family was accompanied by their lawyer, Benjamin Crump. He talked about the legal battle they're facing in the weeks and months ahead, "This the first base, really, in the true sense of the word...we're preparing ourselves for the long journey. It took us so long to just get to this point."
On the issue of Zimmerman getting released on Bond, Crump questioned whether he could be a flight risk. "We already saw a lot of erratic behavior on his part," he said.
Fulton was asked to clarify a comment she made earlier on another program calling the fatal shooting accidental. "It was taken out of context," she said. "The actual encounter was an accident...I think it was deliberate. He got out of that vehicle with the intent to shoot and kill my son, and that's what I believe, that's what I've said from the start, that he chased my son down like an animal and he killed him."
Jahvaris told Anderson what he would like people to know about his brother, "I would like them to remember that he wasn't this violent, confrontational person that George Zimmerman is making him out to be." "He was just a regular kid," he said.
Trayvon Martin's mother tells CNN's Anderson Cooper she doesn't hate George Zimmerman, the man who fatally shot her son.
The call for help was not unusual. A 68-year-old veteran with a heart condition had tripped a medical alert device he keeps around his neck in the early hours of a winter morning. The company that services the device informed a 911 operator the device had been triggered and asked for an ambulance to go to the address.
But police arrived at Kenneth Chamberlain's apartment first. And hours later Chamberlain was dead, not from his heart condition, but from two bullets fired by White Plains, NY police officer Anthony Carelli.
Now Kenneth Chamberlain’s family has joined civil rights activists alleging this case raises similar questions to that of Trayvon Martin who was shot dead by a neighborhood watch volunteer: Do police or civilians trying to enforce the law shoot first and ask questions later when they are dealing with African Americans?
Legal analysts examine the affidavit in the George Zimmerman case and discuss the possibility of a release on bond.
What everyone’s talking about:
George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who says he shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in self-defense, was charged with second degree murder, a special prosecutor announced on Wednesday. He was taken to the Seminole County Jail hours later. Two lawyers who had been giving legal advice to George Zimmerman told reporters on Tuesday that they lost contact with their client and no longer represented him. Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig spoke exclusively with Anderson about why they withdrew their counsel and defended their comment that their former client is “probably suffering from post-traumatic stress.” But our legal panel took exception with the lawyers’ statements. Attorney Mark Geragos, who compared the lawyers’ statements to a SNL skit, said Zimmerman’s lawyers are the “height of absurdity.” Now Zimmerman has a new lawyer who was described by our legal analyst as “very smart.”
Notorious killer, Charles Manson, 77, was denied parole on Wednesday in a hearing at a prison in Corcoran, CA where he is serving a life sentence. Manson did not show up to his parole hearing and the next one is scheduled for 15 years from now. CNN’s Miguel Marquez spoke to one man who believes he may be Manson’s son. "It's more than just possible, but probable," Matthew Roberts, 44, told Marquez. Contaminated DNA tests have failed to confirm if Manson is his father.
Editor's note: Don't miss Soledad O'Brien's report on the death of Kenneth Chamberlain at 8 and 10 p.m. ET on AC360°.
The call for help was not unusual. A 68-year-old veteran with a heart condition had tripped a medical alert device he keeps around his neck in the early hours of a winter morning. The company that services the device informed a 911 operator the device had been triggered and asked for an ambulance to go to the address.
But police arrived at Kenneth Chamberlain's apartment first. And hours later Chamberlain was dead, not from his heart condition, but from two bullets fired by White Plains, NY police officer Anthony Carelli.
Now Kenneth Chamberlain’s family has joined civil rights activists alleging this case raises similar questions to that of Trayvon Martin who was shot dead by a neighborhood watch volunteer: Do police or civilians trying to enforce the law shoot first and ask questions later when they are dealing with African Americans?
Officer Carelli, is white ,and Kenneth Chamberlain is black. Chamberlain lived in a public housing complex in a rundown section of White Plains, New York where law enforcement sources said only that he was "known to them," from previous calls to police but won’t say what they were for. Chamberlain was never arrested by police, who note there was a black police officer on the scene the night he was shot and say that Chamberlain came at them with knives in hand. Shots were fired only after police tried to subdue him with a taser and bean-bag rounds.