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The Political Scene | The New Yorker

Jelani Cobb and Jeffrey Toobin on the George Zimmerman verdict.

The Political Scene | The New Yorker

The New Yorker

Obama, Washington, Politics, President, Barack, Lizza, Wnyc, News, Wickenden

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2013

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Jelani Cobb and Jeffrey Toobin on the George Zimmerman verdict.

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This is the political scene, a weekly conversation with New Yorker writers and editors

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about politics. It's Thursday, July 18th. I'm Dorothy Wickenden, executive editor of

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The New Yorker. Hey, we've had some break into my neighborhood, and there's a real suspicious

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guy. A year and a half ago, George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch coordinator, shot and killed Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American student. Zimmerman's acquittal this week has sparked protests and a national discussion about guns, race, and racial profiling. He's a blackmail. Okay. How old would you say? He's got a button on his shirt.

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Laked me.

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Late hands, okay.

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Mm-hmm.

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Something's wrong with him.

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That's from the call Zimmerman made to the non-emergency police response line in Sanford, Florida.

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Jeffrey Tubin and Jolani Cobb are here today to discuss the case and its aftermath.

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Jeff, tell us first what were the facts before the jury. They were a lot more complicated than it seems now, I think.

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George Zimmerman was patrolling that night, and he saw the person who turned out to be Trayvon

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