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ON THAT DAY, AND HOW DID YOU
ACTUALLY HEAR ABOUT THE VERDICT?
>> WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE THERE
BECAUSE WE WERE TOLD BY THE
COURT SYSTEM THAT THERE WERE --
YOU COULDN'T DO ANYTHING
OUTBURSTS.
YOU COULDN'T SAY ANYTHING.
YOU COULDN'T HAVE ANY REACTION.
AND WE THOUGHT THAT WAS GOING TO
BE PRETTY DIFFICULT FOR US
EITHER WAY.
THROUGH OUR ATTORNEY'S ADVICE,
THEY TOLD US, THEY SUGGESTED TO
US THAT WE NOT BE THERE, AND WE
KIND OF WEIGHED BOTH SIDES AND
SAID MAYBE THIS NOT A GOOD THING
FOR US TO BE THERE BECAUSE
EITHER WAY, WE -- HOW COULD YOU
BE QUIET?
HOW COULD YOU NOT SAY ANYTHING?
HOW COULD YOU NOT SHOW ANY
EMOTIONS?
SO I THINK BY US NOT BEING
THERE, IT TOOK THE STING OUT OF
PEOPLE SEEING US REACT TO IT
BECAUSE IT LITERALLY BROKE US
DOWN.
>> WHEN YOU HEARD THE VERDICT ON
TELEVISION, YOU BROKE DOWN?
>> YES, YES.
>> HOW COULD YOU NOT, I GUESS?
DID IT COME AS A, AS A TOTAL
SHOCK?
I MEAN, THERE WERE SOME LEGAL
ANALYSTS WATCHING THE TRIAL THAT
THOUGHT THE PROSECUTION WASN'T
PRESENTING THE CASE LIKE SOME OF
THE ANALYSTS WANTED THEM TO OR
FELT THEY COULD HAVE PRESENTED
IT.
DID IT COME JUST AS A COMPLETE
SHOCK?
>> IT CAME AS A COMPLETE SHOCK
FOR ME, AND THE REASON I SAY
THAT IS BECAUSE I JUST LOOK AT
PEOPLE AS PEOPLE, AND I THOUGHT
FOR SURE THAT THE JURY LOOKED AT
TRAYVON AS AN AVERAGE TEENAGER
THAT WAS MINDING HIS OWN
BUSINESS, THAT WASN'T COMMITTING
ANY CRIME, THAT WAS COMING HOME
FROM THE STORE AND WAS FEET FROM
WHERE HE WAS ACTUALLY GOING, AND
I JUST BELIEVED THAT THEY
REALIZED THAT, BUT WHEN I HEARD
THE VERDICT, I KIND OF
UNDERSTAND THE DISCONNECT AND
THAT MAYBE THEY DIDN'T SEE
TRAYVON AS THEIR SON.
THEY DIDN'T SEE TRAYVON AS A