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Jesse Jackson: “You look at a jury without a black and without a man on it, if it was a jury of Trayvon's peers, the Department of…”

On the recordJuly 13, 2013
You look at a jury without a black and without a man on it, if it was a jury of Trayvon's peers, the Department of Justice must intervene and take this case, frankly, to another level.
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Jesse Jackson

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Jesse Jackson argues for the Department of Justice to intervene in the case due to the jury composition.

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