Michael Dunn is awaiting the jury's verdict in his murder trial. He claims he shot 17-year-old Jordan Davis in self-defense outside a Jacksonville convenience store in 2012 after an argument over loud music. But prosecutors told jurors that Dunn, who is white, shot the teen because he felt disrespected by Davis, who is black. Davis had the music in his SUV turned back up after a friend complied with Dunn's request to turn the volume down.
Dunn is charged with first-degree murder, though jurors could also consider second-degree murder and manslaughter as options for a conviction.
Dunn wouldn't have been taken to trial had it not been for Zimmerman's acquittal, said defense attorney Cory Strolla. "I believe there is a lot vested in this case, politically," Strolla said. "The case, on the heels of not guilty in George Zimmerman, just escalated that political pressure."
"The prosecution of Michael Dunn began long before the Zimmerman trial," said spokeswoman Jackelyn Barnard.
Jurors returned today for their second day of deliberations during which they reviewed security-camera video from the convenience story that captured sounds of gun shots from Dunn's firearm.
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