Juror from Jordan Davis case: Race was not a factor in the verdict

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Following last Saturday’s verdict in the Jordan Davis case, one juror has broken her silence, saying that race was not a factor in determining the verdict.

Michael Dunn, 47, was found guilty on three charges of attempted second-degree murder for shooting into an SUV with four black teens inside. Dunn had a verbal altercation with Davis, one of the teens in the car, about the volume of the music they were playing before the incident. Davis was shot and killed during the altercation.

Dunn, who is white, continued to shoot at the SUV even as they attempted to flee. However, the first-degree murder charge for Davis’ death did not result in a conviction.

“I never once thought about, oh, this was a black kid. This was a white guy,” Juror No. 8 Creshuna Miles told CNN exclusively.

“We didn’t even think about the race aspect of it,” said Miles. “Race was never a factor…when I was making my decision.”

The 21-year-old juror told CNN she feels Dunn is guilty of second-degree murder, not the first-degree murder he was charged with.

Miles is one of two black women who served as jurors during the trial. They were joined by four white men, four white women, an Asian woman and a Hispanic man.

Click here to watch the full interview.

Follow Carrie Healey on Twitter @CarrieHeals.