Charles Barkley said he agreed with the verdict in the murder trial of George Zimmerman and blames the media for giving leverage for "racist to vent their ignorance."
The outspoken former NBA superstar stated his opinion on the high-profile Florida murder case on CNBC on Thursday. He said jurors simply did not have enough evidence to convict the former neighborhood watch volunteer in the 2012 killing a 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
"Well I agree with the verdict," Barkley said. "I feel sorry that young kid got killed, but they don't have enough evidence to charge him. Something clearly went wrong that night, clearly something went wrong, and I feel bad for anybody who loses a kid, but if you looked at the case and you don't make it, there was some racial profiling, no question about it, but something happened that changed the dynamic of the night."
Zimmerman was not found not-guilty on Saturday after shooting and killing Martin during an altercation on February 26, 2012. The case aired on national television and has remained in the public light after the verdict was delivered.
During the interview, the 50-year-old gave his opinion on race and how the media played a role on pinning the two races against one another.
"It gives a every white person and black person, who's racist, platform to vent their ignorance," Barkley said. "That's the thing that bothered me the most. I watched this trial closely and I watched all these people on television, talking about it. A lot of there people have a hidden agenda... The bias comes out."
Since the verdict, numerous large peaceful protest have broken out in cities across the country and civil groups. The NAACP called on Attorney General Eric Holder to pursue federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman.
Michael Skolnik, editor-in-chief of GlobalGrind.com disageed with Barkley's opinion he told FoxNews.com in a statement.
"I think Mr. Barkley certainly has a right at his opinion of what he perceives the evidence to be," Skolnik said. "However, there is absolutely no medical evidence that Trayvon was 'beating the hell out of Mr. Zimmerman,' as he received minor insignificant injuries."
