Trayvon Martin News
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George Zimmerman — the former self proclaimed neighborhood watchman acquitted of murdering unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin — has signed up to take part in a celebrity boxing match.
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George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed black teenager Trayvon Martin, in Florida in February 2012, but was acquitted in 2013, is in the news again, this time for posting his art work on EBay.
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Months after his acquittal this summer for the shooting of 17-year old Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman returns to the spotlight yet again.
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A picture of two young guys and a female has gone viral and caused outrage around the World Wide Web. Why? The image features one man as a black-faced representative of Trayvon Martin, as a Halloween 2013 joke.
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Tallahassee -
The people who were so vociferous about the Trayvon Martin case are strangely silent about others, but does Marissa Alexander deserve twenty years in gaol?
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It's rather difficult for the dispassionate observer to find someone to root for in the divorce proceedings between Shellie Zimmerman and her maybe, but might not be, abusive acquitted killer of Trayvon Martin, husband George.
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Actor/singer Jamie Foxx gave a powerful speech at the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington of the March on Washington Wednesday. He explained why he took an interest in social activism and he believes today's black celebrities should as well.
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George Zimmerman, the man found not guilty of second-degree murder or manslaughter for shooting and killing teen Trayvon Martin, has a family that remains uneasy. His brother, Robert, says security continues to be a great concern for their entire family.
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In an historic vote today, a proposal to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s veto of the Community Safety Act passed the New York City Council.
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New York -
Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled the New York City Police Department’s stop-and-frisk policy has been in violation of individuals’ constitutional rights Monday, Aug. 12.
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Los Angeles -
Following a unanimous L. A. City Council resolution calling for a civil rights investigation into George Zimmerman’s shooting of Trayvon Martin, Angelinos again rallied, demanding Zimmerman be jailed for what many Angelinos see as a cold-blooded murder
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The 2012 killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin has led to various rallies, boycotts, and even songs. Now, the NAACP is leading the way in an effort to force legal changes across the United States in an attempt to prevent another similar situation.
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Rapper T.I. gives credit to Trayvon Martin's family for how calm they've been regarding the fact that George Zimmerman killed their son.
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The controversy surrounding the Trayvon Martin case highlights an unresolved problem linked to race and power in the United States.
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"One who breaks an unjust law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law."
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One of six jurors in the George Zimmerman trial spoke today for the first time since the verdict and said that Zimmerman got away with murder. She considered making it a hung jury but in the end she decided the evidence for a conviction wasn't there.
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Conservative rocker Ted Nugent has reacted to Stevie Wonder's decision to boycott Florida after the Zimmerman verdict, by describing Wonder as "brain dead" and the slain African-American teenager Trayvon Martin as a "dope-smoking hoodlum."
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The recent acquittal of George Zimmerman for the slaying of unarmed Trayvon Martin was played out as a race issue. The real issue is something entirely different.
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Yesterday, I posted a synopsis of my general thoughts on the public’s outrage over the George Zimmerman trial and verdict. Today, my focus is on a more specific but related issue: Florida’s "controversial" “stand your ground law”.
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In a post yesterday, I referred to widespread social outrage over the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial as “misguided consternation.” Today I thought I would write a more detailed explanation of my thoughts on the topic.
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Many people have spoken out on the death of Trayvon Martin before and after the trial of George Zimmerman. Some should have kept their mouths shut.
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Washington -
President Barack Obama spoke in depth on the Zimmerman verdict Friday. There was inordinate silence in the interim, and his speech was not voluntary.
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People across the United States are hot under the collar these days, and not just because of record high temperatures. No, they are letting off steam over last week’s acquittal of George Zimmerman by a Florida jury.
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The protests over the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial continue nightly in California and though most is peaceful some arrests were made in Victorville, 85 miles north of L.A., last night. The L.A. Times reports police made 17 arrests there.
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Since the media circus in Sanford, Florida, a number of polemical videos have appeared on YouTube by people who are NOT Trayvon Martin.
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An associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Religious Studies, Anthea Butler, has drawn fierce criticism after a post to an online magazine, the Religious Dispatches, in which she said "the American god" is a "white racist."
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Rachel Jeantel, the friend who was on the phone with Trayvon Martin the night George Zimmerman killed him, has been offered a full ride scholarship to college.
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Some people feel media gave the tragedy of Trayvon Martin and the trial of the man who shot him, George Zimmerman, a circus-like atmosphere. That news organizations fanned the flames of injustice to create a greater spectacle for their own good.
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Amidst a huge scandal over the NSA and domestic spying, George Zimmerman's family is concerned that their phones are being tapped.
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What started as a peaceful protest in L.A. on Monday night over the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial turned into some ugly scenes. Most protesters stayed peaceful but some went on a spree of damaging property and blocking freeway traffic.
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Packing his concealed 9mm pistol, a self-appointed watchman George Zimmerman, shot dead 17-year-old Trayvon Martin
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A protestor holding a sign at the Trayvon Martin Protest Student Rally at the Criminal Justice Building in Sanford at 9am on Monday, March 19, 2012.
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Halloween blackface Trayon, with blood
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George Zimmerman in court
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Packing his concealed 9mm pistol, a self-appointed watchman George Zimmerman, shot dead 17-year-old Trayvon Martin (right)
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Demonstrators seeking justice for Trayvon Martin
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Dr. Richard Land on CNN saying Need to be 'careful not to rush to judgment' in Trayvon Martin case
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Bernie de la Rionda in full flow during his closing speech.
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Trayvon Martin - Million Hoodies March in Los Angeles
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Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, appearing in a Mother's Day video
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Dr. Richard Land on CNN saying Need to be 'careful not to rush to judgment' in Trayvon Martin case
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Rachel Jeantel was on the phone with Trayvon Martin the night he was killed.
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George Zimmerman Medical Report Sheds Light on Injuries
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Justice for Trayvon Martin
Packing his concealed 9mm pistol, a self-appointed watchman George Zimmerman, shot dead 17-year-old Trayvon Martin (right)
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Meet the Real Trayvon Martin
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George Zimmerman
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A rough estimate of times and locations.
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