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The Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
Conservative commentators decry a rush to judgement over George Zimmerman, but others say without the media attention there'd be no new investigation of Trayvon Martin's death...That's what some commentators are saying now, one month after the pair's...
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Orlando Sentinel Online
| 1 year ago
The report by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism released today also shows that news on cable networks and talk radio showed equal suspicion over Trayvon and the gunman, George Zimmerman. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman,...
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Kansas City Star
| 1 year ago
The funeral director who oversaw slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin's burial says he saw no signs of a fight on the body.Richard Kurtz says he prepared the body for interment and saw no marks on Martin's hands, face or body other than the gunshot...
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Democracy Now
| 1 year ago
Pulitzer Prize-winning author, poet and activist Alice Walker joins us talk about the death of Trayvon Martin. "It's a symptom of our illness," Walker says. "We are a very sick country, and our racism is a manifestation of our illness and the ways we...
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Democracy Now
| 1 year ago
Over a month after 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot dead in Sanford, Florida, his gunman George Zimmerman remains a free man despite growing questions over Zimmerman's claim that he acted in self-defense. A new witness has spoken out saying...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Must Read Sponsorship Link Like us on Facebook According to the Washington Post , a police report that was completed at 3:07 a.m. lists Trayvon's full name, city of birth, address and phone number...Even his father Tracy Martin was not informed...
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Big News Network
| 1 year ago
Newly released Sanford Police Department video of a handcuffed George Zimmerman raises questions about Zimmerman's story, some legal experts say. The video begins at 7:52 p.m., about 35 minutes after the Feb. 26 shooting of Trayvon Martin, as...
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Tulsa World
| 1 year ago
Oklahoma's "Stand Your Ground" law is largely a copy of the Florida statute at the center of the Trayvon Martin controversy, an analysis by the Sunlight Foundation shows. Oklahoma's law says people "have a right to expect absolute safety within their...
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
| 1 year ago
Hundreds of people, most of them wearing hooded sweatshirts, rallied Thursday evening on Northrop Plaza at the University of Minnesota to protest last month's shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Florida last month. Many of them held signs,...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Text Size As the calls for George Zimmerman's arrest for killing Trayvon Martin becomes more vocal, some individuals have expressed their opinion through Twitter . A Twitter profile, @KillZimmerman, has been created that calls for his death in the...
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CNSNews.com
| 1 year ago
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said that while she supports the investigation into the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin that is taking place in the justice system, other options should be considered "if that doesn't seem to be working."...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
George Zimmerman after shooting 29 March 2012 Last updated at 11:30 ET Images have emerged of Florida neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman arriving at the Sanford Police Department. The man who says he shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
George Zimmerman recorded at a police station the night 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed shows no evidence of sustained injuries, casting doubt on Zimmerman's account of what happened. Zimmerman claims Martin attacked him, slamming his...
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Seattle Times
| 1 year ago
Trayvon Martin's parents, civil rights leaders and social media users alike are portraying the case as racially motivated, saying the shooter would have been arrested had he been black and the victim white.
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Teaneck Suburbanite
| 1 year ago
COM Associated Press ABC News has obtained and released police video taken on the night of Florida teen Trayvon Martin was killed that shows shooter George Zimmerman being escorted into a police station. The surveillance video shows Zimmerman...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Text Size Neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman appeared uninjured when he was being led into the police station a few minutes after shooting Florida teen Trayvon Martin, according to the new security video exclusively obtained by ABC News .
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Daily Chronicle
| 1 year ago
30 a.m.CDT We often are encouraged to pay more attention to the road, to our kids, to issues that affect the community. Everyone is guilty of paying too little attention to something. Voter turnout is almost always a low percentage of the population.
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Greensboro News and Records
| 1 year ago
About 800 students called for justice for Trayvon Martin on Wednesday, chanting, "No justice, no peace" as drivers passed on Martin Luther King Jr...The demonstrators stood along the sidewalk in a one-block stretch in front of Winston-Salem State...
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Big News Network
| 1 year ago
Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old Florida resident, was shot and killed last month by a community watch volunteer, who said Martin looked suspicious because he was wearing a hoodie, according to reports.Since that shooting, the hoodie has been the focus...
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Sacramento News
| 1 year ago
One thousand people are expected for the "One Thousand Hoodie March" in Stockton on Thursday at 4 p.m.Organizers said the march is part of the national One Million Hoodie March in memory of Trayvon Martin. The Florida teenager was shot and killed by...
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ThecounT.com
| 1 year ago
This surveillance video was just released of Trayvon Martin's shooter, George Zimmerman, just after Zimmerman was brought to an Orlando Police Station. This video shows Zimmerman, a 28-year-old Hispanic man, wearing a red and black fleece. He claims...
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News Press
| 1 year ago
Police surveillance video shows Zimmerman is lying The family of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin said Wednesday that newly released police video showing the uncharged shooter George Zimmerman arriving at the station for questioning discredits A...
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CNN Blog
| 1 year ago
Police and other officials in Sanford, Florida, have released a number of documents relating to the investigation of the February 26 shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin. In this post, we've collected some of the documents that show what police...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles Zimmerman, of course, is the man who shot and killed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin last month...I couldn't understand the connection the president tried to make last week either. While discussing Martin's death, he famously said: "You know,...
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Orlando Sentinel Online
| 1 year ago
Social media sites like Twitter, Facebook , Pinterest, and Tumblr; and as well as the release of the 911 tapes, controversy stirred by Geraldo Rivera, and comments by President Barack Obama have helped grow the petition to more than 2 million...
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Fox News
| 1 year ago
A North Carolina nightclub canceled an event meant to honor Trayvon Martin, after fliers for the event sparked public outrage. The promotional fliers for Bentley's Restaurant & Lounge in Greensboro invited patrons to come support "Justice in Memory...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
I haven't even started grieving and I don't think I'll start grieving until I get justice for him." That's Tracy Martin, father of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin , moments ago in an interview with Tell Me More host Michel Martin (no relation).
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The Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
The lead investigator into the death of Trayvon Martin reportedly thought George Zimmerman should be charged, but legal analysts say police thought they lacked the evidence to do so...That's a question that today is more relevant than ever amid...
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People.com
| 1 year ago
The death of Trayvon Martin and the police decision not to arrest Zimmerman has devastated Martin's parents, set off a nationwide debate, and prompted President Obama to speak out in unusually personal terms...Despite the near-universal backlash...
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Denver Post
| 1 year ago
In a packed forum on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, the parents of Trayvon Martin found support among members of Congress who turned the death of their 17-year-old's son into a rallying cry against racial profiling. Martin's parents spoke briefly before a...
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ThecounT.com
| 1 year ago
A 17-year-old African American boy Trayvon Martin, who was wrongfully shot and killed last month on his way home from a convenient store by a volunteer neighborhood watch man, is still being talked about on every news site in America. Many people...
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Reuters
| 1 year ago
Topics Naydine Martinez stands next to a memorial dedicated to Trayvon Martin near the site where he was killed in front of The Retreat at Twin Lakes community in Sanford, Florida, March 27, 2012. A black veteran Miami police officer said on Tuesday...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
And it has attracted the attention of celebrities, politicians and political activists from the Rev. to President Barack Obama , who have been vocal about the case. As awareness about the Trayvon Martin shooting spreads across the nation, a number of...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
Associated Press Travon Martin's father Tracy, left, thanked 'everyone who is holding the legacy of Trayvon'. Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP Trayvon Martin 's parents went before a congressional panel and thanked those who turned their 17-year-old...
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Miami Herald
| 1 year ago
Despite warnings that less government oversight might mean more investment scams, Congress on Tuesday sent President Barack Obama legislation he endorsed making it easier for startups to raise capital without running afoul of federal regulations. The...
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Kansas City Star
| 1 year ago
The parents of Trayvon Martin are going to Capitol Hill for a forum organized by Congress on racial profiling and hate crimes.Martin's parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, are not expected to testify about the shooting death of their 17-year-old...
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Zee News
| 1 year ago
The account of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, was published for the first time on Monday in the online edition of the Orlando Sentinel. Police in Sanford, Florida, the Orlando suburb where 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot dead on...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
Zimmerman told police that Martin assaulted him, and a family spokesman confirms Martin was suspended from school at the time of his death. Guest host Jacki Lyden speaks with Miami Herald reporter Frances Robles.
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Myrtle Beach Online
| 1 year ago
If you pick a fight, start getting your behind kicked then shoot the other guy, is that self defense?...The cops said they have a witness who saw Martin on top of Zimmerman , and there has been a witness who says she saw Zimmerman straddling a face-...
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ITN
| 1 year ago
The 17-year-old was gunned down as he returned from shops near his home in Sanford, Florida, by a neighbourhood watch officer...You are watching Thousands more people attend marches throughout the US in support of shot Floridan teen Trayvon Martin.
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Perez Hilton
| 1 year ago
And since the murder of Trayvon Martin has struck a chord with millions of people around the country, it is only fitting that Spike Lee is one of the most vocal advocates regarding the case. Lee has posted over 300 posts on Twitter to vent his anger...
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SF Gate
| 1 year ago
More Opinion This country should be outraged by the killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old black youth shot by a self-appointed neighborhood crime watcher. Racial profiling, a tepid police inquiry and a gun-happy self-defense law play into...
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Russia Today
| 1 year ago
After the brutal attack on Occupy Wall Street protesters this past Saturday, Tuesday night was no different...Zimmerman has wept with remorse over the killing and now fears for his own life, a friend of the gunman and a legal adviser said on March 25,...
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Popeater
| 1 year ago
Now that they occupy a position where they can be more than symbols of achievement, where they can actually serve their communities in vital and tangible ways, while also addressing the power imbalance within their own from a position of greater...
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The Hutchinson News
| 1 year ago
If you watch the news in any large city you are probably desensitized to stories about crime involving young black men. Most nights there are reports about several of them getting shot; often, more than one dies. It might be a gang fight, a revenge...
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Fox News
| 1 year ago
Fla. The controversy surrounding the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin took a new turn Monday when the Orlando Sentinel reported Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman told police Martin decked him with a single punch, then...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
Eyder Peralta Mikhail Muhammad of the New Black Panther Party speaks to the media next to a memorial to Trayvon Martin outside The Retreat at Twin Lakes community where Trayvon was shot and killed by George Michael Zimmerman. Mikhail Muhammad of the...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
As Florida braced itself for what could be the biggest day of protest yet in the Trayvon Martin case, police revealed new details that depict the slain 17-year-old as the aggressor and appear to support George Zimmerman's claim that he was acting in...
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
| 1 year ago
Zimmerman has claimed he shot Martin in self-defense, but the New Black Panthers are calling for mobilization of 10,000 black men to capture Zimmerman, who has gone into hiding, the Orlando Sentinel reported. "He should be fearful for his life,"...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
The rally one month after the black teen's death is due to begin at 4 p.m. ET and end with those thousands gathered outside the city's civic center as the Sanford City Commission meets to hear from the 17-year-old Martin's parents...As we've been...
