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Austin America-Statesman/Texas Longhorns
| 1 year ago
Texas Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush says the "Stand Your Ground" law he signed shouldn't protect a neighborhood watch captain who hasn't been arrested in the shooting death of an unarmed teenager. Bush spoke Friday at the University of Texas at...
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Sydney Morning Herald
| 1 year ago
Mr Obama, who as America's first black president has always shown a reluctance to play the "race" card, pointedly sent his sympathies to the Martin family, describing the killing as a "tragedy" that should lead to national "soul searching". "My main...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Text Size In the wake of the public outcry over the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, many of the nation's most influential politicians have spoken out about the case. President Barack Obama and nearly all the Republican presidential...
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National Public Radio
| 1 year ago
Pressure had been building on President Obama for days to say something about the killing of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teenager shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer, and on Friday the president finally did . And almost as soon as he did,...
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The Hill
| 1 year ago
If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon, Obama said in unusually personal remarks after a reporter asked a question about the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. And I think [Martin's parents] are right to expect all of us, as Americans, are...
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Indian Express
| 1 year ago
If I had a son, hed look like Trayvon '+google_ads[i].line2 +' '+google_ads[i].line3 + ' Agencies : Washington, Sat Mar 24 2012, 01:10 hrs President Obama spoke in highly personal terms on Friday about how the shooting in Florida of a 17-year-old...
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The Dallas Morning News
| 1 year ago
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said Friday that the stand your ground self-defense law he signed while in office should not apply to the case of a teenager who was shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer in his home state. This law does not apply to...
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Boston Globe
| 1 year ago
We can tackle race only as spectacle, the candidate and then-Senator Barack Obama said exactly four years ago this week, riveting the nation from a Philadelphia podium as he delivered a historic, campaign-saving speech on race . [We can tackle it] in...
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North Jersey
| 1 year ago
Across America, outraged people are marching for Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old black male armed with a package of Skittles and an ice tea, who was shot dead by George Zimmerman on Feb. 26 in a gated community in the Florida city of Sanford. Fate...
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KSAZ
| 1 year ago
The Miami Heat donned hooded sweatshirts Friday to show solidarity with slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin, whose killing by a neighborhood watchman has led to outrage and a national debate about racial profiling. LeBron James tweeted a photo of the...
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Miami Herald
| 1 year ago
Heat notebook Ronny Turiafs reasons for signing with the Heat among many NBA suitors: a contending team, fitting the role of defensive big man, and 81-year-old Martinique resident Annie Turiaf. This season is not a lost cause to the Portland Trail...
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Miami Herald
| 1 year ago
Both fought a similar battle representing a black teen who died at a Panama City boot camp in 2006. The cases have startling parallels. mcaputo@MiamiHerald.com A dead black teenager in a small town...This isn't just the story of Trayvon Martin's...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Reporting from Washington At a White House summit Attorney General Eric Holder assured African-American church leaders that he is conducting a thorough investigation into the shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin in Florida. But one of...
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The Sun UK
| 1 year ago
Trayvon Martin was killed by a neighbourhood watch co-ordinator in Florida, but the shooter was not prosecuted because he claimed it was self-defence leading to outrage among America's black community. President Obama said the US has to do "some soul-...
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Myrtle Beach Online
| 1 year ago
Investigators ruled a fatal shooting earlier this month was self-defense when a Conway area store owner shot and killed a man during a robbery attempt outside the store, Richardson said. It was one of a handful that had occurred within the last...
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Star Tribune
| 1 year ago
Republican presidential contender Newt Gingrich calls the shooting death of a black Florida teen "a tragedy" and describes the man responsible as "a guy who'd found a hobby that's very dangerous."...He has claimed self-defense and invoked a Florida...
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KSAZ
| 1 year ago
Worshippers, clergy and choir members will wear hoodies to a Manhattan church service on Sunday in honor of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. The service at Middle Collegiate Church also will include a song composed in his memory. The sermon will urge...
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Kansas City Star
| 1 year ago
The fatal shooting of a black teenager by a neighborhood watch captain who then went free has led to nationwide protests calling for the shooter's arrest. Trayvon Martin's parents, civil rights leaders and social media users alike are portraying the...
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Boston Globe
| 1 year ago
Invalid email address Add a personal message: Your e-mail: Invalid email address Sending your article Your article has been sent...The crowd that assembled in the area known as The Pit in the square chanted We are Trayvon Martin, I am Trayvon Martin,...
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Truthdig
| 1 year ago
Mar 23, 2012 It happened nearly a month ago, and his alleged killer has yet to be arrested, but Trayvon Martin's cause made it to the White House on Friday, as President Obama took the time during a press conference at the White House Rose Garden on...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
James tweeted out the picture of the entire Heat team with their heads down and black hoodies on along with the hashtags: #WeAreTrayvon Martin #Hoodies #Stereotyped #WeWantJustice. Martin, a 17-year-old high school student, was shot and killed by...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles Turley, who wrote a separate post on his blog about the Florida shooting on Wednesday, told the publication that the Trayvon Martin case still contained several "murky" elements that could hinder the prosecution if George Zimmerman is...
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United Press International
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama introduces Jim Yong Kim, president of Dartmouth College, as a nominee to become president of the World Bank in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC on March 23, 2012. Obama also took the opportunity to comment...
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Miami Herald
| 1 year ago
Dwyane Wade of the Miami Heat has posted a photo of himself wearing a hooded sweat shirt to his Twitter and Facebook pages, in response to the death of a black teenager shot by a neighborhood crime-watch volunteer. Later Friday LeBron James also...
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CELEBS GONE GOOD
| 1 year ago
Sign up to our newsletter! Enter your phone number to get weekly updates from DoSomething.org, including campaign news and chances to win prizes and scholarships. (Message and data rates may apply...I think every parent in America should be able to...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Select a date range Create a custom date range The case of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed black teenager Trayvon Martin , continues to reverberate beyond Sanford, Fla., with new investigations, nationwide demonstrations and concerns expressed...
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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. Published: 23 March, 2012, 22:27 Freddie Muse holds a sign at a rally to call for justice in the murder of Trayvon Martin at Leimert Park in...
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USA Today
| 1 year ago
While public cries to charge Trayvon Martin 's killer continued to intensify Friday, the president weighed in on the case and organizers nationwide readied for planned protests. Across the country, supporters of Trayvon's family spoke out and held...
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Kansas City Star
| 1 year ago
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says the shooting of an unarmed teenager in an Orlando, Fla., suburb was "horrible" and that the case is, in his words, a "chilling example of the horrible decisions made by people in this process."...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
a time of 'soul-searching' for 'all of us' President Obama on Friday addressed for the first time the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, saying, 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon.' Some decry an 'official national tragedy.' By...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Articles Controversy surrounding the case has erupted, as supporters of Trayvon Martin and his family cry foul. The Sanford, Fla., Police Department has been criticized for its handling of the killing. Police did not conduct an alcohol or drug test...
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Sun Sentinel
| 1 year ago
Tournament big winners? From a Miami Heat perspective, it would be power forward Udonis Haslem and the Florida treasury. As for Heat guard Dwyane Wade ? Well, Marquette 's 68-58 loss to Florida on Thursday night will leave him driven to...
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HNN
| 1 year ago
Rachel Maddow, et hoc genus omne are desperately trying to have it both ways. On the one hand, they want it to be the case that George Zimmerman's shooting of Trayvon Martin was unlawful , so that they can blame the authorities for not arresting and...
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Orlando Sentinel Online
| 1 year ago
On the day President Obama commented for the first time on the fatal shooting of unarmed Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade also injected himself into the conversation. Martin, 17, was shot nearly a month ago after a...
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Orlando Sentinel Online
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama spoke in unusually personal terms today about the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Central Florida, a case that has roiled civil-rights activists and the community. "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon ," Obama...
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Christian Science Monitor
| 1 year ago
Protesters back a petition to prosecute George Zimmerman for fatally shooting unarmed Trayvon Martin. We need to ask whether 'Stand Your Ground' measures make people trigger-happy. And we need to think about the most common victims of lax gun laws:...
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Canada.com
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama urged Americans to do some "soul searching" Friday after the killing of an unarmed black teenager by a neighborhood watch guard that has sparked outrage across the nation. "If I had a son he would look like Trayvon," Obama, the...
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The Guardian
| 1 year ago
I think every parent should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this.' Photograph: Haraz N Ghanbari/AP Barack Obama made his first public remarks on the killing of Trayvon Martin , saying that the...
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Washington Post
| 1 year ago
Well, Stand Your Ground' is not doing what this man did, Santorum said Friday morning at a campaign event in Monroe, La. There's a difference between Stand Your Ground' and doing what he did...It's chilling to hear what happened, and of course the...
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The Hill
| 1 year ago
There needs to be a thorough investigation that reassures the public that justice is carried out with impartiality and integrity. Santorum told reporters that the case was a chilling example of horrible decisions, and that it was a failure to not...
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Miami Herald
| 1 year ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says there should be a "thorough investigation" into the shooting death of an unarmed, black Florida teenager that has rallied civil rights activists. Mitt Romney on Friday called President Barack Obama's...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
President Barack Obama weighed into the controversial killing in Florida of black teenager Trayvon Martin for the first time on Friday, pledging to "get to the bottom" of the shooting and telling the parents "if I had a son he'd look like Trayvon."...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
Text Size US President Obama responds to a question about the case of shooting victim Martin (Reuters) US President Barack Obama has expressed his anger over the death of an unarmed black teenager in Florida who was shot dead on his way back home and...
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Arizona Republic
| 1 year ago
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney says there should be a "thorough investigation" into the shooting death of an unarmed, black Florida teenager that has rallied civil rights activists. Romney issued a written statement Friday calling 17-...
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The Globe & Mail
| 1 year ago
Trayvon Martin case is a `tragedy' Published Friday, Mar. 23, 2012 11:41AM EDT Last updated Friday, Mar. 23, 2012 12:00PM EDT U.S. President Barack Obama says the death of a Florida teenager is a tragedy. The investigation into the shooting death of...
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Towleroad
| 1 year ago
Obama commented on the Trayvon Martin case today in the Rose Garden: "I think about my own kids. and you know, I think every parent in america should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this. and...
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Los Angeles Times
| 1 year ago
Reporting from Washington In calling for "some soul-searching" on the incident, President Obama offered a very personal reflection on the killing of Trayvon Martin , a young black teenager in Florida that has sparked a national outcry. "If I had a...
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Fox News
| 1 year ago
President Obama , during a brief Rose Garden press conference meant to announce his nominee for World Bank president, ventured into the high-intensity controversy over the unarmed black teenager fatally shot in Florida -- calling the case a "tragedy"...
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Star Tribune
| 1 year ago
Text of President Barack Obama's comments Friday about the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, as transcribed by the White House. Well, I'm the head of the executive branch, and the attorney general reports to me, so I've got to be careful...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Obama says teenager's death a tragedy Mr Obama said it was obviously a tragedy, and when he thinks about Trayvon he thinks about his kids. US President Barack Obama has said the "tragedy" of an unarmed black teenager shot dead in Florida should...
