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Last week, Geraldo Rivera got into it with his comments on the Trayvon Martin killing. His exact words were, “I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin’s death as George Zimmerman was. I am urging the parents of Black and Latino youngsters, particularly, to not let their children go out wearing hoodies.” […]

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George Zimmerman claims he acted in self-defense the night he shot and killed Trayvon Martin. Though according to surveillance footage taken at the police station (only 4 hours after the altercation) there is no sign of struggle on his person. “It just shows that everything that Zimmerman has been saying, that the police have been […]

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Thousands of people are expected to converge on Sanford, Florida today to make the 1-month anniversary of the slaying of Trayvon Martin. The teen was shot to death February 26th as he walked to the home of his father’s fiancee, after being followed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, 28. His death has sparked a […]

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Trayvon Martin may very well become this generation’s Emmett Till. The February 26th shooting death of 17-year-old Martin by George Zimmerman — a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain in Sanford, Florida — has captured national attention and garnered universal outrage. Martin was gunned down near his father’s home, wearing a hoodie and armed with little more […]

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They came, thousands upon thousands in lockstep – black, white, Latino, Asian, rich and poor – most of them draped in hoodies and all in the common purpose of identifying with Trayvon Martin. The countless of heartbroken but vociferous protesters who convened in New York City’s Union Square Park on Wednesday for the “Million Hoodie […]

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Why isn’t George Zimmerman in Jail? That’s the question outraged Trayvon Martin supporters are asking. Trayvon Martin, who was walking in a gated community unarmed, was killed by George Zimmerman. After an investigation by the Sanford Police, George Zimmerman was released and cleared of wrong doing. So was George Zimmerman acting within Florida law? According […]

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Late Monday night, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it will open an investigation into the murder of Trayvon Martin. After the Sanford Police Department lied to Trayvon’s family and said that his killer George Zimmerman had no criminal record, they said they felt betrayed by authorities. When the horrifying and heartbreaking 911 tapes […]

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By Tonyaa Weathersbee Trayvon Martin probably figured it was no problem – him being black, and it being 2012 and all – to walk to the store in a gated community in Sanford, Florida. But that didn’t stop the teenager from being shot to death recently by a white man who apparently thinks it’s the […]