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Five years after Trayvon Martin’s death, the fight for justice for young Black men continues.

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Have you signed this petition? Petition Urging Civil Rights Prosecution Of George Zimmerman Needs More Signatures In addition to the widely-circulated NAACP petition of the same nature, there is also a Change.org petition currently seeking signatures to support the prosecution of acquitted child murderer George Zimmerman on Civil Rights charges by the Obama Administration. While the […]

Looks like there’s another twist in the Trayvon Martin case. Yesterday, Shelli Zimmerman, the wife of George Zimmerman, was arrested and taken to jail by Sanford Police, for perjury. So what does this mean for the case? How will this play out in the courtroom? Natalie Jackson, one of the attorneys for Trayvon Martin, called […]

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A few days ago, the news broke that Witness #6 had changed his story in the George Zimmerman case. In a shocking turn of events, three more witnesses have also changed their story, and their new version of events will likely be damaging to Zimmerman’s defense, according to the Chicago Tribune. Since Zimmerman has been […]

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Now before you get too excited, Richard Land, Southern Baptist Convention leader didn’t actually apologize. Instead he offered up regrets for any hurt he may have caused as a result of his comments condemning President Barack Obama, The Rev. Al Sharpton, and Jesse Jackson over the Trayvon Martin tragedy. He was also slammed for lifting […]

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The tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Trayvon Martin have been understandably polarized around issues of racism, racial profiling and inequities inherent in the American criminal justice system. Yet one issue that should concern all Americans of every color, creed and religion are the unbridled gun laws and powerful gun lobby which have aided in […]

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We are seeing the first images of George Zimmerman in the custody of state authorities, after the neighborhood watch volunteer surrendered, having been charged with the second degree murder of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman surrendered to authorities Wednesday, after the special prosecutor investigating Martin’s death filed second-degree murder charges. The arrest capped a dramatic 48 hours, […]

Florida Special prosecutor, Angela Corey, announced today at 6pm that George Zimmerman was charged with 2nd degree murder and that he turned himself in and was in police custody. Forty-five days ago when the announcement came that there would be no charges filed and George Zimmerman went into hiding it’s hard to believe that charges […]

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George Zimmerman, 28, has officially launched a website asking supporters for help with his legal defense fund and warns them that any money collected so far has not been handed over to him nor his family, reports CNN. “I am the real George Zimmerman,” is boldly emblazoned on the website, TheRealGeorgeZimmerman.com, and for the first […]

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While the story behind Trayvon Martin‘s shooting death continues to grab headlines, interest in the case is sharply divided along partisan and racial lines, according to a new study by Pew Research Center. Far more Republicans (56%) than Democrats (25%) say there has been too much coverage of Martin’s death, according to Pew, which surveyed […]

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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 […]