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If you ever want to get on Lawrence O’Donnell‘s bad side, just cancel an interview on his show. That’s what George Zimmerman’s lawyer, Craig Sonner, did at the last second. According to MSNBC, Sonner walked out of a remote Orlando studio shortly before the segment, leaving O’Donnell without a guest. Lawrence went pretty ballistic, saying […]

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  While it took some time for the nation to collectively respond to the Trayvon Martin murder, when it happened the response was inspiring. From Churches in the Hood to Facebook, people are expressing their  outrage and sadness over his murder. I ‘ve read tweets, Facebook  posts, op-ed opinion pieces and more but the best commentary that […]

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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 […]

There is new compelling evidence in the Trayvon Martin case. A 16 year-old female friend, of Trayvon, was on the phone with him moments before he was shot. The girl says Trayvon told her he was being followed by a man on a cell phone. He was moving quickly, trying to get away from this […]

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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 […]