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George Zimmerman freed after posting bail
George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with second-degree murder for shooting an unarmed black teen, was released early Monday after posting a $150,000 bond, US media reported. Television networks showed Zimmerman dressed in jeans and a brown jacket walking out of the jail in Sanford, Florida, shortly after midnight…
Bloodshed won’t tighten U.S. gun laws: experts
The statistics are staggering, the stories heartbreaking, yet there is little chance that any amount of bloodshed will lead to stiffer gun controls in the United States in the foreseeable future. “It’s not something that any politician thinks is winnable,” said Kristin Goss, a politics professor at Duke University and…
Rodney King criticizes ‘Stand Your Ground,’ recalls LA beating
Rodney King, whose beating by police in 1992 sparked the LA riots, criticized Friday the law at the heart of the contested Trayvon Martin shooting, as he recalled his own struggles. Speaking a week ahead of the 20th anniversary of the Los Angeles race riots which left more than 50…
Coulter: ‘Negroes’ need more guns because of ‘Democratic KKK’
Ann Coulter says that gun control laws are inherently racist and that the solution to incidents like the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is more “negroes with guns.” On Tuesday, Coulter used Martin’s shooting to argue against gun control laws and said that every African American should arm themselves against…
Michelle Obama: Trayvon ‘tragedy’ should rally Americans
First Lady Michele Obama is calling on Americans to rally around the family of an unarmed African-American teen who was recently shot to death by a neighborhood watchmen in Florida. In a telephone interview on Tuesday, the first lady told NPR’s Michel Martin that her “heart goes out to the…
Media outlets request the court unseal Zimmerman documents
Attorneys representing media outlets are requesting the Stanford judge overseeing the Trayvon Martin case to unseal the court file, according to The Orlando Sentinel. Media outlets filed an eight-page motion Monday morning, hoping for Seminole County judge Mark Herr to back away from an agreement with the lawyers of George…
Cosby blames gun culture for Trayvon Martin’s death
Veteran US actor and comedian Bill Cosby spoke out about the fatal shooting in February of an unarmed black teen in Florida, blaming his death on the prevalence of guns in the United States. “We need to get rid of it on the streets. And if people have one, they should be checked…
Reporter: Florida’s Stand Your Ground law ‘was an NRA effort from start to finish’
According to Mother Jones reporter Andy Kroll, the role played by Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law in the shooting of African-American teen Trayvon Martin should be seen as an example of the outsized influence that the National Rifle Association wields in both state and national politics. “This was an NRA…
Wyclef Jean drops free ‘Justice’ track dedicated to Trayvon Martin
The Fugees artist Wyclef Jean partnered with Prescribed and J. Williams to create a song called “Justice (If You’re 17)” dedicated to Florida teen Trayvon Martin who was shot and killed in a controversial encounter with neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in February. The track, available as a free download Saturday,…
Zimmerman pleaded ‘not guilty’ to second-degree murder
A neighborhood watch guard charged with second-degree murder in the controversial killing of an unarmed US black teenager appeared briefly in court for the first time Thursday. George Zimmerman It was Zimmerman’s first public appearance since he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in late February while the teenager was walking…
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