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A Twitter account that allegedly belongs to child killer George Zimmerman retweeted an image of Trayvon Martin’s body laying on the wet grass on the night Zimmerman shot him to death, Raw Story reports. Zimmerman, who has been hiding his violence and racism a lot less lately, retweeted a follower who called him a “one-man […]

Speaking on the Roanoke shooting that claimed the lives of two journalists, President Obama said gun-related incidents dwarf terrorism.

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An anti-violence group took to the streets of Baltimore this weekend to march against crime. The 300 Men March, began in Baltimore

There have been a string of new updates in the case of Samuel Dubose, the Ohio man who was shot in the head by a University of Cincinnati campus police officer after a traffic stop last month. A few weeks after Dubose was killed by Officer Ray Tensing, hundreds of family members and supporters gathered Tuesday […]

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Matthew Apperson, the man who allegedly tried to shoot George Zimmerman in May, will face attempted murder charges, according to the latest news in the highly publicized case. Apperson was originally charged with shooting into a vehicle and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, but the latter accusation was elevated to first-degree attempted murder today. The incident occurred in […]

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As family mourn the loss of Beau Biden, Vice President Joe Biden’s son, plans are being made for his funeral service. According to the White House, President Obama will deliver the eulogy at the funeral mass, which is slated to take place in Delaware Saturday. “Like his dad, Beau was a good, big-hearted, devoutly Catholic […]

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According to a new study, the suicide rate amongst African-American children has almost doubled within the last two decades. The research, which was published in JAMA Pediatrics earlier this week, showed that the rate for Black children between the ages of 5 to 11 has increased from 1.36 per one million children to 2.54. The […]

An investigation into the shooting incident that injured George Zimmerman in Lake Mary, Fla. Monday produced a Glock handgun that belongs to the former neighborhood watchman. Police also recovered two handguns from Matthew Apperson, the man accused of shooting at Zimmerman, the Washington Post reports. No arrests have been made in the incident that was reportedly […]

UPDATED: Monday, May 11, 4:47 PM ET – The man involved in the shooting that injured George Zimmerman has been identified as Matthew Apperson, WESH TV reports. As previously reported, this is not Apperson’s first encounter with the former neighborhood watchman — Apperson appears to be the same person involved in a road rage incident […]

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Nine Chatham County sheriff’s deputies have been fired in the wake of the death of a 21-year-old mentally ill man in Savannah, Georgia, according to CNN. The firings follow an investigation into the death of Matthew Ajibade, who died in an isolation cell on New Year’s Day, said Gena Bilbo, the Chatham County Sheriff’s spokeswoman. […]

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In a newly released video, George Zimmerman — the former neighborhood watchman acquitted of murder in 2013 — blames President Obama for stirring racial tensions following the fatal shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012. Zimmerman, who pursued and approached the 17-year-old as he walked to his father’s house, can be heard on the March […]

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Nearly three years after Trayvon Martin was murdered by George Zimmerman, the Justice Department announced that it decided not to pursue federal charges against the former neighborhood watch volunteer. Attorney General Eric Holder was quoted in a statement released by the Department of Justice saying: “The death of Trayvon Martin was a devastating tragedy.  It shook an entire community, drew the attention […]