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I haven’t spoken with Rev. Al Sharpton in a few months.  But if we were still speaking and he were to ask me what to do with the mother of Trayvon Martin, my answer would be very simple: Get her off the stage right now. SEE MORE: NAACP reacts to second degree murder charge of […]

Crime

Soon after Florida special prosecutor Angela B. Corey announced that her office charged George Zimmerman for second degree murder for the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, the slain teenager’s parents responded to the official announcement during a press conference in Washington, D.C. Flanked by the Rev. Al Sharpton, one of her attorney’s and other supporters, […]

Crime

Update: 1:40 p.m. ET George Zimmerman’s formal arraignment is set for May 29th of this year. Click here for a live feed from CNN on George Zimmerman’s bond hearing. ————————————————————— UPDATE: 12:06 p.m. ET George Zimmerman will face a judge during a bond hearing at the Seminole Courthouse today at 1:30 p.m. RELATED: For full […]

Nation

By Joy-Ann Reid Decision time may be approaching in the Trayvon Martin case. The special prosecutor assigned to the case, State Attorney Angela Corey, has informed the news media to be on standby for new information in the case. RELATED: For full coverage of Trayvon Martin story click here. Warrant Likely On The Way For […]

The family of George Zimmerman, 28, has requested that Attorney General Eric Holder arrest the New Black Panther Party for hate crimes, reports the Daily Caller. SEE ALSO: The neighborhood watch captain, who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in a vigilante-style execution that has paralyzed the nation, has been in hiding with the rest of his […]

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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 […]

As tensions mount in Sanford, Florida, the town where neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, 28, gunned down 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on February 26 in a vigilante-style execution that has polarized the nation, armed Neo-Nazis are now patrolling the streets to protect White citizens from any racial, violent retaliation, reports the NY Daily News. Jeff Schoep, […]

Biz/Media

The NBC producer responsible for editing George Zimmerman‘s 911 call to make it seem as if he said that he was following Trayvon Martin because he was”Black,” was fired Thursday by the network, reports the New York Times. A spokeswoman for NBC News declined to comment and two people familiar with the disciplinary action have […]

Nation

The death of Trayvon Martin has sparked a fury in most corners of Black America and each detail is read eagerly by many people who are fiercely advocating for George Zimmerman, 28, the White-Hispanic neighborhood watchman who shot him in the chest at point-blank range, to be tried for his murder. White America is saying […]

The  NAACP’s Justice for Trayvon Martin rally is in full swing in Sanford, Florida. Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton have spoken and various members of the NAACP have addressed the crowd. Sharpton has come under fire in recent days for calling for an “escalation in civil disobedience” and economic sanctions if George Zimmerman is […]

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) — An elderly couple who reported being forced to leave their Florida home when a Twitter posting that Spike Lee helped spread listed their address as that of the man who shot an unarmed teen has settled with the director. The couple’s attorney, Matt Morgan, announced the settlement Thursday. Morgan says Lee […]

Both the initial police report and various mainstream media outlets have reported that George Zimmerman, 28, had signs of trauma to his nose, blood on the back of his head and nose, and grass and moisture on the back of his red jacket when they arrived on the scene, as a result of being beaten […]