‘Fruitvale Station’ Star Michael B. Jordan Almost Cancels Q&A After Zimmerman...
Source: Pete Hammond / Deadline.com At a Q&A following a Saturday night screening of Fruitvale Station in LA, star Michael B. Jordan told the audience: “I want to hear your questions tonight and...
View ArticleABC NEWS: Martin Family In ‘Disbelief’ Over Verdict, Says Family Attorney...
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source: Kari Rea / ABC News Trayvon Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump said on “This Week” that the family is “in disbelief” after the jury...
View ArticleABC’s Dan Abrams Predicts DOJ Will Not Charge Zimmerman: ‘They Won’t Win And...
Source: Evan McMurry / Mediaite ABC News Chief Legal Affairs Anchor and Mediaite founder Dan Abrams appeared on ABC’s This Week predicted that the Department of Justice would not file charges against...
View ArticlePresident Obama Issues Statement On Zimmerman Verdict
Source: KTLA 5 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The White House released a statement on Sunday afternoon from President Obama in response to the jury’s verdict in the murder trial of George Zimmerman. Below is the...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman Anonymous Jurors Remaining Secret
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source: Mark Mooney / ABC News In the aftermath of the George Zimmerman verdict everyone was heard from either by news conference, television...
View ArticleSharpton: ‘Justice For Trayvon’ Marches Saturday (VIDEO)
The Reverend Al Sharpton says there will be vigils and rallies in 100 cities this weekend to press for federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin....
View ArticleExperts: Prosecutors Failed To Humanize Trayvon
Source: Yamiche Alcindor / USA Today SANFORD, Fla. — A televised interview of Juror B-37 reveals her ease in relating to George Zimmerman and state prosecutors’ failure to humanize Trayvon Martin, some...
View ArticleGOP Rep On Zimmerman Verdict: ‘Get Over It’
Source: Catalina Camia / USA Today WASHINGTON — A Republican congressman from Maryland has this message for people fixating over the verdict in George Zimmerman’s trial: “Get over it.” Zimmerman, a...
View ArticleAG Eric Holder Speaks Out Against ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws After Zimmerman...
Source: Pete Williams and Tracy Connor / NBC News Attorney General Eric Holder took aim Tuesday at “Stand Your Ground”-style laws — such as the one that figured into the George Zimmerman case — saying...
View ArticleGARY L. FLOWERS: What Black Parents Should Tell Our Sons?
By Gary L. Flowers Executive Director & CEO Black Leadership Forum, Inc. Last week’s injustice to the life and legacy of Trayvon Martin takes its infamous place in the annals of United States...
View ArticleZimmerman Verdict Looms Over Death Of Unarmed Wis. Teenager
Source: Russell Goldman / ABC News The trial of George Zimmerman looms large over a court room more than 1,200 miles away in Milwaukee, Wisc., where opening statements began Tuesday in a murder case in...
View ArticleWATCH: Snoop Lion’s Take On Zimmerman Acquittal (VIDEO)
At a special Los Angeles screening for his new animated film ‘Turbo,’ Snoop Lion discusses the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin trial. (July 17)
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman Jurors Say B37 Spoke For Herself In Interview (VIDEO)
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source: Dean Schabner / ABC News Four members of the six-woman jury that found George Zimmerman not guilty of second degree murder and manslaughter...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman Juror Thanks CNN For Chance To Vent; Says There Will Be No...
Source: Hal Boedeker / Orlando Sentinel Juror B-37 in the George Zimmerman trial isn’t talking anymore after a much-discussed interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper. She issued a statement Wednesday to...
View ArticleJimmy Carter: Zimmerman Jury Was ‘Right’ Based On The Evidence (VIDEO)
Source: Rachel Weiner / The Washington Post A jury was right to acquit George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin, former president Jimmy Carter said Tuesday evening. “I think the jury made the...
View ArticleRoland Martin On TYT: Trayvon Martin Could Be This Generation’s Emmett Till...
Cenk talks to TYT panelists Jayar Jackson, John Iadarola, and Jimmy Dore as well as TV One’s Roland Martin about nation-wide reactions to the George Zimmerman verdict. “This case, the death of Trayvon...
View ArticleCBS News: Is President Obama Doing Enough After The Zimmerman Trial?
Source: Stephanie Condon / CBS News Some civil rights leaders say they’re expecting more from the administration of the nation’s first African-American president. “The president has made a statement of...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin’s Parents ‘Devastated’ By Not Guilty Verdict (VIDEO)
Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Source: Katie Kindelan / ABC News The parents of Trayvon Martin felt “shock” and “disgust” when a Florida jury ruled Saturday night that George...
View ArticleROLAND S. MARTIN: ‘White Hispanic’ And The Nuances Of Race In Media
Source: Roland S. Martin / Mediaite As a native Texan, I have witnessed the changing demographics of America as the number of Hispanics/Latinos dramatically increased in the Lone Star state. And for...
View ArticleZimmerman Jury Sequestration Included Steaks, Pedicures
Source: Yamiche Alcindor and Mike James / USA Today The sequestration of the jury that ultimately acquitted George Zimmerman cost Florida taxpayers about $33,000 and allowed jurors creature comforts...
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