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Our Black Year: One Family’s Quest to Buy Black in America’s Racially Divided Economy
” In the Asian American community a dollar circulates for 28 days, in the Jewish community a dollar circulates for 19 days, In the black community a dollar is gone in hours.” “We were called racists, the N word, go back to Africa, horrible things said about my children and my family, horrible indictments on…
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Justice !!!Zimmerman charged with second-degree murder in Trayvon Martin shooting
By Dylan Stableford | George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old neighborhood watchman who shot and killed Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla., has been charged with second-degree murder in the 17-year-old’s death. Zimmerman is being held without bail. “Just moments ago that we spoke with Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, the sweet parents of Trayvon,”…
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Decision in Trayvon Martin case expected by Friday; Zimmerman goes AWOL from lawyers
By FRANCES ROBLES McClatchy Newspapers SANFORD, Fla. — With prosecutors saying they will announce a decision in the Trayvon Martin case by Friday, George Zimmerman appears to have struck out on his own. He launched a website without telling his two attorneys, spoke to a talk show host and put in a call…
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Prosecutor rules out grand jury in Trayvon Martin case
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) – The special prosecutor investigating the shooting death of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin on Monday ruled out using a grand jury in the case, meaning her office alone will decide whether to charge shooter George Zimmerman with a crime. The case has captured national attention because of race and Florida’s…
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Armed Neo-Nazis Now Patrolling Sanford, Say They Are “Prepared” For Post-Trayvon Martin Violence
By Michael MillerFri., Apr. 6 2012 at 7:00 AM Neo-Nazis are currently conducting heavily armed patrols in and around Sanford, Florida and are “prepared” for violence in the case of a race riot. The patrols are to protect “white citizens in the area who are concerned for their safety” in the wake of the Trayvon…
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Trayvon Martin Resolution Introduced By Congressional Black Caucus
WASHINGTON — The Congressional Black Caucus unveiled a resolution on Wednesday that honors the life of Trayvon Martin and calls for the repeal of “Stand Your Ground” gun laws in every state that has one, including Florida, where Martin was killed. “Florida’s misguided ‘Stand Your Ground’ law does not make our streets safer, rather it…
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Justice in New Orleans: New Orleans police officers convicted in post-Katrina shootings face sentencing
CNN) — Five former New Orleans police officers who were found guilty of shooting unarmed civilians on New Orleans’ Danziger Bridge in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina will be sentenced Wednesday. The shootings occurred on Danziger Bridge on September 4, 2005, six days after much of New Orleans went underwater after the powerful hurricane…
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Voice Experts Claim Cries Heard On 911 Call Were Not George Zimmerman’s
Before George Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin on February 26, a 911 call recorded the voice of someone screaming. Whether that person was Martin or Zimmerman — who police say claimed he was attacked by Martin before the fatal incident — has been an open question since the calls were released by the Sanford, Florida police…