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19 Aug 2014, 8:59 am
In perhaps the most famous misguided self-help case in recent history, George Zimmerman attempted to apprehend Trayvon Martin himself instead of waiting for police to arrive. [read post]
16 Aug 2014, 9:13 am
Following the shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black... [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 1:20 pm
Anyone who at this point claims to know it's one or the other is just blowin' smoke.The case has raised many of the same shopworn issues about the relationship between the police and black teenage boys that we saw in the Trayvon Martin case (even though the shooter there was a would-be, and not an actual, policeman).It seems to me that there are easy ways to avoid this sort of thing in the future, none of which involve the appearance of Al Sharpton or the eight… [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 12:18 pm
They heard heartbreaking testimony from the mother of Trayvon Martin and the father of Jordan Davis, both of whom lost their sons in violent circumstances that underscored the overt and subconscious forms of racism that our country continues to face. [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 10:25 am
The recent killing of unarmed African American teen Michael Brown by a white officer in Ferguson, Missouri has sparked emotionally charged protests and demands for justice, reminiscent of the 2012 Trayvon Martin slaying in Florida. [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 7:32 am
"That is not useful.... [read post]
15 Aug 2014, 12:00 am
His recent commentary on Ferguson, Trayvon Martin and talking about race in the classroom and community is published in the St. [read post]
14 Aug 2014, 9:43 am
Jordan's father and Trayvon's mother described their loss, unimaginable to any parent, with grace and a fierce determination to make sense of senseless acts. [read post]
10 Aug 2014, 12:30 am
The first book is a dissection of the Trayvon Martin case with a highly critical analysis of the prosecution’s presentation in People v. [read post]
1 Aug 2014, 8:31 am
(AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank, Pool) Suppose Trayvon Martin had pulled out a gun and shot George Zimmerman? [read post]
15 Jul 2014, 9:03 pm
Perhaps you noticed him the time he got Salon in a tizzy over his obnoxious tweets about Wendy Davis, or the time he agitated the Huffington Post with his grotesque tweets about Trayvon Martin, or the time he enraged Daily Kos (and, for that matter, nearly everyone else) by saying transgendered people should be put in camps. [read post]
3 Jul 2014, 1:06 pm
In the Trayvon Martin case, for instance, law enforcement and prosecutors were criticized initially for doing nothing. [read post]
27 Jun 2014, 4:36 pm
There has been a huge amount of disinformation about what a "stand your ground" law actually is, particularly during the Trayvon Martin hysteria. [read post]
12 Jun 2014, 6:36 am
Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” rule is the controversial and headline-grabbing law that has raised voices and inspired protests all around the country, most notably in the wake of the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen gunned down by a man claiming to have shot in self-defense. [read post]
18 May 2014, 5:59 pm
Kevin Nadal, psychology professor at CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice, used Obama’s remarks following the verdict in the Trayvon Martin case to illustrate the effect of microaggressions and help employees of the university identify and deal with them. [read post]
14 May 2014, 3:44 pm
Online organizing has taken down multibillion dollar campaigns such as SOPA and PIPA, brought a national spotlight to injustices in small towns such as Trayvon Martin’s, and helped allow political candidates to raise significant funds in small dollars from large numbers of donors, as was on stark display during the last presidential election. [read post]
14 May 2014, 1:30 pm
.'But I don't have any announcements at this time with regard to anything that the Justice Department is doing,' he said.Daily MailThe Attorney General has also failed to investigate reports of voter fraud, the IRS scandal, "fast and furious, or get to the bottom of what really happened in Benghazi.On the other hand he has taken an active role in the Trayvon Martin shooting, including allowing the DOJ Community Relations Service to support protests by the New… [read post]
7 May 2014, 2:40 pm
It's not just millennials who do this though: a 31-year-old man posted photos of his murdered wife on Facebook, and text messages were featured in the Pistorius and Trayvon Martin murder trials. [read post]
17 Apr 2014, 6:47 am
In the resulting confrontation, Zimmerman used his legally owned semi-automatic handgun to shoot and kill Trayvon Martin. [read post]
14 Apr 2014, 6:58 am
George ZimmermanGeorge Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch volunteer on duty when he spotted 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was visiting his father in the neighborhood. [read post]
