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George Zimmerman Arrested for Domestic Violence, Accused of Pointing Shotgun at Girlfriend

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on November 19, 2013 at 4:42am

George Zimmerman's new mugshot from Nov. 18, 2013. (SEMINOLE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE)

The former neighborhood watchman who gained national notoriety after killing Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teenager, was busted Monday on suspicion of domestic violence 15 miles north of Orlando. This is far from the first time he has been back in the news since his acquittal in July.

George Zimmerman was charged with assault and battery for allegedly pointing a long-barreled shotgun at his new girlfriend M

Black Leaders Support Zimmerman Verdict: Cosby says Acquittal Was Not About Race; Charles Barkley says he Agrees with Verdict

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 19, 2013 at 5:47pm

Comedian Bill Cosby says the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Florida teen isn't about racism.

Cosby, an outspoken voice on cultural issues, says the recent trial did not prove that Zimmerman had racist motives at any point during his confrontation with Martin. That means race shouldn't be a part of the conversation regarding the case.

"Let's not go into a racial discussion unless we really have something there," he told radio hosts Domenick Nati and Nate Foutz.

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I Call It Racism. What Do You Call It?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 16, 2013 at 1:08pm

Justice failed Trayvon Martin the night he was killed. We should be appalled and outraged, but perhaps not surprised, that it failed him again Saturday night with a verdict setting his killer free. Our society considers young black men to be dangerous, interchangeable, expendable, guilty until proven innocent. This is the conversation about race that we desperately need to have -- but probably, as in the past, will try our best to avoid.

George Zimmerman's acquittal was set in motion on Fe

Was the Zimmerman Trial All About Race?

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 14, 2013 at 11:51pm

Because it happened in America, the trial of George Zimmerman for shooting and killing Trayvon Martin was all about race. And because it happened in America, the people who benefit politically from the same invidious forces that led both to Trayvon Martin's killing, and the acquittal of his killer, will deny that race had anything to do with either the killing or the verdict.

Suppose Trayvon Martin had been a 230-pound 30-year-old black man, with a loaded gun in his jacket. Suppose Zimmerman

President Obama Issues Statement on George Zimmerman Verdict

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 14, 2013 at 8:16pm

Statement by the President

The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher. But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken. I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son. And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can

Acquitted of All Charges: Jury Finds George Zimmerman Not Guilty In Death of Trayvon Martin

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 13, 2013 at 8:14pm

George Zimmerman (R) speaks with his defense counsel Don West (L), as they wait for the jury to return from deliberations in Seminole circuit court July 13, 2013 in Sanford, Florida. (Pool/Getty Images North America)

George Zimmerman, the man accused of murdering Trayvon Martin, has been found not guilty of second degree murder and manslaughter.

The verdict is the culmination of a case that captured the nation's attention and will undoubtedly be imprinted in America's history. The not gui

Florida Pastors Call for Calm as Verdict Looms In George Zimmerman Trial

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 12, 2013 at 2:03pm

It is a case that has inspired protest and prayer while raising questions about race and justice.

Pastor Glenn Dames of St. James AME Church in Titusville said he believes that whatever the final verdict for Zimmerman, his church members will be focused on prayer rather than protests.

Now after more than a year, area pastors are bracing their congregations for a verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman, a self-professed neighborhood watch volunteer charged with fatally shooting 17-year-old Tr

Police and City Leaders In Florida Prepare for Post-Zimmerman Trial Unrest If He Is Acquitted

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 11, 2013 at 10:08pm

Police and city leaders in Florida say are preparing for the possibility of mass protests or even civil unrest if a neighborhood watch volunteer is acquitted in the killing of an unarmed black teen -- a case that has already provoked protests after police initially refused to arrest the defendant.

Trayvon Martin, 17, was visiting his father and father's fiancee when George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, fatally shot him during a physical confrontation in a gated community in Febru

Zimmerman Trial Attorneys Act Out Altercation with Mannequin

Posted by Prince Malachi The First on July 10, 2013 at 2:07pm

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Attorneys grappled with a foam dummy on the floor of a Florida courtroom Wednesday, working to demonstrate to rapt jurors their competing versions of what happened the rainy 2012 night Trayvon Martin died in an altercation with George Zimmerman.

Zimmerman, 29, is accused of second-degree murder in the February 26, 2012, death of Martin, a 17-year-old from Miami who was staying with his father in Zimmerman's Sanford, Florida, neighborhood.

Defense attorneys argue Zimmerman shot Martin in se

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George Zimmerman Arrested for Domestic Violence, Accused of Pointing Shotgun at Girlfriend

Black Leaders Support Zimmerman Verdict: Cosby says Acquittal Was Not About Race; Charles Barkley says he Agrees with Verdict

I Call It Racism. What Do You Call It?

Was the Zimmerman Trial All About Race?

President Obama Issues Statement on George Zimmerman Verdict

Acquitted of All Charges: Jury Finds George Zimmerman Not Guilty In Death of Trayvon Martin

Florida Pastors Call for Calm as Verdict Looms In George Zimmerman Trial

Police and City Leaders In Florida Prepare for Post-Zimmerman Trial Unrest If He Is Acquitted

Zimmerman Trial Attorneys Act Out Altercation with Mannequin

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