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George Zimmerman was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin in a court of law. However, the sole non-white juror in the case, juror B29 aka Maddy, has come forward to say that Zimmerman “got away with murder.”

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An interview between opinionated sports columnist Jason Whitlock and The Last Poets member Dahveed Nelson resulted in the gentlemen concluding that Trayvon Martin‘s death was the result of the current Hip-Hop landscape. Nelson’s group countered the considerable logic leap of Nelson and Whitlock in a timely written statement.

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Just as he predicted upon shooting 13-year-old Darius Simmons last year, a judge has “thrown the book” at John Henry Spooner.

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Professor and author Cornel West, along with past collaborator Tavis Smiley, has been a vocal critic of President Barack Obama. In the aftermath of the George Zimmerman verdict and the president’s recent remarks on racism, Dr. West aimed sharp barbs at Obama and referred to him as a “global George Zimmerman.”

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UPDATE: Zimmerman saved an entire family, versus one person, the Washington Post reports. George Zimmerman is out of hiding. Sort of. The formerly accused murderer was acquitted in the shooting of Trayvon Martin two weeks ago, and fell off the radar only to come back with a news headline of a different kind.

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Apparently a Detroit teen had no idea that her tweet could affect her  job. Now she knows.

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The world’s mixed reaction to the George Zimmerman not guilty verdict has shone a light on Marrissa Alexander, a Florida mom sentenced to 20 years for firing a warning shot at her abusive husband, Rico Gray. During a CNN interview Alexander spoke on the abuse she endured. “He choked me, he pushed me fully into the tub. He pushed […]

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Reactions of anger and frustration to the acquittal of George Zimmerman have been heard domestically from coast to coast. Now, Syria has joined the list as they weighed in on the verdict Monday (July 15).

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Monday night (July 15), CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 snagged an exclusive interview with one of the jurors from the George Zimmerman trial. Juror B37, the first of the jurors to come forward, offered numerous jaw-dropping tidbits during her chat with the cable network. 

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Even Stevie Wonder can see that the justice system let Trayvon Martin down. On Sunday (July 14), the renowned singer announced during a performance that he plans to boycott Florida or any other state that has “Stand Your Ground” laws.

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Juror B37 partially appeared on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 Monday (July 15) night. The elusive member of the all female group that found George Zimmerman not guilty for shooting Trayvon Martin, vaguely explained what swayed her vote, and race was not involved.

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The undercurrent of racism remained part of the conversation during the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman. Although the volunteer night watchman is a multiracial man with a white father and Peruvian mother, there still existed the narrative that racial profiling was the root issue that ended Trayvon Martin‘s life.