Trayvon Martin
Shellie Zimmerman, the wife of George Zimmerman, will face consequences for telling lies. Mrs. Zimmerman was arrested on one count of perjury Tuesday (June 12), and was transported to the John E. Polk Correctional Facility. It is unclear whether or not she has been released on bond.
The man who was given George Zimmerman’s old phone number has become the victim of misguided public hatred. Junior Alexander Guy, received death threats, and harassing calls, ever since he was given the accused killer’s former number, two months ago.
George Zimmerman will get yet another opportunity to be released from jail, pending the start of his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin. The accused killer’s lawyer, Mike O’Mara, abandoned his client’s bid for freedom earlier this week, but it appears that he is ready to prove that his client is not a flight risk […]
George Zimmerman has only been back in jail for 24-hours but his supporters have continued to rally behind him. The 28-year-old’s newest donation website, started by his lawyer Mike O’Mara, has seen a spike in financial support, according to ABC News. Zimmerman was receiving roughly $1,000 a day from the site, but his lawyer told […]
George Zimmerman is back in police custody. The Florida resident quietly turned himself in to authorities Sunday (June 3), two days after a judge revoked his bail on ground that he lied about his financial status. Zimmerman was given 48 hours to surrender to authorities, and checked into the Polk Correctional Facility, hours shy of […]
Congressman Barney Frank is repenting for distasteful comments, he made about Trayvon Martin during a commencement speech over the weekend. While at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Sunday (May 27), the 72-year-old told students “you now have a hoodie you can wear and no one will shoot at you.”
George Zimmerman is following the lead of prosecutors in his pending case for the murder of Trayon Martin, by requesting that certain evidence in his trial be kept under wraps. Zimmerman’s lawyer, Mark O’Mara, filed a motion last week requesting that his client’s text messages, emails and journal entries not be released to the public, […]
George Zimmerman’s relationship with the Sanford Police Department predates the night that he shot and killed Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman was taken into custody after committing the murder but was released without so much as a slap on the wrist, and according to newly released video, the 28-year-old was treated like anything but a criminal.
There’s a new ridiculous and insensitive fad happening among idiots on the Internet called “Trayvoning.” Similar to planking—but far more disrespectful and insensitive—people have been posting photos of themselves mimicking Trayvon Martin’s murder by lying on the ground (usually wearing hoodies), and holding skittles and ice tea.
Progressive-minded Americans celebrated the historic election of the first African-American President of the United State in Barack Obama as the moment that America was becoming a theoretical “post-racial” society where race, discrimination and prejudice were things of the past. However, recent events—even Jay-Z has caught it—have proven otherwise. Hip-Hop Wired takes a look at 10 […]
As more details surrounding the shooting death of Trayvon Martin continue to be made public, prosecutors in the case against accused killer George Zimmerman are asking that certain documents be sealed.
Four witnesses who spoke with police about what they saw on the night that Trayvon Martin was murdered, have changed their stories. According to the Orlando Sentinel, newly released documents show that neighbors interviewed after the shooting initially pinpointed Martin as the aggressor but have now flip-flopped in a way that will be detrimental to […]