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Zimmerman Prosecution Star Witness: 'Cracker' Not a Racial Term

Zimmerman Prosecution Star Witness: 'Cracker' Not a Racial Term

Prosecution star witness Rachel Jeantel, the 19-year-old to whom Trayvon Martin was reportedly speaking while he was being followed by George Zimmerman, admitted again on the stand on Thursday that she had changed her testimony about Zimmerman’s words. Originally, she

Prosecution Witness: Trayvon on Top During Scuffle

Prosecution Witness: Trayvon on Top During Scuffle

Jane Surdyka, one of the prosecution witnesses in the George Zimmerman trial, testified on Wednesday that it was likely Trayvon Martin on top of George Zimmerman that she saw during the scuffle shortly before Zimmerman shot Martin. She testified that

Media herding made easy

In response to Journalistic Incompetence Has an Ideological Bias: I happen to live in Florida, and can remember a very early report of the Zimmerman-Martin incident on morning news radio describing it as “a fatal altercation between a white man

Journalistic Incompetence Has an Ideological Bias

In response to Big Media and the Trayvon Martin Case: Wrong from Minute One: Galling.  Over at my blog, I wrote about the intersection of ignorance and ideology. There’s an ideological edge to this laziness: Reporters get their pre-fabricated stories

Judge Rules out Audio Experts in Zimmerman Trial

Judge Rules out Audio Experts in Zimmerman Trial

Judge Debra Nelson, who is presiding over the murder trial of George Zimmerman, ruled Saturday that although a tape of a 911 call may be admitted in the trial, prosecution audio experts who say that the voice screaming is Trayvon

Trayvon Martin Family's Atty: Trayvon Not on Trial

Trayvon Martin Family's Atty: Trayvon Not on Trial

Trayvon Martin’s family’s attorney, Ben Crump, said Wednesday, “Trayvon Martin is not on trial here, he is the victim. George Zimmerman, his killer, is the man who is on trial.” Noting that former New York City police detective Harry Houck