Tag: Trayvon Martin

Sanford, FL police chief Bill Lee, Jr., who had taken a leave of absence during the follow-up Trayvon Martin investigation, resigned today. “Elected officials used this man as a scapegoat to heal our community,” said City Commissioner Patty Mahany. “Our

Ever since Trayvon Martin was shot, anti-gun groups and Democrats have been in full court press mode in an attempt to turn the tide on stand your ground laws and get them wiped off the books. With a view to

There is a good amount of discussion on Twitter this morning about killing George Zimmerman now that he’s out on bail. But that hasn’t been the only action on Twitter calling for violence. Since Friday, there has been an explosion

(AFP) Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman was released early Monday after posting $150,000 bond after authorities charged him with second-degree murder for shooting unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin, US media reported. The release from a Florida county jail came after

By MIKE SCHNEIDER and CURT ANDERSONAssociated PressSANFORD, Fla.A judge says George Zimmerman can be released on $150,000 bail as he awaits trial for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. The judge says there is a possibility Zimmerman will be allowed

ABC News has released a new photo of the back of George Zimmerman’s head, taken just “three minutes after he shot and killed Trayvon Martin.” His head is brutally bloodied. As the image above shows, there’s blood all over his

TALLAHASSEE, Florida (Reuters) – A week after murder charges were filed against George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin, Florida Governor Rick Scott on Thursday named members to a task force set up to review the state’s “Stand Your

You didn’t have to attend Reverend Al Sharpton’s National Action Network (NAN) Conference last week to get Sharpton’s radical message. As Washington, D.C.’s non-voting Congresswoman Eleanor Norton (D) told the audience at Thursday’s NAN Luncheon, “Reverend Al’s megaphone is attached

The defense attorney representing George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who is on trial for second-degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin, has requested that the judge in the case recuse herself because of a potential conflict of interest.

In an April 3rd appearance on the left-wing Democracy Now TV show, Van Jones has offered his own behind-the-scenes take on an incident that made race a political issue three yearsbefore the Trayvon Martin case. As Jones describes it, the

SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) – Neighbors of George Zimmerman say he had bandages on his nose and head the day after he shot dead Trayvon Martin, supporting statements by the neighborhood watch volunteer that he was beaten in a confrontation with

Once upon a time, Barack Obama wanted to be the second black mayor of Chicago, not the first black President of the United States. The community organizer-turned-local politician had big plans for the community he represented and hoped to organize

There were about 35 people there. We met in a building on campus. Two women appeared to be in their early twenties, one was African American. One man that co-led the event appeared to be around thirty. Everyone else seemed

Over the weekend I had a post on Big Government that looked at the trouble Democrats are making for themselves by trying to depict “stand your ground” laws as bad laws, and further, trying then to hang them as albatrosses around the