As the Dream Defenders sit-in against Gov. Rick Scott moves into the tenth day, the State of Florida has begun to push back against the liberal activist group, issuing a report on the costs of the occupation and citing incidents
The anger being directed at George Zimmerman has spilled over into death threats against a man with a similar name in Florida. George Zimmermann (two n’s) is a retired pastor living in Florida’s Volusia county. He is 78 years old.
According to Politico’s Roger Simon, when Barack Obama proclaimed to the world that “Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago,” he did so to prevent riots in the streets across America: (The) speech came at a time of
Trayvon Martin’s father Tracy Martin, speaking at the first-ever Congressional Caucus on Black Men and Boys hearing, told the caucus that his continuing fight was to “stop someone else’s child from being killed.” He added, “My message to the world
(AP) Trayvon Martin’s father to speak on Capitol HillWASHINGTON The father of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin will be on Capitol Hill for a hearing addressing the challenges faced by African-American boys and men. Tracy Martin will give opening remarks
Rachel Jeantel, the 19-year-old who was Trayvon Martin’s friend, who was the prosecution’s star witness in the George Zimmerman trial, and who has now made numerous TV appearances, has revealed her plans for the future: she wants to be a
How many Americans remember learning about the Boston Massacre when they were schoolchildren? I wonder: does anyone truly understand why we are required to learn about incidents like this in our school’s curriculum? In the aftermath of the Boston Massacre,
In Jacksonville, Florida this past Saturday, hundreds marched in the streets shouting, “No justice, no peace!”as part of Al Sharpton’s call for 100 cities to demonstrate for Trayvon Martin. Speakers in downtown’s Hemming Plaza also railed against Florida’s “Stand Your
It’s been a week since singer Stevie Wonder announced he was boycotting the state of Florida to protest the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin along with the “Stand Your Ground” law. No other major musicians
Sunday’s “Justice-For-Trayvon” marchheld by the New Black Panther Party was attended by a woman holding asign reading: “Racist and Proud.” Several media outlets incorrectly identified the woman as a “George Zimmerman supporter,” and the story took off, providing the left with supposed
Conservatives who have argued that the Dream Defenders’ activism in Tallahassee, Florida wasn’t going to achieve anything may have underestimated to ability of mainstream Republicans to erode under pressure. Last week, the group Dream Defenders announced “Takeover Tuesday” in response
Cornel West appeared on CNN Monday and compared President Obama’s military strategy to the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman: “We must never kill innocent people in the name of self-defense. But then I thought about our drone
Breitbart News’s John Nolte joins a Huff Post Live discussion of the George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin. Nolte faces off with Professor Marc Lamont Hill on what racial angle, if any, exists in the case.
*Updated On Wednesday, July 17 at about 5:45 PM Sanford Police responded to a single car accident in the area of I- 4 and State Road 46 in Sanford. A blue Ford Explorer SUV traveled off the road and rolled
During the National Action Network’s rally in Miami, Florida, where 2000 supporters of the groups efforts to pressure the Department of Justice to file civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, Tracy Martin, the father of Trayvon Martin took questions from
A Chicago man charged with murdering 6-month-old Jonylah Watkins as her father was changing her diaper will be back in court today for a status hearing. Koman Willis, who pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated murder, is believed
CNN’s Don Lemon had Dallas radio host Ben Ferguson to discuss President Barack Obama’s remarks about racial profiling as it pertains to the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case. When Ferguson suggested that some women felt concerned for their safety when men
In response to It’s Deja Vu All Over Again With Obama’s Trayvon Speech: In all fairness, the President did make a few oblique references to crime problems in the black community, although it was very understated compared to his race-baiting
In an interview in 2001 with an African-American oral history project, The History Makers, then-State Senator Barack Obama recalled: “I was a thug…for a big part of my growing up.” He added: “I got into fights. I drank and did–and
President Barack Obama has questioned the wisdom of “Stand Your Ground” laws, which in many states provide that a person using justified force in self-defense against an attacker has no duty to retreat before using that force. However, in 2004,
By CURT ANDERSONAP Legal Affairs WriterMIAMIDespite an outcry from civil rights groups, a call for close examination by President Barack Obama and even a 1960s-style sit-in at the Florida governor’s office, the jury’s verdict that George Zimmerman was justified in
Longtime political ally of both Barack Obama and Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina’s Catholic Church at the Chicago Trayvon Martin protest on Saturday:
On Sunday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) appeared on CNN’s State of the Union, where he called President Obama’s Friday comments on Trayvon Martin and race “very impressive.” He said, “I think we should continue to make progress,” but added that
On NBC’s Meet the Press on Sunday, PBS host Tavis Smiley – the same man who once said that Ronald Reagan “tortured” blacks, despite a declining black unemployment rate of 9 percent – mildly praised President Obama’s race-centric speech to
About 100 people rallied in front of the Ribicoff Federal Building on Main Street in Hartford Saturday in memory of Trayvon Martin and to protest Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, reports CBS News. The event was one of about 100
Obama’s recent comments on the George Zimmerman verdict expose once and for all the radical worldview that lies beneath the Obama agenda. In speculating that the Zimmerman verdict might have been different if Trayvon Martin had been white, Obama revealed
On her Sunday morning news show, State of the Union, Candy Crowley expressed explicit support for more talk about race in America, commenting on the possibility that a nationwide conversation about race could emerge from the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman controversy:
Nationwide rallies against the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin drew small crowds, a sign that Americans had largely accepted the verdict and that race relations are not nearly as frayed as Al Sharpton’s National
One of the constant refrains during angry reaction to George Zimmerman’s acquittal for murder is that Trayvon Martin was killed purely because of his skin color. Even the Race-Baiter-In-Chief pushed this line during one of the more disgusting passages in
The AP allowed their bias to slip in a recent piece about the Trayvon Martin vigils around the country on Saturday. The media is determined to make the case a white on black hate crime, but the facts do not
A Florida woman named Lori Tankel has reportedly been receiving death threats intended for the family of George Zimmerman, who was recently acquitted in the killing of Trayvon Martin. The woman said she began receiving death threats immediately after Zimmerman
At noon on the forth day of the Dream Defenders’ sit-in at the Florida State Capitol, the NAACP held a rally on the steps of the old Florida capitol building with the theme “We shall not be moved.” It was
Al Sharpton’s National Action Network held a “Justice for Trayvon” rally in downtown Los Angeles this morning. I estimate there were 200-300 people in attendance with probably ten percent of them journalists. There were more than a dozen speakers during
In response to ‘Justice for Trayvon’ Vegas Calls for LeBron James, Dwyane Wade to Leave Miami Heat: Miami-Today at the National Action Network’s ‘peaceful’ rally to call attention to the Trayvon Martin verdict, local pastors and Representatives gathered together to
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Hundreds of people gathered in front of the federal building in Las Vegas for the National Actions Network Rally for Trayvon Martin. KCEP radio was there, playing gospel music before the speakers started, the mood was positive and upbeat. There
Bill Maher hosted a panel discussion on his show “Real Time” discussed President Obama’s remarks on Trayvon Martin
The approximately 500 “Justice For Trayvon” protesters in Washington, D.C., on Saturday heard calls from progressive speakers for specific boycott actions they want to use force Florida and other states to eliminate “Stand Your Ground” laws. Even though such self-defense
As the temperature neared 100, around 200 people turned out for a “Justice for Trayvon” rally in Norfolk, VA. Musicians, spoken word performers, and speakers decried the violence that engulfs many communities and “threatens our generation.” Speakers also took a
