(AP) Across US, people rally for ‘Justice for Trayvon’By BILL BARROWAssociated PressATLANTAOne week after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, people began to gather for nationwide rallies to press for federal
The first Trayvon Martin rally protesting the verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman began Saturday morning in Newport News, VA. Around 100 rallies are scheduled throughout the day, across the country, with the majority beginning at noon. Around 25
By RYAN PEARSONAP Entertainment WriterSAN DIEGOHours after President Barack Obama delivered remarks about Trayvon Martin and the George Zimmerman trial, Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson addressed the racially charged case at Comic-Con in San Diego. Foxx was at the
Barack Obama continued to promote the evidence-free narrative that Trayvon Martin was racially profiled by Hispanic George Zimmerman in remarks made Friday. The President said, “few African-American men in this country who haven’t had the experience of being followed.” With
Last Saturday, a Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of charges related to the death of Trayvon Martin. After a media fire-storm building up to the verdict, the organic public reaction was fairly muted. There were very few outpourings
In response to Chris Wallace is Wrong About Obama’s Trayvon Statement: I spent a lot of time crawling through the full text of President Obama’s remarks, after hearing the first few attempts to rewrite what he said, read deeper meaning
For the second time since the jury cast its verdict in the George Zimmerman case, MoveOn.org has sent out a fundraising letter riding on the coattails of the tragic death of Trayvon Martin. Within a few hours of the verdict
Making a surprise appearance at the White House Press Conference President Obama spoke about the Trayvon Martin case Friday afternoon
Actor Romany Malco of Weeds and The 40-Year-Old Virgin fame took to The Huffington Post to comment on the death of Florida teen Travyon Martin. What Malco wrote hardly reflected the majority opinion in Hollywood. In fact, Malco’s piece is
In his unfortunate remarks about the Zimmerman verdict Friday, Obama said something about “stand your ground” laws that reflects popular misconceptions seen on social media–hardly befitting a law “professor”: And for those who resist that idea that we should think
Saturday’s nationwide protests against the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin will mark the next chapter in Al Sharpton’s long and checkered history of activism. Over several decades, Sharpton has led protests against both real civil
As the institutional left prepares to deploy its organizers to well choreographed protests against the “not guilty” verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, black activists in President Obama’s hometown of Chicago are asking what happened to their president and his
Speaking at the White House on Friday, President Obama strongly implied that George Zimmerman profiled Trayvon Martin due to Martin’s race, despite the utter lack of evidence that Zimmerman did so. In fact, an FBI investigation into Zimmerman turned up
Singer Stevie Wonder thrust himself back into the national spotlight Tuesday when he said he wouldn’t perform in Florida to protest George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin and the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law. The announcement came
Speaking at the White House on Friday, President Obama addressed the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin for the first time since 2012, when he declared that if he had a son, he’d look
On Thursday night in San Bernardino, California, 11 people were arrested after anti-George Zimmerman protesters began throwing rocks and bricks at cars passing by, as well as police and police cars. Around 100 people gathered in a march in the
Thursday night, in San Bernadino, California, six people were arrested during a protest of the George Zimmerman verdict. According to the Los Angeles Times, the arrests were the result of rocks and bottles being thrown at the police and pedestrians.
We now have a fourth poll proving the media’s George Zimmerman obsession has and continues to be a disaster for the media (and left). Two polls released Wednesday show that less than 40% disagree with the jury’s verdict, and an
On Thursday July 17, NRA Executive Director Chris Cox accused Attorney General Eric Holder of using Trayvon Martin’s death for the purposes of pushing more gun control, The Hill reports. Cox said Holder treats self-defense as a “concept” that can be
Trayvon Martin’s friend and star witness Rachel Jeantel recently joined Al Sharpton on his MSNBC show as part of her media blitz. In the interview, she said that she had “won” her cross-examination because she did not direct profanity toward
Professor Michael Eric Dyson on MSNBC’s “All In” with Chris Hayes offers a nuanced, non-conspiratorial analysis of America’s justice system in the wake of George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin.
Florida Governor Rick Scott was still nowhere to be seen Thursday as protesters angered by George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin occupied his office in Tallahassee for the third day in a row. The doors of
Adam Carolla followed the mainstream media’s advice this week and began a dialogue on race relations with his podcast partner Dr. Drew Pinsky. Carolla used the discussion as a springboard to slam the media for its subservience to President Barack Obama
Although George Zimmerman was found “not guilty” by a jury of his peers in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin, Attorney General Eric Holder refuses to give Zimmerman’s gun back. The Sanford police department confirmed that the DOJ has placed
NBA legend Charles Barkley on CNBC’s “Closing Bell” with Maria Bartiromo says that he agrees with the “not guilty” verdict for George Zimmerman in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin. Barkley further says that the media has allowed “racists” to
Former NBA great and TNT commentator Charles Barkley said the media do not “have clean hands” when it talks about race. He made his comments while discussing the George Zimmerman verdict and the media’s coverage of it on Thursday. In
Former NBA great and TNT commentator Charles Barkley said while he believed Trayvon Martin was a victim of “racial profiling,” the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial was correct based on the evidence. He said that “judging by
Comedian Bill Cosby says the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Florida teen isn’t about racism. Cosby, an outspoken voice on cultural issues, says the recent trial did not prove that Zimmerman had racist motives at any point
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News on July 17, Attorney Wesley White confirmed that he intends to file a whistleblower lawsuit within the next 30 days on behalf of his client, Ben Kruidbos. Kruidbos is the former information technology
Wednesday Breitbart News reported on a Rasmussen poll that showed only 34% disagreed with the not-guilty verdict for George Zimmerman in the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin. A Huffington Post/YouGov poll released the same day shows a nearly identical
In the wake of the “not guilty” verdict in the Florida trial of George Zimmerman for the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin, MSNBC’s Chris Matthews felt the need to apologize for “all white people.” During the July 18 broadcast of
Trayvon Martin’s family attorney, Jasmine Rand, attacked the six-woman jury in the George Zimmerman trial on Greta Van Susteren’s nightly Fox News show. Van Susteren immediately called Rand out on her accusations and she tried to back away from the
Seventeen demonstrators protesting the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the self-defense shooting of Trayvon Martin were arrested Wednesday in Victorville, CA.
Rachel Jeantel’s interview with MSNBC host Al Sharpton covers the aftermath of the murder trial of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin. Jeantel, a friend of Trayvon’s and one of the last people he spoke to before the
The occupation of Florida Governor Rick Scott’s (R) office by Trayvon Martin supporters entered its second day Wednesday with no clear endgame in sight. The activist group “Dream Defenders” began a sit-in on “Takeover Tuesday,” days after the acquittal of George
In response to Rachel Jeantel Says Martin Threw the First Punch: This is a detail of the Zimmerman trial and its hyper-politicized aftermath that I find especially maddening. Political hacks like Attorney General Eric Holder, backed up by 90 percent
On Wednesday, ESPN President John Skipper said Keith Olbermann will be able to discuss politics on his new late-night talk show on ESPN2 and noted that any opinions Olbermann had to offer about Trayvon Martin would be acceptable so long
This is a catastrophic failure for the media and left. After fifteen months of lies, race-baiting, manufacturing evidence, and shrill melodrama — a Rasmussen poll released Wednesday shows that only 34% of Americans disagree with the acquittal of George Zimmerman
In an interview with Marc Lamont Hill, Rachel Jeantel says she believes Trayvon Martin threw the first punch in the altercation that ultimately led to his death. She also believes Trayvon was in fact beating Zimmerman but suggests he would
In the wake of the Zimmerman not-guilty verdict, the media’s outright lies, race-baiting, misinformation, shrillness, downplaying of events inconvenient to their narrative, and hysterical and dangerous stoking of racial animus have been in fifth-gear 24/7 for going on five days
