Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Trayvon Coverage on Fox Knocked Jose Vilson Martin and the Implications for Teacher Perceptions of Students A Nation Executioners Marian Wright Edelman Walking While Black Video Martin’s parents We want an arrest Lawmaker Attack Not Covered Under Law I Wrote Slinger case echoes national furor over Teen’s last call sheds new light shooting in focus grand jury is best next step Protesters shooter's 3 4 Orlando mayor candidates shooter should be arrested Central Florida cops routinely make arrests despite selfdefense claims Sanford commission votes 'no confidence' police chief Was Fla. a vigilante or good neighbor

Trayvon Martin case hits Houston mom hard I can't write about the untimely and unseemly death of this young African-American man. I am, after all, the mother of two African-American boys– boys who, like Trayvon Martin, love basketball and lemonade and Skittles. Trayvon Martin Case: Police Chief Bill Lee Under Fire With 'No Confidence' Vote SANFORD, Fla. -- The city commission on Wednesday gave a vote of "no confidence" to beleaguered police Chief Bill Lee Jr., under fire for his department's investigation into the killing of Trayvon Martin , the unarmed teen shot last month by a neighborhood watch volunteer. Trayvon Martin's parents: Trust friend's phone call A friend who spoke on the phone with Trayvon Martin only moments before he was shot dead in a Florida suburb had to be hospitalized from the trauma. Though there's no recording of the call, Martin's family says her story, refuting the shooter's self-defense claim, can be trusted. Trayvon Martin Case: Lead Investigator Asked to Step Down As tensions between community leaders and residents in Sanford, Fla., reach a boiling point, the man leading the investigation into the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is being asked to step down.During a heated special meeting regarding the death of the unarmed teen, who was allegedly shot and killed by self-appointed neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, Sanford city ... Trayvon Martin case: Why 'stand your ground' defense may not help Zimmerman The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the fatal shooting last month of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Florida teen. But despite widespread public outrage over the incident, there's reason to think the feds could have a hard time bringing civil rights charges. A separate state homicide probe, though, might be more likely to bear fruit. Bringing [...] Trayvon Martin's parents: Phone call proves slain son did nothing wrong The parents of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teenager who was fatally shot in Florida last month, spoke out on Wednesday, saying the account of a phone call between Trayvon and a female friend moments before he was shot proves their son did nothing wrong. "To me it proves that he wasn't walking around the neighborhood [...] Trayvon Martin Petition Is Fastest Growing in Internet History An explosion of social media has catapulted Trayvon Martin's death into the national spot light, and a petition calling for his killer's arrest is now the fastest growing petition in internet history, according to Change.org. For nearly three weeks the story languished, as did that change.org petition set up for Martin's parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracey Martin. It had a few thousand signatures ... TRAYVON MARTIN CASE: WILL JUSTICE BE DONE?, WEEK OF MARCH 22-28, 2012 The US Justice Dept. and a Seminole County grand jury are now doing something the Sanford, Fla. Police Dept. didn't - fully investigate the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Trayvon Martin supporters start Skittles protest The death of Trayvon Martin, the black teen shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer, has prompted a protest aimed at the police department that initially investigated the case. Trayvon Martin And The Failure To Intervene In one 911 call after the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, a former schoolteacher sobs, "He was saying help. Why didn't someone come out and help him?"
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