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Money Raised to Buy Zimmerman a New Gun.

http://abc6onyourside.com/shared/ne...money-raised-buy-zimmerman-new-gun-2424.shtml


"It's just ignorant," said Brian Rothenberg with ProgressOhio. "It's throwing salt into the wounds of the American public which is very concerned about guns in this country."

Rothenberg also says it sends the wrong message.

"If I'm George Zimmerman, I'm going to rip up that check and send it back because if I didn't have that gun, nothing would have happened," Rothenberg added.
 
Harry Belafonte joins with Fla. Capitol protesters

http://www.jcfloridan.com/news/article_2fc517be-f641-11e2-afb3-0019bb30f31a.html

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Singer and entertainer Harry Belafonte on Friday called on Florida Gov. Rick Scott to listen to protesters who are asking for a special legislative session to examine the state's self-defense laws after the acquittal of George Zimmerman........


Sybrina Fulton: 'Verdict Is Not Going to Define' Trayvon Martin
VIDEO

http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/trayvon-martin-mother-speech-2013-sybrina-fulton-addresses-19785360
 
Did George Zimmerman Get Away With Murder?
The media are reporting that a juror says Zimmerman is guilty of murder. That’s not true.
By William Saletan|Posted Friday, July 26, 2013, at 1:27 PM

Did George Zimmerman get away with murder? That’s what one of his jurors says, according to headlines in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, and dozens of other newspapers. Trayvon Martin’s mother and the Martin family’s attorney are trumpeting this “new information” as proof that “George Zimmerman literally got away with murder.”
The reports are based on an ABC News interview with Juror B29, the sole nonwhite juror. She has identified herself only by her first name, Maddy. She’s been framed as the woman who was bullied out of voting to convict Zimmerman. But that’s not true. She stands by the verdict. She yielded to the evidence and the law, not to bullying. She thinks Zimmerman was morally culpable but not legally guilty. And she wants us to distinguish between this trial and larger questions of race and justice.
ABC News hasn’t posted a full unedited video or transcript of the interview. The video that has been broadcast—on World News Tonight, Nightline, and Good Morning America—has been cut and spliced in different ways, often so artfully that the transitions appear continuous. So beware what you’re seeing. But the video that’s available already shows, on closer inspection, that Maddy has been manipulated and misrepresented. Here are the key points.
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http://www.slate.com/articles/news_...rder_no_juror_b29_is_being_framed.single.html
 
Trayvon Martin's mother: 'Use my broken heart'

http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_268748/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=c0z94Lv5

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The mother of slain teenager Trayvon Martin told a National Urban League gathering in Philadelphia on Friday to use her tragedy to stop the same thing from happening to another child and she blamed Florida's "stand your ground" law for allowing her son's killer to go free.......more......
 
"Zimmerman was speeding in Forney, Texas on Sunday, just after noon, when he was stopped by police.* Zimmerman told cops he was headed "nowhere in particular," and informed them he had a firearm in his glove compartment. Zimmerman was given a warning, after cops determined he was free of warrants.* He was sent on his way with a polite goodbye, "Have a safe trip."

Read more: http://www.tmz.com/2013/07/31/georg...traffic-stop-gun-firearm-texas/#ixzz2afa6f6s6
 
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Frank Taaffe Mother Jones Article

George Zimmerman's Biggest Defender: A Racist With a Criminal Past
Frank Taaffe, Zimmerman's unofficial media emissary, is a convicted criminal who recently appeared on The White Voice, a virulently racist podcast.
—By Mariah Blake | Thu Aug. 8, 2013 3:00 AM PDT

"Taaffe was hardly the ideal person to be weighing in on a case suffused with racial angst—or commenting on criminal-justice matters, period. A Mother Jones investigation has found that the 56-year-old New York native has a lengthy criminal record that includes charges of domestic violence and burglary, and a history of airing virulently racist views. Just last Sunday, he appeared on The White Voice, a weekly podcast hosted by a man named Joe Adams, who has deep, long-standing ties to white-power groups and has authored a manual called Save The White People Handbook. ..."

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"Taaffe told Mother Jones that he's also "looking into" the case of Michael Dunn, the Jacksonville man who is accused of fatally shooting an unarmed black 17-year-old at a gas station after arguing with the teen over loud music. "My work is not done yet. I have a myriad of cases that people are calling me to help them on," Taaffe said."

Long, long article...
 
Trayvon Martin's parents on path to forgive George Zimmerman

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23822998

It has been more than a month since George Zimmerman was acquitted by a jury of the murder of Trayvon Martin. In their first British media interview since the verdict, the teenager's parents told the BBC's Rajini Vaidyanathan they are working hard to build a legacy for their son, and are beginning the difficult process of forgiving his killer.

More at link......
 
Lawyer for George Zimmerman chides him for visiting gun factory

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/24/us-usa-zimmerman-gun-idUSBRE97N0CT20130824

"We understand how George visiting the factory that produces the gun used to shoot Trayvon Martin is seen as inappropriate," Shawn Vincent, spokesman for Zimmerman's lawyer Mark O'Mara, told Reuters on Friday.........

The website reported that he asked questions about the legality of buying a Kel-Tec KSG, a 12-gauge pump-action shotgun.
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Lawyer: Zimmerman to ask Fla. to cover some legal costs

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/26/george-zimmerman-legal-fees-florida/2704499/

Mark O'Mara, Zimmerman's lawyer, plans to file a motion to recoup between $200,000 and $300,000 in legal fees from the state of Florida, Shawn Vincent, a spokesman for Zimmerman's legal team, said Monday evening.......

A Florida statute allows defendants who win their cases to file such motions, Vincent said.......

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NAACP keeping up pressure in Trayvon Martin case

http://www.centurylink.net/news/rea...p-naacp_keeping_up_pressure_in_trayvon_mar-ap

WASHINGTON (AP) — NAACP President Ben Jealous said Monday his organization collected petitions with more than 1.7 million signatures calling for charges to be filed against George Zimmerman for violating Trayvon Martin's civil rights........

The NAACP signatures would be in addition to another 219,000 handed over to the Justice Department last week by ColorOfChange, an online civil rights group.
 
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