updated Sat. January 6, 2024
-
POPSUGAR Australia
April 23, 2018
It's been six years since Trayvon Martin went to a 7-Eleven near the Sanford, Florida, gated community where his father's girlfriend lived; six years since the 17-year-old boy was shot in the heart by George Zimmerman, holding nothing but a bag of Skittles and a canned drink. And while Zimmerman still hasÃâà...
The Shadow League (blog)
April 23, 2018
African-Americans have been dealing with the injustice of black blood flowing in the streets at a seemingly accelerated rate since 2012. From the terrorist act of Dylann Roof to the institutional racism that allowed George Zimmerman to walk free after murdering Trayvon Martin, to 14-year-old Brennan WalkerÃâà...
Mic
April 23, 2018
Images of sign-wielding NRA supporters, Black Lives Matter protesters, alt-right groups in Charlottesville, Virginia, and even President Donald Trump flash across the screen during the opening montage of Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story. The six-part docuseries, which debuted Friday at theÃâà...
HuffPost
April 23, 2018
The stillness following George Zimmerman's gunshot in the 911 call capturing his fatal encounter with Travyon Martin epitomized the restrictions black ... The organization's inaugural production, for example, was a 2014 piece depicting the hail of bullets that ended Trayvon Martin's life and a rendering ofÃâà...
WKMG News 6 & ClickOrlando
April 20, 2018
... the Pulse nightclub attack, it became the third recent high-profile criminal case in Central Florida to end in a not guilty verdict. In 2013, a Seminole County jury acquitted George Zimmerman of murdering 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in a trial that sparked public debates over race relations and self-defense.
The Appalachian Online
April 17, 2018
The movement started in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin's murderer, George Zimmerman, according to the Black Lives Matter website. Tometi said watching her 14-year-old brother see this occurrence unfold struck her, and she thought about how this story was going to shape him growing up.
Bustle
April 17, 2018
The verdict in the Trayvon Martin case. When George Zimmerman was acquitted of the 17-year-old's murder, Hostin was aghast. She was also live on CNN. "I went off," she recalls. When her father saw the segment, "He said, 'You were great, but you're gonna lose your job'," Hostin revealed. At the time, sheÃâà...
Vox
April 17, 2018
He followed up on the same theme decades later, writing in the wake of Trayvon Martin's death at the hands of George Zimmerman that racial profiling is good: “If young black males are your shooters, then it ought to be young black males whom the police stop and frisk.” Later that year, he discovered thatÃâà...
Wonkette (blog)
April 17, 2018
Is it shocking that the world's best selfie-taker who thinks guns didn't kill Trayvon Martin, Trayvon Martin's hoodie killed Trayvon Martin (and maybe a LITTLE BIT of George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin, but ALSO HOODIES) said some really racist shit on Fox News about Kendrick Lamar, and aboutÃâà...
News One
April 17, 2018
White tears are pouring for a Washington Post columnist named Richard Cohen who babbled in a handful paragraphs about his imaginary struggles being a white man in America. The writer, who was once accused of sexual harassment, and defended George Zimmerman murdering Trayvon Martin, claimsÃâà...
The Root
April 16, 2018
“The Hoodie Effect: George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin,” a class that asks the question of why does America love black style so much, but a black man can get killed or thrown in jail just for wearing hoodie? Karen also challenges stereotypes and perceptions by teaching class dressed in sweats.
Brooklyn Reader
April 16, 2018
Currently, he's preparing for the release of his latest project where he served as co-producer, Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story, which will debut at the Tribeca Film Festival on Friday, April 20. The six-part docu-series which recounts the life and tragic and untimely death of 17-year-old Trayvon MartinÃâà...
CNN
April 16, 2018
To be sure, the dimensions of the Starbucks incident are, saying the least, far different from those that sparked the Black Lives Matter movement -- that is, the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the 2013 death of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman shot him dead because he thought the unarmed 17-year-old lookedÃâà...
Detroit Metro Times
April 14, 2018
But that stands in contrast to high profile cases like that of George Zimmerman, a white man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teen. Zimmerman walks free while Ra is in jail. And there are similarities between the Zimmerman case and what transpired in Rochester on Thursday.
Chicago Tribune
April 9, 2018
Shomari Legghette, charged with Chicago commander's murder, compares himself to Trayvon Martin ... profiling and civil rights after the unarmed black 17-year-old was killed in a gated community near Orlando, Fla., during a 2012 confrontation with George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer.
TheGrio (blog)
March 28, 2018
No other state makes headlines ad nauseam over shit ranging from comical to absurd to reprehensible, only for everyone to say, “Yep, there's Florida Florida-ing again.” When folks wanted to boycott Florida following the George Zimmerman verdict, I disregarded the fact that it's actually the stupidestÃâà...
CNN
March 28, 2018
Parkland, Florida (CNN) Piles of flowers sit outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, a visual reminder that the campus is still a place where ..... Legal analyst Mark O'Mara, an attorney who most notably defended George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, says it is improper to judgeÃâà...
The BoomBox
March 22, 2018
The docuseries is based on the book, Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin, which was co-written by Martin's parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, who also serve as ... Jay has long had a relationship with the parents of the the teen, who was killed by George Zimmerman back in 2012.
mySanAntonio.com
March 22, 2018
The project is based on the book Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin by the teenager's parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, who also helped produce the docuseries. Martin was shot to death at the age of 17 by George Zimmerman in 2012. The 2018 Tribeca Film Festival runs from April 19 through AprilÃâà...
HuffPost
March 22, 2018
Tracy Martin, left, father of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin, and Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon's mother, join the Million Hoodies March in New York's ... Six years ago, we flooded the streets of New York City to bring attention to Trayvon's story and the fact that his killer, George Zimmerman, was still walking free.
CNN
March 20, 2018
(CNN) Students of all ages last week joined their courageous and eloquent peers from Parkland, Florida in protest. ... public when used in self-defense -- even if retreating to avoid using force is possible -- and became a focus of outrage after George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teenager.
Knoe.com
February 27, 2018
He famously said the remark after the Sandy Hook shooting and reiterated his theory last week after the shooting at a Florida high school. ... “Presumably, George Zimmerman would not have hassled Trayvon Martin if Zimmerman had not had a gun, so the gun encouraged a hostile confrontation, regardlessÃâà...
Paste Magazine
February 27, 2018
The first look at the forthcoming documentary Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story came in Monday afternoon, on the six-year anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death at the hands of neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman. Martin, a 17-year-old teenager, was shot and killed by Zimmerman on Feb.
TeenVogue.com
February 26, 2018
On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, the program coordinator of the neighborhood's community watch team in an act Zimmerman later called self-defense, according to CNN. USA Today's 2013 report on Zimmerman's trial explains that the jury found him notÃâà...
Uprise RI (blog)
February 20, 2018
“I really don't care what any of the peripheral facts are… “says RI State Senate Candidate Nick Autiello, “…and the racial implications have been blown out of proportion…”, in this Facebook post regarding the incident involving the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin at the hands of George Zimmerman.
Chicago Sun-Times
December 31, 1999
CPS reviewing Whitney Young dean's 'disturbing' comments on Trayvon Martin ... by a student and posted to Instagram captures Dean of Students John Fanning suggesting a defense of George Zimmerman, who fatally shot African-American teenager Trayvon Martin in a gated Florida community in 2012.
|
news and opinion
|
