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In a remarkably well-researched piece titled “You Are Not Trayvon Martin,” Slate’s William Saletan challenged several fallacies influencing perceptions and reactions to the acquittal of George Zimmerman. The piece was not favorable to Zimmerman or Martin, but rather only concerned

Attorney General Eric Holder told the annual conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in Orlando, Florida Tuesday that the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin should lead to a

While the media encourages Trayvon Martin’s family to launch a civil suit against George Zimmerman for the killing of Martin, the consequences to the Martin’s reputation could be disastrous. Thanks to discovery rules, which apply differently in civil court than

WASHINGTON (AFP) – (AFP) – Reverend Al Sharpton, along with clergy members from across the country, announced national Justice for Trayvon Day, a series of protests set for Saturday. This day of demonstrations follows the acquittal of Florida neighborhood watch

Count poet Maya Angelou as the latest celebrity to blast the not guilty verdict in the case against George Zimmerman. The celebrated writer is pained by Zimmerman’s acquittal in the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, a decision which will

The face of HLN and its star, Nancy Grace, tore into the idea that George Zimmerman should get his life back by mocking  the Hispanic Zimmerman as already enjoying a life of “Driving Through Taco Bell Every Night, Having a

Wyclef Jean joined his celebrity peers in condemning the acquittal of George Zimmerman, but he ratcheted up the rhetoric in a way most did not. Jean shared his view of the trial during a Huffington Post chat: “This, to me,

Stephen Colbert must be drinking deep from the mainstream media well. The host of The Colbert Report played the race card Monday night in discussing the George Zimmerman acquittal, apparently not realizing that the accused was Hispanic. You can’t blame the

DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. – July 15, 2013 (WPVI) — Police in Chester County, Pennsylvania are investigating an act of vandalism with racial overtones, possibly connected to the fallout from the verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial. Photographs obtained by Action

While covering a local protest of George Zimmerman’s Saturday acquittal in Crenshaw, California, a CBS reporter and photographer were assaulted. Reporter Dave Bryan was in the middle of a recorded interview with a protester when two unidentified men came up

The entertainment industry has spoken in virtual unison regarding the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the murder of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, branding the decision an American injustice. Now, one singer is taking that outrage to the next level. Stevie

Chicago’s activist Catholic Priest, Father Michael Pfleger, took the occasion of the George Zimmerman trial to race to the streets to stir his flock, preparing them for “civil disobedience,” and leading a rally to decry the not guilty verdict reached

One of the first polls is out involving the trial of George Zimmerman, the man acquitted in the fatal shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin, and what it shows is a dramatic lack of interest among the public. Only 26% of

Prosecution witness Rachel Jeantel, speaking to Piers Morgan on CNN last night, explained that George Zimmerman had misunderstood the beating he was receiving from Trayvon Martin, and so had the jury in his trial. Zimmerman was not facing a potentially

On July 14, close Obama adviser David Axelrod quickly resorted to Twitter to use the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial as a call for stricter gun control. In one Tweet, Axelrod issued the inflammatory claim that George

“Get over it.” That’s the message from a Republican congressman to the protests over George Zimmerman’s acquittal in the murder trial of Trayvon Martin.  Rep. Andy Harris (R-MD) also said that the House might need to take a look at

On Monday, one of the six jurors in the George Zimmerman trial spoke to Anderson Cooper on CNN with her identity concealed, and told Cooper that Zimmerman had justification for shooting Trayvon Martin because he thought his life was in

Americans’ interest in the George Zimmerman murder trial was divided sharply along racial lines, according to a new Pew Study.  Blacks are more than twice as likely as whites to say they tracked news about the Zimmerman trial very closely

By RAQUEL MARIA DILLONAssociated PressLOS ANGELESProtesters ran through Los Angeles streets, stopping traffic, breaking windows and at one point raiding a Wal-Mart store, and a major freeway was blocked in the San Francisco Bay Area in the third night of

Anthea Butler, an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Graduate Chair in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, writes in Religious Dispatches magazine that she has decided that the acquittal of George Zimmerman means that America’s

The Department of Justice faces a very high hurdle if it gives into demands that George Zimmerman face federal criminal charges for violating Trayvon Martin’s civil rights. There are only two statutes which would apply in any federal criminal case,

In exclusive AC360 interview with juror B37, she says she didn’t think George Zimmerman racially profiled Trayvon Martin.

On Monday, the Associated Press compared the outcome of the George Zimmerman trial to the expulsion of Jackie Robinson from Sanford, Florida some 70 years ago. The beginning of the piece, headlined “Fla. Town somberly absorbs Zimmerman verdict,” by Kyle

Monday morning, appearing on the Tom Joyner Show, Al Sharpton suggests George Zimmerman was not prosecuted on the merits of the Trayvon Martin case but more because of the political pressure Sharpton placed on Florida officials with protests and media

On Sunday, commentator Andrew Sullivan wrote an absurd piece labeling the George Zimmerman not guilty verdict a step toward a “return to the era of lynching.” In making his case, he pasted together lies, half-truths and sheer nonsense. First, he

Rep. John Lewis (D-GA) stated that the result of the George Zimmerman trial would “justify the stalking and killing of innocent black boys and deny them any avenue of self-defense.”  Lewis said in a statement: I am deeply disappointed by

On Monday, Edward Wyckoff Williams of Salon.com put his finger on the real problem with America’s simmering racial conflict in the aftermath of the George Zimmerman verdict: “white rage.” Wyckoff Williams claimed, “in the American South it seems white folks

On Monday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney announced that President Obama would not be involving himself in the Justice Department decision on whether to prosecute George Zimmerman under federal civil rights laws. According to Carney, “it would be inappropriate”

David Simon, creator of the celebrated HBO series The Wire, applauds how people of color haven’t reacted violently to the July 13 acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Travyon Martin. It isn’t how Simon, who blogged about the

In the immediate aftermath of the not-guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, two CNN legal analysts, who are presented to viewers as unbiased experts, made their biases very clear and public. Jeffrey Toobin took to Twitter, while Sonny Hostin

It is beyond doubt that Barack Obama would not have been a national political figure had it not been for his keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention.  In a moment of profound national division over the war in