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Speaking on the day of Zimmerman's arrest, Al Sharpton said, "Forty-five days ago, Trayvon Martin was murdered. No arrest was made. The Chief of Police in Sanford announced after his review of the evidence there would be no arrest. An outcry from all over this country came because his parents refused to leave it there."
- February 26, 2012
- George Zimmerman (shooter)
- Trayvon Martin
Jul 13, 2013 · 01:00 - Source: CNN. The George Zimmerman trial: What happened? What’s next? Watch an Anderson Cooper 360 special tonight at 8 ET on CNN. CNN — George Zimmerman never denied shooting Trayvon...
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Feb 10, 2022 · In late 2015, he was arrested again on charges of aggravated assault for throwing a wine bottle at his then-girlfriend, which was later dropped. In 2016, Zimmerman provoked condemnation when he...
- Bevan Hurley
Jul 31, 2018 · More than six weeks later, Zimmerman was arrested and, eventually, tried for second-degree murder in a case that would be as racially polarizing as the O.J. Simpson trial had been nearly 20...
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- Who Was Trayvon Martin?
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Trayvon Martin had no criminal record when he was shot and killed by neighborhood watch member George Zimmerman on February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman's initial release and later arrest sparked a national debate over racial profiling and the role of armed neighborhood watch members in law enforcement. On July 13, 2013, a jury acquitte...
Trayvon Benjamin Martin was born in Florida on February 5, 1995. His parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin divorced four years later. Martin attended public schools in Florida, including the Dr. Michael M. Krop High School in Miami Gardens. With parents that wanted to expose him to the world, Martin had experiences that included skiing, horsebac...
In late February 2012, Martin spent his third high school suspension visiting his father, whom he was close to, and his father's fiancée, Brandy Green, at Green's home in a gated community, The Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford, Florida. In response to a rash of robberies and burglaries, the residents of the community established a neighborhood watc...
An officer arrived on the scene at 7:17 p.m. He found Martin dead and Zimmerman on the ground, bleeding from wounds to the head and face. The officer then took Zimmerman into custody, who claimed he shot Martin in self-defense. Zimmerman was shortly released with no charges filed. Martin's father Tracy learned of his son's death after filing a miss...
The Trayvon Martin Foundationwas established in March 2012, with the goal of increasing awareness about the effect of violence on families while scrutinizing racial and gender crime profiling. In July 2018, the first of a six-part documentary series, Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story, aired on TV. Produced by Jay-Z and created with the full s...
He said he shot Martin in self-defense and was not charged at the time. The police said there was no evidence to refute his claim of self-defense, and Florida's stand-your-ground law prohibited them from arresting or charging him.
Jul 16, 2013 · July 16, 2013, 10:40 AM PDT. By James Novogrod, Tom Winter, Tracy Connor and Erin McClam, NBC News. A Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman on Saturday night in the shooting death of Trayvon...
