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Feb 24, 2015 · Prosecutors from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, officials from the FBI, and the Justice Department’s Community Relations Service met today with Martin’s family and their representatives to inform them of the findings of the investigation and the decision. “The death of Trayvon Martin was a devastating tragedy.
On the evening of February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, United States, George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American. Zimmerman, a 28-year-old Hispanic man, [Note 1] was a neighborhood watch coordinator for the gated community where Martin was visiting relatives at the time of the shooting.
- February 26, 2012
- George Zimmerman (shooter)
- Trayvon Martin
Jul 14, 2013 · A six-woman jury accepted self-defense as justification for the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, 17, by George Zimmerman in a case that ignited a national debate on racial profiling and civil rights.
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Jul 13, 2013 · Watch an Anderson Cooper 360 special tonight at 8 ET on CNN. CNN —. George Zimmerman never denied shooting Trayvon Martin, but he said he did so in self defense. Late Saturday night, a Florida ...
Nov 12, 2013 · This Day In History. On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin, an African American teen walking home from a trip to a convenience store, is fatally shot by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch ...
- Missy Sullivan
Feb 24, 2015 · “Our decision not to pursue federal charges does not condone the shooting that resulted in the death of Trayvon Martin and is based solely on the high legal standard applicable to these cases.”
Feb 24, 2022 · Six weeks after the shooting, Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder; he would be acquitted the next year. But the ferment unleashed by Trayvon Martin’s death did not stop.
