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Trayvon Benjamin Martin (February 5, 1995 – February 26, 2012) was a 17-year-old African American from Miami Gardens, Florida, who was fatally shot by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, in Sanford, Florida. Martin, who was serving a school suspension, had gone with his father on a visit to his father's fiancée at her townhouse at The Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford. On the evening of February 26, Martin went to a convenience store and purchased candy and a canned drink. As Martin returned from the store, he walked through a neighborhood that had been victimized by robberies several times that year. Zimmerman, a member of the community watch, spotted him and called the Sanford Police to report him for suspicious behavior. Moments later, there was an altercation between the two individuals in which Martin was shot in the chest. Zimmerman, who was injured in the altercation, was not charged at the time of the shooting by the Sanford Police, who said that there was no evidence to refute his claim of self-defense and that Florida's stand your ground law prohibited law-enforcement officials from arresting or charging him. After national media focused on the tragedy, Zimmerman was eventually charged and tried in Martin's death. A jury acquitted Zimmerman of second-degree murder and of manslaughter in July 2013.
George Michael Zimmerman (born October 5, 1983) is an American known for the shooting of Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida. On July 13, 2013, he was acquitted of second-degree murder in Florida v. George Zimmerman. As of 2015, he remains the subject of media interest due to ongoing controversy over the Trayvon Martin case, as well as a number of other incidents and allegations of violence involving Zimmerman subsequent to his acquittal.
Zimmerman was born on October 5, 1983, in Manassas, Virginia, and is the son of Gladys (née Mesa) Zimmerman and Robert Zimmerman Sr. Zimmerman is the third of four children and his siblings include a brother, Robert Jr., and two sisters, Grace and Dawn. Gladys Zimmerman was born in Peru and has some black ancestry, through her Afro-Peruvian maternal grandfather. Robert Zimmerman Sr. is an American of German descent and served 22 years in the military working for the Department of Defense for the last 10 years of his military career. Before retiring to Florida in 2002, Zimmerman Sr. had served as a magistrate in Fairfax County's 19th Judicial District. George Zimmerman had identified himself as Hispanic on voter registration forms.
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Trayvon Martin shooting, minute by minute
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CNN's Don Lemon recounts the details of Florida teen Trayvon Martin's last minutes. Law enforcement expert Alex Manning analyzes a complete time line of the Martin shooting, based on 911 calls. For more informaton please visit http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/04/02/trayvon-martin-shooting-timeline
By Mike McMahon X. Official "Suspicious" short film reenacts the facts and theories of the Trayvon Martin case. This film was made in April, 2012 as part of the "I Am Trayvon Martin" movement, when the police were refusing to arrest George Zimmerman. Craftily using the Zimmerman 911 call and others, it is intended to generate healthy discussion about what happened the night of February 26, 2012. Our respect for the victim and his family is of the utmost. this video was made and uploaded before Zimmerman's arrest in mid-April, 2012, so not all facts known to us now were able to be incorporated into the film. If we had known, we would have shown the reality-- Zimmerman profiled, followed, and confronted Trayvon, and tried to detain him. This caused the boy to defend himself and fight him,...
DOWNLOAD HERE: http://newsdirect.nma.com.tw/SingleItem.aspx?asset_id=OEM_20120327_OINT_004 George Zimmerman said Trayvon Martin attacked him just before he shot and killed Martin, according to a new version of events leaked by anonymous police sources. Zimmerman, a 28-year-old white hispanic, shot Martin, a 17-year-old black man, inside a gated community in Sanford, Florida on Feb. 26. This animation recreates the newly leaked police version of the events surrounding Martin's death as well as a version based on statements made by Martin's girlfriend. Sources: Orlando Sentinel, ABC
Via McClatchy: "A trove of evidence collected for George Zimmerman's second-degree murder trial was made public Thursday, including the report that shows the lead detective originally wanted to file manslaughter charges because he said the whole encounter could have been avoided with better judgment and a little dialogue. But the cache of forensic evidence, autopsy reports, documents, audio tapes and police reports also paints a murky portrait of a fight between two people that left a teenager dead, a man facing life in prison, and a community shaken...".* The Trayvon Martin case is discussed by Ana Kasparian and Cenk Uygur on The Young Turks. Read more here from Marc Caputo and Audra D.S. Burch: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/05/17/149214/evidence-released-in-trayvon-martin.html?story...
7/12/13 - For just under a second on Thursday afternoon, MSNBC accidentally aired a photograph showing Trayvon Martin's corpse sprawled out on the grass in Florida, just hours after he was shot and killed by George Zimmerman. If you were watching the network's coverage of the trial yesterday, you likely missed the split-second mistake. But one Gawker reader caught it; and he submitted it into the website, resulting in a post that has made the rounds on the Internet this afternoon. The cable networks rely on a pool feed for trials such as this one, and oftentimes it can be difficult to censor images quickly enough so that viewers at home don't see every last detail (or hear every curse word). That apparently happened yesterday afternoon, as the image of a dead Martin showed up on-screen ...
Journalist Martin Bashir spits some REAL truths and facts about the Trayvon Martin outcome! I applaud him for his honesty despite the "professional" backlash he may receive.
Looks like George Zimmerman wasn't the only person who was scared around Trayvon [AKA "no_limit_nigga"]. Trayvon wasn't buying tea with his Skittles as reported by the media. Rather, he was buying a drink called Arizona Watermelon. Skittles and Arizona Watermelon are two ingredients commonly used to make a popular street drug called "lean" or "purple drank." Trayvon's Facebook posts indicate he was actively seeking other ingredients to make a batch of lean, namely Promethazine with Codeine VC, Sizzurp being the active ingredient. Welcome to reality: http://thekansascitian.blogspot.com/2012/05/more-than-bag-of-skittles-trayvon.html
George Zimmerman trial day 1. This witness is Trayvon Martin's friend, Chad Joseph, (who he bought skittles for.) Witness testimony on his recollection of what happened that day. George Zimmerman is charged with the second degree murder of Trayvon Martin.
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A look at why Zimmerman wasn't arrested in Trayvon Martin's death - and teen's parents react to Trayvon's final moments.
Comedian/Activist/Author DICK GREGORY questions the facts surrounding the murder and internment of Trayvon Martin in this segment of our exclusive interview. More clips to come. Special thanks Lillian Gregory, Randy Alexander and The RRazz Room, New Hope, PA. Camera: Daryl DeBrest. Edit and Interview by Mike D.
On Thursday, the parents of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin, Tracy Martin and Sabrina Fulton, as well as family attorney Ben Crump, sat down for interviews with CBS, ABC and NBC. Speaking out for the first time since the verdict which found George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering their son, Travyon Martin's parents expressed their shock in interviews with CBS This Morning, ABC's Good Morning America, and NBC's Today. "I want America to know that Trayvon was a fun-loving child," Tracy Martin told CBS's Charlie Rose. "He was our child. We miss him dearly." "I thought surely that he would be found guilty of second degree murder — manslaughter at the least," Fulton added. "I just knew that they would see that this was a teenager just trying to get home. This was no burglar. This was someb...
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part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=754wPlWNVaQ Trayvon Martin's parents speak out: Tonight on Anderson Cooper 360°, an interview with the parents of Trayvon Martin. Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton will speak with Anderson about the verdict, their thoughts about the deliberation process revealed by Juror B37 and how they hope their son will be remembered.
George Zimmerman's full exclusive interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity since he controversially shot and killed Trayvon Martin. Watch the full interview here: http://ywtv.tv/2012/07/19/george-zimmerman-stumbles-through-softball-hannity-interview/ The Trayvon Martin case: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_of_Trayvon_Martin Join the conversation on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/thedailyconversation Add TDC to your circles on Google+ https://plus.google.com/100134925804523235350/posts Follow The Daily Conversation on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/thedailyconvo
Watch as Rachel Jeantel, tells it like it is on a variety of topics related to the Trayvon Martin / George Zimmerman case in her inter with Piers Morgan on 7-15-2013. More Interviews with Rachel: - 7-15-2013 Interview with Piers Morgan: http://youtu.be/x2dyQctkErk - 7-17-2013 Interview with Al Sharpton: http://youtu.be/P2oLtvZvabw - 7-17-2013 Interview on Nancy Grace: http://youtu.be/DhBL_fKtGEI - 7-17-2013 Interview with Marc Lamont Hill: For more coverage of the case, visit AxiomAmnesia.com at http://tinyurl.com/AxAm-TrayvonMartin . Visit TheyAlwaysGetAway.com to view all of the case evidence.
(Intro)
Good morning
Punks.
These assholes they always get away
Those were the words in that grown man's mouth
As he followed in the dark a 17 year old boy who he didn't know
And excuse my language but those were his words, not mine
Can't just kill em all
For no reason and get away with it yall
Gotta have some justice
Whether street justice or legal justice
(Hook)
I'm Trayvon Martin, I'm Trayvon Martin
I'm Trayvon Martin, I'm Trayvon Martin
In a hoodie (I can walk anywhere I want)
Don't shoot me (I can do anything I want)
I'm Trayvon Martin, I'm Trayvon Martin
I'm Trayvon Martin, I'm Trayvon Martin
In a hoodie (I can walk anywhere I want)
Don't shoot me (I can do anything I want)
(Verse)
I'm sick and I'm nauseous
This is obnoxious
Even though that it's obvious
How free the compartments
We was reaching for freedom
Now we're seeking out justice
Then they get away with it
Like they paid off the judges
Mom and dad cryin
Sad that their son died
It's killers on TV
Telling these foolish lies
My ronic is advertised
I bomb it on genocide
They takin away pressure lot
Gotta come from my daughter's eye
And this relief repetedly
I feel like they keep beating me
It's 1957!
They killing people sisters Lee
I feel this all so vividly
I'm losing my identity
Your world is in a crisis
Gotta want what he who striken me
(Hook)
I'm Trayvon Martin, I'm Trayvon Martin
I'm Trayvon Martin, I'm Trayvon Martin
In a hoodie (I can walk anywhere I want)
Don't shoot me (I can do anything I want)
I'm Trayvon Martin, I'm Trayvon Martin
I'm Trayvon Martin, I'm Trayvon Martin
In a hoodie (I can walk anywhere I want)
Don't shoot (I can do anything I want)
(Verse)
I walk the streets of my hood
No flexin, J cool it
Makin juice and some Skittles
So why did he shoot me?
It was for innocent livin
Them blows were given
I don't know how he was driven
To the point of no feelin
See I don't play with folk chillin
So why you come following me?
It's self-defense
Ain't nobody harming me
Black and starving,
So you call us retarded
Man we build the new skills
Like Malcolm and Martin
We don't listen to a sharpener
I'mma be the starter
You talkin bout a circus
We do this for a purpose
The world is filled with pottery
People speaking utterly
I'm bout to bail all
And don't care about who goes with me
(Hook)
I'm Trayvon Martin, I'm Trayvon Martin
I'm Trayvon Martin, I'm Trayvon Martin
In a hoodie (I can walk anywhere I want)
Don't shoot (I can do anything I want)
I'm Trayvon Martin, I'm Trayvon Martin
I'm Trayvon Martin, I'm Trayvon Martin
In a hoodie (I can walk anywhere I want)
Don't shoot (I can do anything I want)
(Outro)
He pressed that pistol into Trayvon Martin's chest and pulled the trigger
And then as the smoke and the smell of that fatal gunshot rose into a rainy Sunday Sanford night