The Department of Justice has confirmed that it is reviewing the State of Florida’s case against George Zimmerman, 29, as well as information gathered from their independent investigation to determine if he will face federal civil rights charges for the February 26, 2012 killing of unarmed, Black teen, Trayvon Martin. “Experienced federal prosecutors will determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction, and whether federal prosecution is appropriate in accordance with the Department’s policy governing successive federal prosecution following a state trial,” Iverson said Justice Department spokeswoman Dena Iverson. As previously reported by NewsOne[1], NAACP President Ben Jealous released a statement making it plain that we are “not done demanding justice for Trayvon Martin”: “The most fundamental of civil rights—the right to life—was violated the night George Zimmerman stalked and then too ...
