In an emotional interview with Anderson Cooper, Trayvon Martin‘s stepmother, Alicia Stanley, opened up about her inconsolable grief at the loss of a boy she helped to raise for 14 years, Zimmerman’s guilt, Trayvon’s character and being ignored by Trayvon’s father, Tracy Martin. Her voice shaking with pain and tears in her eyes, Stanley explained that she had helped raise Trayvon since he was 3-years-old, and that he was at her home with his father and her daughters “90 percent” of the time. “Trayvon was a kind person, a loving person,” Stanley told Cooper. “He loved children, babies. You know before this happened, I really believed he would have been working with children; he adored children. He’s not what the media make him out to be…this thug.” Stanley said that when the media started coming around, Tracy Martin stopped communicating with her and she didn’t understand why. “He would just he was busy.” Martin and Stanley eventually divorced. Trayvon was visiting his father at the home of ...
In perfect symmetry with the racist, flippant, insincere and insensitive rhetoric spewed by George Zimmerman, charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, his defense attorney, Don West, opened the closely watched trial with a knock knock joke. Yes, a knock knock joke. After telling the jury not to hold the comedy routine against Zimmerman if they felt it to be inappropriate, West laid on the cocktail party humor: “Knock-knock.” “Who’s there?” “George Zimmerman.” “George Zimmerman, who?” “Alright good. You’re on the jury.” When the joke was met with silence, West urged the jury to lighten up. “Nothing?” asked West, skeptically. “That’s funny.” As previously reported by NewsOne[1], the jury is made up of six women, five of them White and the other a minority. References ^NewsOne (newsone.com) ...
This week, the George Zimmerman (pictured) murder trial will begin. Here, is an overview to help you stay abreast of the case. JURY SELECTION The trial against George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin will begin with jury selection. This is the most-important phase of the case. In jury selection, the prosecution and the defense attempt to reveal any biases of potential jurors. If they do not remove jurors with biases, the case may be compromised by that juror causing a hung jury or bringing in their biases in their decision of a verdict. These biases may include any history of being a victim of violent crime, if potential jurors have their minds made up about the case, or if they were involved in any organizations that may have racial biases. The potential jurors will be questioned about media exposure and what they know about the case. With the large amount of media coverage and the defense releasing potential evidence to the media, jurors will be heavily questioned about ... ...
(CNN) -- The Florida police sergeant fired for possessing shooting targets resembling Trayvon Martin defended himself Sunday and said the targets were meant...
Ever since George Zimmerman shot and killed teen Trayvon Martin (pictured right), both Zimmerman, his one alleged Black friend[1], and family have been attempting to manipulate communicate their version of events to the public. Who’s up next? George’s brother, Robert Jr., but this time, the George-Zimmerman-in-training decides to clear his brother’s name by racistly comparing the murdered Martin to De’Marquise Elkins (pictured left), the 17-year-old teen who allegedly shot a baby to death in Georgia after he asked the baby’s mother for money. Over the weekend, Robert Jr. thought that reportedly tweeting two photos of Martin and Elkins side by side to Brietbart News[4], the NRA, the NAACP[5], Anthony[6] of Opie and Anthony, and Michael Moore[7], would vindicate his brother of alleged second-degree murder like no other defense could, tweeting, “A picture speaks a thousand words…. Any ...
Newly appointed Judge Debra Nelson has set the date for George Zimmerman‘s second-degree murder trial, according to USA Today[1]. RELATED: Trayvon’s DNA NOT On Gun Zimmerman Used To Kill Teen: Forensics Test[2] On Wednesday, Judge Nelson decided with defense attorney Mark O’Mara and pressed prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda that June 10th would be the date that Zimmerman’s trial would begin, with O’Mara reportedly responding afterward: “June makes sense because it gives us a target date,” O’Mara said shortly after the hearing. “I have no idea between now and then if we’ll be ready. We’re going to try to be ready.” Attorneys for Zimmerman and the slain Trayvon Martin will reportedly meet on Friday “to discuss discovery issues, subpoenas for Trayvon’s school records, and motions by the news media to keep the facts of the case public,” according to published reports. Earlier this year, Zimmerman, a self-described neighborhood volunteer, shot and killed teen Martin on his way back from a ...
