Late Tuesday evening, Hal Uhrig and Craig Sonner, the attorneys for George Zimmerman, suddenly announced they were dropping out of the case, citing their client’s behavior, which can only be called erratic. In another important development, reported by the AP, special prosecutor Angela Corey is to make an announcement on the case within 72-hours. Speculation [...]
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No Grand Jury in Trayvon Martin Case
“Let’s give her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe she knows there isn’t enough for first-degree murder but she wants to maintain control and charge him with something else,” Hill said. “What does she need a grand jury for? She cuts out the unpredictability of the grand jury. She goes where she feels she has [...]
George Zimmerman’s Lawyer: ‘He didn’t commit a crime.’
From CBS “This Morning”: When asked by Charlie Rose what Zimmerman would like to tell the public about the events of that night, Uhrig replied, “The short version of that is that he didn’t commit any crime. He was where he was allowed to be, not committing a crime, confronted by someone else who started [...]
Trayvon Martin: Pick Your Side, Justice Denied
**updated with NBC apology** “Zimmerman was also bleeding from the nose and the back of his head.” – Police Report, released by the Orlando Sentinel “You can cancel second rescue. Second patient is not a gunshot.” – From 911 tape, verified through Police Report Confusion reigns between fact and fiction, truth and emotion in the [...]
Stupid Celebrities Targeting Zimmerman’s Parents
The comedian Roseanne Barr last night tweeted the home address of George Zimmerman’s parents to her 110,000-plus Twitter followers, only to delete the posting after “not fully understanding that it was private not public.” – The Smoking Gun Roseanne Barr thought it “was good to let ppl know that no one can hide anymore.” That [...]
George Zimmerman’s Father Speaks, with Police Video Showing No Injury After Trayvon Martin Shot Dead
EXCLUSIVE: Robert Zimmerman interview: MyFoxORLANDO.com CBS “This Morning” continues breaking interviews since it was launched, besting many of the cable infotainment shows, getting Mayor Michael Bloomberg who spoke out today. “It doesn’t make any sense because you don’t want people being vigilantes… “They don’t have the training. They don’t have the expertise. There is no [...]
Trayvon Martin Case Shifts to Confusion and Accusations Against the Victim
“They killed my son, now they’re trying to kill his reputation.” – Trayvon Martin’s mother, Sabina Fuller Somebody is trying awfully hard to make 17 year-old Trayvon Martin look like a bad kid. Yesterday, information was released about Martin and marijuana, which led to a school suspension, the reason he was visiting his father, but [...]
Geraldo Rivera Hits Nerve with Walking While Black In a Hoodie Remark
My own son just wrote to say he’s ashamed of my position re hoodies-still I feel parents must do whatever they can to keep their kids safe – Geraldo Rivera via Twitter We live in a country where one 20th century motto was “the clothes make the man.” It’s advertising, but it’s apropos. See any [...]
Pres. Obama: ‘If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon’
During remarks from Pres. Obama on his announcement to nominate Jim Yong Kim to the World Bank, he was asked about the murder of Trayvon Martin. From the White House:: Question: Mr. President, may I ask you about this current case in Florida, very controversial, allegations of lingering racism within our society — the so-called [...]
Trayvon Martin Gunned Down
**updated** Ugly America. It’s taken a long time, but this horrendous crime is finally making news. “Trayvon had a bag of Skittles,’’ Fulton’s attorney, Ben Crump, told Lauer. “(Zimmerman) had a nine millimeter gun. He was almost 80 pounds more weight than Trayvon Martin. This is a situation where when you…listen to those 911 tapes [...]
The Big Two Political Conventions and Occupy
In the greater Occupy world, there’s uncertainty verging on ambivalence toward the idea of protesting either the DNC in Charlotte or the Republican National Convention taking place in Tampa. Some activists admitted that they did not know when the DNC was taking place. While they stressed it might be important to show opposition, they are [...]
Progressive Notes: PPP Has Obama Losing Union Homes, Women, and More
Art offers his perspective as a movement progressive activist. PPP polls have been dead on accurate for several years now. And boy does their latest show trouble for Obama 2012. Their latest has 54 percent disapproving of the president. I sure wish the folks in the WH would read real polls sometime. Why? Because yet [...]
Florida, Florida…
From Quinnipiac: The national debt ceiling deal does not rescue President Barack Obama’s crashing job approval rating in Florida as he gets a negative 44 – 51 percent score among voters surveyed August 1 – 2, after the deal was announced, compared to a negative 44 – 50 percent score among voters surveyed July 27 [...]
Allen West, Poster Child for the Republican War on Women
The above graphic is the headline on Emily’s List fundraising email (just click on it to support Wasserman-Schultz), as they capitalize off of the battle that’s ensued over DNC chairman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz taking it to Allen West. “The gentleman from Florida. who represents thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, as do I, is supportive of this plan [...]
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