George Zimmerman. Photograph: Orlando Sentinel/AP George Zimmerman to be charged in Trayvon Martin case – live updates • Special prosecutor to announce charges at 6pm ET • Trayvon Martin’s family to hold news conference today • Martin, 17, was unarmed when he was shot on way home • Zimmerman claimed he feared for his life 4.09pm: Further pictures of [...]
Justice for Trayvon placards are carried by protesters during a march through Sanford, Florida, on Saturday over the killing of the African American teenager. Photograph: Michael Lewis/Demotix/Corbis Trayvon Martin death: analysis of 911 call casts doubts on Zimmerman story Screams on recording almost certainly not from man who claims to have shot in self-defence, voice [...]
Mass incarceration in US prisons is one of the main channels through which racism is perpetuated [GALLO/GETTY] Washington, DC - Trayvon Martin was just beginning his life. Trayvon Martin was a son. He was a high school junior, with college to look forward to, a career and perhaps a family of his own. Trayvon Martin was [...]
‘Black children are dispensable. Violence is expected to happen in these communities.’ Photograph: Brian Blanco/EPA Trayvon Martin: a killing too far Outrage at the death of Trayvon Martin is finally lifting the lid on the US’s racist underbelly Gary Younge guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 21 March 2012 21.26 GMT Article history The second world war had a [...]
