Topic: Trayvon Martin Shooting

George Zimmerman: 'It Was All God's Plan'

Fox News

In an interview with Fox News' Sean Hannity last night, George Zimmerman apologized to Trayvon Martin's family, but also says he doesn't regret anything he did on the night of their deadly encounter. 

By Dashiell Bennett

May 17, 2012

Autopsy Report Says Trayvon Martin Had THC in His System

A massive trove of documents was just released in the Trayvon Martin investigation, including an autopsy report that shows Martin had THC in system when he died.

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By Dashiell Bennett

May 16, 2012

Trayvon Martin Autopsy Shows Wounds on His Hands

WFTV in Orlando reports that the autopsy report on Travyon Martin shows broken skin on his knuckles, suggesting that he was involved in a fight before being shot and killed by George Zimmerman.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 24, 2012

Should We Really Be Chuckling About 'Gun Fashions'?

Tuesday's New York Times offers up what seems a rather tone-deaf story on "gun fashion trends," like chinos made by Woolrich, the 182-year-old clothing company that's made "gunwear"—if not, perhaps, fashionable gunwear like today's gunwear—for more than a century.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Apr 23, 2012

George Zimmerman Released on Bail

After spending nearly two weeks behind bars, George Zimmerman was released from a Florida county jail on Sunday night after posting bail and then heading to a undisclosed location.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Apr 20, 2012

Photo Shows Blood on George Zimmerman's Head After Martin Shooting

ABC News has just broadcast a never-before-seen photo that apparently shows blood on the back of George Zimmerman's head immediately after he shot Trayvon Martin. 

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By Elspeth Reeve

Apr 12, 2012

Poll Watch

It Only Took Three Weeks To Dissolve Racial Unity Over Trayvon

In late March, there was broad agreement that George Zimmerman should be arrested for killing Trayvon Martin. Now white people and black people are divided over whether Martin was unjustly killed. Here's our guide to today's polls and which ones matter.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Apr 10, 2012

'The Real George Zimmerman' Starts His Own Website

George Zimmerman's lawyers have confirmed that the hastily constructed website at therealgeorgezimmmerman.com does in fact belong to the real George Zimmerman.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Apr 2, 2012

Audio Experts Say Voice Crying For Help Isn't George Zimmerman

The Orlando Sentinel reported this weekend that two different forensic experts studying 911 calls from the night of the Trayvon Martin shooting have come to the same conclusion about a key claim of George Zimmerman's.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Mar 29, 2012

Video Shows George Zimmerman in Aftermath of Trayvon Martin Shooting

Police in Florida have finally released a surveillance video taken the night of Trayvon Martin's death that shows George Zimmerman arriving at the police station, seemingly unharmed.

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By Eric Randall

Mar 26, 2012

Who Are the Trayvon Martin Witnesses and What Did They Hear?

The Orlando Sentinel reports Monday that witnesses lent support to the version of events George Zimmerman gave police after he shot and killed the unarmed Trayvon Martin, but we're left wondering just who these police witnesses are, what they said, and where they've gone.

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By Cora Currier, ProPublica

Mar 22, 2012

23 Other States Have 'Stand Your Ground' Laws, Too

Florida is not alone. Twenty-three other states now allow people to stand their ground. Most of these laws were passed after Florida's. (A few states never had a duty to retreat to begin with.)

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By Dashiell Bennett

Mar 22, 2012

Scenes from the 'Million Hoodie March' for Trayvon Martin

The family of Trayvon Martin joined thousands of demonstrators, who teamed up with Occupy Wall Street, to march across New York City last night to protest the shooting death of the Florida teenager. 

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By Dashiell Bennett

Mar 20, 2012

Justice Department to Investigate Trayvon Martin Shooting

The federal government's Civil Rights Division and the FBI will launch their own investigation into the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, the Florida teenager whose killer has still not been arrested after claiming self-defense.

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