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Trayvon Martin Shooting

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Trayvon 'target practice' leads to Fla. cop firing

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - A Port Canaveral, Florida police officer has been fired for bringing targets resembling Trayvon Martin to a gun range...
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A new era for the Sanford Police Department began Monday as Cecil Smith is sworn in as police chief.

Sanford police department swears in new, African-American chief

Dave McDaniel, WESH
VIDEO - A new era for the Sanford Police Department began Monday as Cecil Smith is sworn in as police chief...
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Congresswoman introduces Trayvon Martin resolution

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - A Florida congresswoman on Tuesday introduced a resolution honoring Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen whose slaying a year ago this month stirred national controversy...
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George Zimmerman (C) sits during his bond hearing with his attorney Mark O'Mara (L) in a Seminole County courtroom on June 29, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman is charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (Photo by Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel-Pool/Getty Images)

Zimmerman lawyer pursuing traditional self-defense

Kyle Hightower, Associated Press
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) - The attorney for the former neighborhood watch volunteer who shot and killed an unarmed black teenager said Monday he believes that the facts that will be argued in the case fall more under traditional self-defense....
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George Zimmerman (C) sits during his bond hearing with his attorney Mark O'Mara (L) in a Seminole County courtroom on June 29, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman is charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (Photo by Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel-Pool/Getty Images)

Zimmerman to seek 'Stand Your Ground' hearing

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - Lawyers for George Zimmerman, accused of second degree murder in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, will seek a 'Stand Your Ground' hearing...
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George Zimmerman

George Zimmerman thanks 'the masses'

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - The day after he gave an interview to Sean Hannity of Fox News, George Zimmerman relaunched his website, and sent a message to his supporters...
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Trayvon memorial move angers blacks

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - The decision to move a memorial to slain Miami teen Trayvon Martin was accompanied by a brief statement emailed to the media Monday...
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Trayvon Martin memorial moved

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - The makeshift memorial honoring the Miami teen who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer will be moved from the entrance to the gated community where he died...
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Mark O'Mara, attorney for George Zimmerman, talks to reporters outside Seminole County courthouse after the George Zimmerman bond hearing on June 29, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. (Photo by Roberto Gonzalez/Getty Images)

Zimmerman lawyer plays race card in plea for donations

Joy-Ann Reid
theGRIO REPORT - In his plea, Mark O'Mara appeals to those who have gravitated to the Zimmerman side over issues of race, the media, and the U.S. Constitution...
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: 	LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 26: mother of Trayvon Martin, Sybrina Fulton speaks during a rally at West Los Angeles Church in Christ to mark the two-month anniversary of her son's death as his father Tracy Martin looks on April 26, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. The rally by civil rights groups was expected to draw prominent civil rights leaders and celebrities to address racial profiling. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Trayvon Martin family react to firing of Bill Lee

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While attending the 37th annual NABJ convention in New Orleans, Trayvon Martin's family learned of the firing of Sanford police chief Bill Lee...
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