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George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who shot an unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, was charged with second-degree murder in the black teenager’s death in Sanford, Florida, a state prosecutor said.
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A second-degree murder charge filed against George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin is “just the beginning,” the victim’s father, Tracy Martin, said.
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The U.S. should investigate the Florida state prosecutor and local police chief who initially examined the shooting death of a black Florida teenager, an attorney for the victim’s family said.
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George Zimmerman told police in Sanford, Florida, that he shot Trayvon Martin after being punched in the nose and having his head slammed into the sidewalk, said City Manager Norton Bonaparte Jr.
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The Reverend Jesse Jackson called for a voter-registration drive to elect officials who would repeal a Florida law that prevented police from arresting a crime-watch volunteer suspected in the fatal shooting of a black teenager.
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President Barack Obama said the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Florida struck a personal chord and he called for a full investigation by federal, state and local authorities.
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The campaign for the Republican presidential nomination at times resembles “a circus show, a clown show,” President Barack Obama’s senior adviser said today.
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The U.S. Justice Department’s investigation of an unarmed black teenager’s shooting death in Florida may reflect a trend of more aggressive hate crime prosecutions during the Obama administration.
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