Thursday, March 22, 2012

Fla. police chief steps down in Trayvon Martin case Slinger echoes national furor over Two step aside teen death probe Special prosecutor appointed shooting Black parents live fear after Outrage growing A Nation of Executioners Metro Atlantans rally for head to Florida Shooting Puts Gun Laws Spotlight Sanford temporarily collision race guns and law Walking While leads top cop George Zimmerman's Collaborators Death Teen Spurs National Action Police state attorney Will spur rethinking Stand Your Ground laws

Trayvon Martin case appointed a task force by Florida Governor Rick Scott The Florida Governor appointed a task force to investigate the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin Trayvon Martin could have been my brother Trayvon Martin could have been one of my younger brothers. I think about their caramel and mocha skin tones, wardrobes full of hoodies, and frequent trips to the corner stores. One of them was once stopped by the police, frisked, and told he fit the description of someone dangerous. My brother is not a criminal. Trayvon Martin case shows evolving influence of black community The case of Trayvon Martin is pointing to the important role that that black community has played – both through news outlets and social media – in keeping his death in the public eye. Trayvon Martin Case: Police Chief Bill Lee Under Fire With 'No Confidence' Vote SANFORD, Fla. -- The city commission on Wednesday gave a vote of "no confidence" to beleaguered police Chief Bill Lee Jr., under fire for his department's investigation into the killing of Trayvon Martin , the unarmed teen shot last month by a neighborhood watch volunteer. Trayvon Martin case: A collision of race, guns and Florida law Sanford, Fla., on Thursday braced for what could be its biggest day of demonstrations over the death of Trayvon Martin, the black teenager shot by a neighborhood watch officer, George Zimmerman, last month. For those just catching up to the case that has galvanized the nation -- raising legal and social issues about race, guns and self-defense -- here's some background. Trayvon Martin Case: State Attorney Quits Investigation As State Studies 'Stand Your Ground' Law SANFORD, Fla. -- Seminole County State Attorney Norman R. Wolfinger Thursday night removed himself from the case of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teenager whose killing by a town watch volunteer last month sparked national outrage. Trayvon Martin's Case & the Law Racial profiling is the center of the controversy surrounding the Trayvon Martin shooting death. The unarmed Florida teen was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer last month who claims he did so in self defense. Thousand rallied today for justice in Florida and across the country. A Montgomery attorney says it could all be in vain. Will Trayvon Martin case spur rethinking of Stand Your Ground laws? Seven years after Florida enacted a landmark gun rights law that became a model for other states, calls are mounting from the public and some state officials, including Gov. Rick Scott (R), to reassess it in the aftermath of the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen, Trayvon Martin, by a neighborhood watch captain who apparently confronted Trayvon after deeming that he looked suspicious. Police chief, state attorney step aside in Trayvon Martin case Both officials said that their presence was a potential distraction to the investigation. Are you following the case of the killing of Trayvon Martin ? No one disputes that a neighborhood watch captain shot and killed an unarmed teenager. Beyond that, there's disagreement over many aspects of what happened in the Florida neighborhood.
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http://www.indystar.com/article/20120322/NEWS01/203220401
http://rss.csmonitor.com/~r/feeds/usa/~3/K15MxiF7OeQ/Police-chief-state-attorney-step-aside-in-Trayvon-Martin-case
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