- Nearly two months ago, tragedy struck the central Florida community of Sanford. (Huffington Post)
- SANFORD, Florida (Reuters) - The Florida man accused of killing unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin asked the claims self-defense in the February 26 shooting death in this central Florida town of Martin, an unarmed black teenager from Miami. (YAHOO!)
- (CNN)-- The shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and its galvanizing effect on African-Americans has often been compared to the 1955 lynching of Emmett Till. (CNN)
- In the wake of the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, a call to action to fight The New Jim Crow, or todays racism, is underway. (Exponent)
- He says there is a need to get guns off the streets, and that people should be taught to use every possible alternative before shooting someone. (The Christian Science Monitor)
- The parents of Trayvon Martin plan to be in Tampa later this week. (Bay News 9)
- watching them play football, when he first heard the name of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. "My phone just starts blowing up," he says in an interview. (YAHOO!)
- The Trayvon Martin killing is a tragedy and his killer should be tried and convicted. Unfortunately, killings are an all-too-common occurrence in American inner cities. (The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog))
- ST. LOUIS —Despite an arrest this week in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, new gun-control measures aren't even being debated in Washington. (Politico.com)
- The shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida is reverberating today in an unlikely place: the executive suites of major corporations. (Washington Post)
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Trayvon Martin shooting
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