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According to George Zimmerman, on his way back to his car after following the “suspicious” Martin, Martin attacked him, punching him in the nose, breaking it and slamming the back of his head into the ground repeatedly causing a gash that later required medical attention. But new video obtained by ABC News shortly after Martin’s […]

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Barack Obama, Trayvon Martin, and Coded Communication Amongst People of Color

March 28, 2012 Jeff J.

The Trayvon Martin case has garnered national attention in a matter of weeks. SBM was at the forefront of reporting this atrocity, as we informed the SBM community about the details of the case, let you hear the 911 calls, and we even posted photos from the #MillionHoodies march. Our coverage here has helped to […]

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The Hunger Games Brings All the Racists to the Yard

March 27, 2012 WisdomIsMisery

Let’s be clear, I have not seen The Hunger Games. I have not read The Hunger Games. As best I can tell, I have no plans or interest to do either. Before last week, I had never even heard of The Hunger Games. When a movie grosses over $150 million in it’s opening weekend, the […]

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Whose Cause Is This: Trayvon Martin, Occupy Wall Street, and White Privilege at The Million Hoodie March

March 26, 2012 Slim Jackson

A few years ago, I interviewed a white gay male for a job with my staffing agency’s client. I didn’t ask him if he was gay. It was something that he shared openly at the end of the interview once we were past the formalities. For a reason I’d find out a few sentences later, […]

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Must Watch: Animated Reconstruction of #TrayvonMartin Tragedy

March 23, 2012 The Mighty Most

For more information about this animation and the most up to date first hand reported information on the Trayvon Martin Case check out Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Trymaine Lee’s work at the Huffington Post. One of the first journalists to bring the story into the national spotlight, Trymaine has been in Florida working […]

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Update: George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin 911 Police Tapes Released

March 18, 2012 WisdomIsMisery

The 911 tapes on the night of the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin have finally been released. For those of you unfamiliar with the case, please read our first two write-ups on the story here and here. In total, there were eight calls made the night Trayvon was killed beginning with George Zimmerman, the man […]

Trayvon Martin Case Sent To State Attorney’s Office

March 14, 2012 WisdomIsMisery

Following up on my original post calling for the arrest of George Zimmerman, a position I still stand by, the Seminole County Police have finally turned the case over to the State Attorney’s Office. At this time, two weeks later, Zimmerman has still not been arrested. In fact, the Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee has […]

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Arrest George Zimmerman

March 11, 2012 WisdomIsMisery

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Last month, twenty-six year old George Zimmerman (shown above from a 2005 arrest photo where charges were later dropped) admitted to shooting and killing unarmed seventeen year old Trayvon Martin in self-defense. Because he looked “suspicious” Zimmerman followed and confronted Martin, despite being told not to by a 911 dispatcher. While some of us may […]