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Posted by Andrew Branca on August 19, 2013 72 Comments

Via Amanda Turkel at Huffington Post comes news that The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence has released a video "reenactment" of the shooting of Trayvon Martin in order to encourage people to oppose "Stand Your Ground Laws": The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence has released a chilling...

Posted by Andrew Branca on August 11, 2013 58 Comments

Just when you thought the Zimmerman case couldn't get any crazier, here we go. An amicus curiae brief has been filed in support of a motion to re-try George Zimmerman for second-degree murder. The full brief is embedded at the bottom of this post.  ("Amicus curiae" literally...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 06, 2013 73 Comments

Of course, the two cases bear no resemblance at so many levels. But Oprah can't help herself, and debases the memory of Emmett Till by comparing Till's whistling at a white woman and subsequent beating death to the violence perpetrated by Trayvon Martin upon George Zimmerman who acted...

Posted by New Neo on August 02, 2013 30 Comments

So now we have word that the Smithsonian is "eyeing" Trayvon Martin's hoodie for its new branch, the National Museum of African American History and Culture. According to the branch's director Lonnie Bunch: It became the symbolic way to talk about the Trayvon Martin case...

Posted by New Neo on July 28, 2013 148 Comments

Look, I want to give Bill Cosby his props. He's been speaking up courageously for years on the problems within the black community, and he's gotten a lot of flak for it. It can't have been easy for him. Here are some excerpts from the address...

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 26, 2013 122 Comments

As happens with gratifying frequency, one of the Legal Insurrection commenters today made a great contribution to yesterday's thread, "When Is Evidence of Your Attacker’s Character Admissible In Court?" This particular comment was posted by "Edgehopper" (I could tell you his real name, but then I'd...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 19, 2013 65 Comments

I was a guest on Crane Durham"s Nothing But The Truth show on July 15. We covered a variety of topics related to the George Zimmerman verdict and the aftermath, including threats of federal prosecution and civil lawsuits. One of the issues we discussed was the false racial narrative of the...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 16, 2013 79 Comments

This week has made my head hurt from all the shaking in disbelief. It's almost overwhelming, the multitude of absurd race-agitating actions and words coming from those who refuse to accept the facts and law as to the Zimmerman trial. This lawyer interviewed by Greta is part of the...

Posted by Andrew Branca on July 16, 2013 71 Comments

Well, that's it. George Zimmerman has his legal victory. Late in the night on Saturday, July 13, 2013, George officially survived a brutal and malicious legal assault backed by the full power of a State government intent on hanging a life sentence on an innocent man...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2013 309 Comments
And it begins. Juror B37 gave an interview to CNN in which she said it was George Zimmerman screaming for help: [some video problems on CNN's side with embeds but appears to be working now] Meanwhile, the prosecutors are on the TV circuit defending themselves, and calling Zimmerman a murderer:
How would Florida State Attorney Angela Corey describe George Zimmerman in one word? "Murderer."
Update: Thanks to Common Cents, here is the full video interview:

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 15, 2013 68 Comments

The great thing about having your own blog is that you get to quote yourself. The title is a quote from my interview this morning with Lee Rayburn of WHCU 870 AM in Ithaca. ...