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When asked if Zimmerman had been overcharged in the case, State Attorney Angela Corey told reporters after the verdict that the allegations against Zimmerman "fit the bill" for a second-degree murder charge. Prosecutor de la Rionda said that he was disappointed with, but respected, the jury's verdict.
On the evening of February 26, 2012, in Sanford, Florida, United States, George Zimmerman fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American, who was visiting his father while suspended from his Miami-area school.
George Michael Zimmerman was born on October 5, 1983, in Manassas, Virginia. [1] [2] [3] He is the third of four children, and his siblings include a brother, Robert Jr., and two sisters, Grace and Dawn.
The 2008 presidential election and mere presence of Barack Obama brought more than a few to openly claim America was in a “post-racial” society. ... The Zimmerman verdict brought a collective ...
A top adviser to Barack Obama says that the president is proud of ending his two terms in office without having done 'anything to embarrass himself.'
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Following the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, President Obama gave a 20-minute speech on July 19, 2013, in which he addressed the killing of Trayvon Martin, racial profiling, as well as the state of race relations in the United States. [88]
There was an altercation between the two individuals in which Zimmerman shot Martin, killing him. Zimmerman claimed self-defense [1] and was eventually charged in Martin's death. On June 10, 2013, Zimmerman's trial began in Sanford, and on July 13, a jury acquitted him of second-degree murder and of manslaughter charges. [46] [47] [48]