‘Million Hoodie March’ Held In Union Square In Memory Of Slain Florida Teenager
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A march took place Wednesday evening in Manhattan calling for justice in the case of an unarmed black teenager, who was shot to death by a neighborhood watch captain in Florida....
View ArticleSharpton Promises Protests Over Shooting Of Fla. Teenager Trayvon Martin
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – The Rev. Al Sharpton says activists are planning “a wave of civil disobedience” to protest the shooting death of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla. The civil rights leader told...
View ArticleNY Church Members Wear Hoodies In Memory Of Trayvon Martin
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Several churches in New York City paid tribute to Trayvon Martin during Sunday services. Wearing hoodies in honor of the Florida teen, hundreds at the Middle Collegiate Church...
View ArticleHempstead To Hold Rally In Support Of Slain Florida Teen Trayvon Martin
HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Officials in one Long Island community are planning a rally in support of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager killed last month by a neighborhood watch captain...
View ArticleSource: NBC Producer Fired Over Misleading Zimmerman 911 Audio
NEW YORK (AP) — NBC News has fired a producer for editing a recording of George Zimmerman’s call to police the night he shot Trayvon Martin, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said Saturday....
View ArticleSpecial Prosecutor: Grand Jury Will Not Hear Trayvon Martin Case
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) - An Elmwood Park, N.J., mural painted as a tribute to slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin is not the only Travon-related story making headlines today. WCBS 880’s Marla...
View ArticleSpecial Prosecutor Charges George Zimmerman With Second-Degree Murder In...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) – George Zimmerman is in custody, and has been charged with second-degree murder in the Trayvon Martin case, Special Prosecutor Angela Corey announced at a press...
View ArticleGeorge Zimmerman Makes First Court Appearance In Shooting Death Of Trayvon...
SANFORD, Fla. (CBSNewYork/AP) – George Zimmerman made his first court appearance before a judge in Florida Thursday on murder charges in the shooting death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin....
View ArticleJudge: George Zimmerman Can Be Released On Bail
SANFORD, FL (CBSNewYork/AP) — By questioning a state investigator on the witness stand during a routine bail hearing, George Zimmerman’s defense attorney showed some of the weaknesses in prosecutors’...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin Family Holds Vigil In NYC To Mark Anniversary Of Son’s Death
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Trayvon Martin‘s family marked the one-year anniversary of his shooting death with a candlelight vigil in New York City. Martin’s parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin,...
View ArticleNew Yorkers React After Not Guilty Verdict Delivered In Zimmerman Trial
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — A Florida jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin on Saturday night. The six-member, all-woman jury deliberated for more...
View ArticleVictor Cruz Apologizes For Post-Zimmerman Verdict Tweet
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - New York Giants wide receiver, Victor Cruz was doing a little dancing on Sunday, however this time it was not for scoring a touchdown. Cruz took two-steps back after he posted a...
View ArticleZimmerman Found Not Guilty: New Yorkers Take To The Streets
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Strong reaction has erupted in New York and across the country after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. A six-member,...
View ArticleVictor Cruz Owns Up To Zimmerman Tweet, Offers Mea Culpa On WFAN
NEW YORK (WFAN) – Giants wide receiver Victor Cruz took to the airwaves on Monday to offer a mea culpa for posting a controversial tweet in the wake of George Zimmerman’s acquittal. “Thoroughly...
View ArticleAttorney General Holder Calls Martin Killing An ‘Unnecessary Shooting’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday the killing of Trayvon Martin was a “tragic, unnecessary shooting” and that the 17-year-old’s death provides an opportunity for the...
View Article‘Justice For Trayvon’ Rally Shuts Down Major Newark Intersection
NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Two overlapping rallies protesting the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin have shut down one of Newark’s busiest intersections. Hundreds of...
View ArticleZimmerman Juror Speaks Out: I Think Trayvon Was The Aggressor
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — One of the jurors from the George Zimmerman trial has broken her silence. On Monday, juror B-37 explained what went on in that jury room, including how they determined...
View ArticleDemonstrators To Protest Zimmerman Verdict In Conn.
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (CBSNewYork/AP) – Demonstrators are planning peaceful rallies in Bridgeport to protest a jury’s not-guilty verdict against George Zimmerman in the killing of teenager Trayvon Martin...
View ArticlePresident Obama: ‘Trayvon Martin Could Have Been Me’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — President Barack Obama surprised the country on Friday, speaking out about the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman’s not guilty verdict. It was his most...
View ArticleTrayvon Martin’s Mother Speaks Out With Sharpton At Rally Outside NYPD
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Prior to a rally outside NYPD Headquarters on Saturday, the mother of Trayvon Martin said she is proud of her son, and that she will work to maintain a foundation in his...
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