Jun 4, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(CBS News) George Zimmerman's attorney said the Zimmerman family must apologize for not being straightforward with the judge about the funds raised online for George Zimmerman's defense - a situation which led the judge to revoke the neighborhood watch volunteer's bond and order him back to jail. Last Friday Judge Kenneth Lester revoked Zimmerman's bond. The ...
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Jun 4, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted from ABC News: Donations to the legal defense fund of George Zimmerman have surged since the accused killer of Miami teenager Trayvon Martin has been ordered back to jail, his lawyer told ABC News today. Attorney Mark O'Mara said Zimmerman's online defense fund has been receiving about $1,000 a day in donations, but the pace ...
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Jun 2, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted from Atlantic Weekly: An Orlando judge revoked George Zimmerman's bond yesterday and ordered him to return to jail. Prosecutors alleged Zimmerman, along with his wife Shelley, misled the court over their financial situation during a bond hearing. ThinkProgress obtained the prosecutors' motion that shows exactly how the Zimmermans deceived the court, and how their ...
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Jun 1, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
SANFORD, Fla. (KABC) -- A judge has revoked George Zimmerman's bail, giving the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer 48 hours to surrender. The judge's move comes after prosecutors filed a motion requesting to revoke his bond on Friday, saying Zimmerman misled the court about his finances and his possession of a second passport, which he acquired two ...
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Jun 1, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
(CNN) -- Prosecutors in Florida asked a judge Friday to revoke bond for George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin. Prosecutors argued that Zimmerman "misrepresented, misled and deceived the court" during an April bond hearing about whether he had a U.S. passport and about his family's financial circumstances. Meanwhile, Zimmerman's ...
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May 26, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted from The Los Angeles Times: ORLANDO, Fla. — Evidence released last week in the second-degree murder case against George Zimmerman shows four key witnesses made major changes in what they say they saw and heard on the rainy February night when he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Three changed their stories in ways that could ...
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May 24, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted from Mediaite: In March and April, MSNBC’s primetime hosts ran with nearly wall-to-wall coverage of the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. They regularly suggested that the lack of national interest in the case was worthy of outrage. Last week, when an avalanche of new evidence favorable to George Zimmerman came to light, MSNBC’s ...
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May 18, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
HOUSTON -- The day after an all-white jury acquitted a former Houston police officer for his role in the beating of a 15-year-old African American burglary suspect, community activists rallied a crowd of at least 200 people on the courthouse steps to protest. Andrew Blomberg was acquitted by a jury in Houston on Wednesday in the ...
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May 17, 2012 No Comments ›› Chuck Biscuits
Excerpted from The Miami Herald: When Trayvon’s father first listened to the 911 police tapes, he told detectives that it wasn’t his son’s voice crying for help. This is a critical aspect of the case, because the state attorney’s investigators cited Trayvon’s mother’s testimony that it was her son’s voice as part of the probable ...
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May 4, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
From George Zimmerman Legal Case: George Zimmerman Defense Fund Open - On May 3 we received certification of our registration with the Florida Division of Consumer Services. This allows the Legal Defense Fund to properly accept donations. These monies will be used for George Zimmerman’s ongoing living expenses, legal costs, and fees for this matter. The ...
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May 2, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
MIAMI (AP) — On an old, long-unused MySpace page, Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman made some disparaging comments about Mexicans and also referred triumphantly to his escape from 2005 legal troubles stemming from his confrontation with law enforcement officers. The 2005-dated page, confirmed as authentic Wednesday by Zimmerman's attorney Mark O'Mara, also mentions a 7-year-old ...
Continue ReadingApr 28, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted from IJ Review: Public support has come pouring in for George Zimmerman as he prepares for his court case in which he has been charged with second-degree murder for the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman’s attorney indicated Thursday that Zimmerman has received over $200,000 dollars from supporters through his website. Zimmerman’s defense ...
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Apr 26, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
From Snopes: TULSA, Oklahoma - Family members of Bob and Nancy Strait, the elderly couple attacked in their home one month ago, say they are still heartbroken. The motive was robbery but 85-year-old Nancy was raped and beaten to death. Ninety-year-old Bob was beaten and shot with a BB gun. It has affected a lot of ...
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Apr 26, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Excerpted from The Daily Caller: The sister of a white Mobile, Alabama man who suffered severe head trauma during a beating by approximately 20 black neighbors on Saturday spoke exclusively to The Daily Caller, saying that the incident started after one of her children witnessed some of the eventual assailants stealing an item from a ...
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Apr 24, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
The Weekly Standard: George Zimmerman, the accused murderer of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, has been released from jail on bail. Meeting Zimmerman's release are calls (on Twitter) for him to be killed. As Twitchy reports, "Twitter lynch mob: George Zimmerman is out on bail? Let’s kill him!" But it's not just Zimmerman who is at risk. ...
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Apr 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
WKRG News: MOBILE, Alabama --Mobile police need your help to catch a mob that beat Matthew Owens so badly that he's in critical condition. According to police, Owens fussed at some kids playing basketball in the middle of Delmar Drive about 8:30 Saturday night. They say the kids left and a group of adults returned, armed ...
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Apr 23, 2012 No Comments ›› Pat Dollard
Sanford (AP) The Sanford City Commission rejected by a 3-2 vote the resignation of Police Chief Bill Lee, who was roundly criticized for not initially charging Zimmerman and had stepped down temporarily in March he said to let emotions cool. The police chief is on paid leave. Not too long ago, the commissioners gave him a ...
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Apr 22, 2012 6 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
George Zimmerman, left, walks out of the intake building at the John E. Polk Correctional Facility with an unidentified man on Sunday, April 22, 2012, in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman posted bail on a $150,000 bond on a second degree murder charge in the February shooting death of 17 year-old Trayvon Martin In Sanford, Fla. (AP) ...
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Apr 20, 2012 8 Comments ›› Pat Dollard
SANFORD, Fla. - The attorney for George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, says his client wants to meet with the teen's parents. The Martin family on Friday sat in the same courtroom as Zimmerman, who was granted a $150,000 bond, for the first time, but the Martin family attorney said ...
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