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Trayvon Martin

# trayvon-martin - Wednesday 26 December, 2012

2012: a year in striking images

The year’s biggest news stories…in pics.

# trayvon-martin - Friday 18 May, 2012

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Trayvon case: Video of teen’s final moments among new evidence released

More than 200 pages of photos and witness accounts have been released in the controversial case which has stoked racial tensions in the US.

# trayvon-martin - Tuesday 8 May, 2012

From The Daily Edge Name Change

Stiller film title changed due to Trayvon murder

The Ben Stiller comedy was called Neighbourhood Watch – but the name has been changed because of the shooting of an unarmed teenager by a neighbourhood watch captain in Florida.

# trayvon-martin - Monday 23 April, 2012

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Zimmerman released on bail in Trayvon Martin killing case

The neighbourhood watch volunteer has surrendered his passport and must observe a curfew while awaiting trial.

# trayvon-martin - Thursday 12 April, 2012

The Daily Fix: Thursday

All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.

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Trayvon Martin shooter charged with murder after six weeks

‘Thank God’, the mother of Florida teenager Trayvon told reporters after weeks of public protests.

# trayvon-martin - Wednesday 11 April, 2012

The Daily Fix: Wednesday

All the biggest news stories from the day, as well as the few bits and pieces you might not have seen.

Trayvon Martin case: Lawyers drop Zimmerman, say he’s ‘emotionally crippled’

George Zimmerman killed black teenager Trayvon Martin in February, claiming self-defence in a case that has sparked fresh debate about race in America and self-defence laws.

# trayvon-martin - Tuesday 10 April, 2012

Trayvon Martin killing: Prosecutor cancels grand jury hearing

The move means the decision to file charges will lie entirely with special prosecutor Angela Corey.

# trayvon-martin - Tuesday 27 March, 2012

Family of Trayvon Martin blame police for leaks over controversial case

The mother of a slain Florida teenager believes leaks about her son’s marijuana possession are an attempt to demonise him as the controversial case rumbles on.

# trayvon-martin - Friday 23 March, 2012

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Obama on Florida shooting: ‘If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon’

The US president has used unusually personal terms in speaking about the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida last month.

Florida police chief, prosecutor step down from Trayvon Martin case

Thousands held a rally yesterday calling for an arrest following the teenager’s death last month

# trayvon-martin - Tuesday 20 March, 2012

US Dept of Justice to investigate unarmed teenager’s shooting

Trayvon Martin was shot and fatally wounded by a neighbourhood patrol as he walked home from a shop last month.