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on 15 July 2013
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• Hundreds Rally In NYC For Trayvon Martin
• Feds Look To Charge Zimmerman
• Mark OMara If George Zimmerman Were Black
  Video
• President Obama Releases A Statement On Verdict
• Heartbreaking Tweets From Martins Father
• 40 Killed In Iraq Blast
• Allen Iverson Avoids Arrest
• Lil Wayne Apologizes To Emmett Till Family VIDEO
• Young Jeezy Its A Cold World Trayvon Tribute
• Jay Z Justin Timberlake Holy Grail Live In London

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Hundreds Rally In NYC For Trayvon Martin

• Hundreds of people gathered in New Yorks Union
  Square Sunday afternoon to protest the acquittal
  of George Zimmerman, who was exonerated by a jury
  Saturday night of all criminal charges in
  connection with the shooting death of unarmed
  teenager Trayvon Martin last year in Sanford,
  Fla.
• The diverse crowd came together to speak out
  against what they overwhelmingly saw as a
  miscarriage of justice in the Zimmerman case,
  while calling for action and changes to the
  criminal-justice system and racial understanding
  in the U.S.
• The rally, organized by a grassroots coalition of
  civil-rights groups, ordinary citizens and
  political leaders, was an opportunity for people
  upset about the outcome of the trial to express
  their views and plan for the future.
• The event, featuring two separate protests,
  remained peaceful throughout the afternoon
  despite the high tensions over the verdict, in
  clear defiance of vocal observers, police
  officials and politicians who had predicted
  widespread violent protests in the event
  Zimmerman were acquitted.
• The central protest featured a lineup of
  prominent civil-rights leaders and politicians
  who spoke effusively about the need to organize
  in the wake of the trial to improve the state of
  American race relations and their intersection
  with the nations legal system.

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Feds Look To Charge Zimmerman

• The U.S. Justice of Department is now
  investigating the shooting death of Trayvon
  Martin meaning, if slapped with federal
  charges, George Zimmerman could face jail time
  even after his not guilty verdict.
• The DOJ issued a statement Sunday revealing
  they are looking into the case, evaluating the
  evidence (including testimony from the State
  trial) and will determine whether or not
  federal prosecutors should file criminal civil
  rights charges against Zimmerman.
• Heres why its important Zimmerman was found
  not guilty on Saturday of both second-degree
  murder and manslaughter when tried by the State
  of Florida and is technically a free man.
• But since the news broke civil-rights activists
  have been up in arms?, like Al Sharpton and the
  NAACP who are clamoring for the DOJ to bring
  civil rights charges against Zimmerman.
• If the Feds decide to go through with new
  criminal charges then a jail sentence is back
  on the table.
• Although, according to legal experts, it will be
  an uphill battle to prove in court that Zimmerman
  was motivated solely by race.

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Mark OMara If George Zimmerman Were Black
Video

• In the hours following the George Zimmerman trial
  verdict being released, both the defense and
  prosecuting attorneys answered questions about
  the trial and their reactions to the jurys
  decision.
• As expected the defense team had some
  questionable things to say, especially attorney
  Mark OMara.
• Although being advised to leave race out of this
  entire ordeal, O Mara remarked that if his
  client were black, he never wouldve been
  charged with a crime.
• He continues
• It seems as though what happened was an event
  that was being looked into by the Sanford Police
  Department, and quite honestly, as we now know,
  looked into quite well. I have taken advantage of
  police departments who have not gone a good
  investigation of crimes because thats what I do
  for a living. When I looked into Sanford Police
  Department investigation they had done quite a
  good job.
• OMara adds
• This became a focus for a civil rights event
  which again is a wonderful event to have. But
  they decided that George Zimmerman would the
  person who they were to blame and use as a
  creation of a civil rights violation, none of
  which was borne out by the facts. The facts that
  night was not borne out that he acted in a racial
  way. His history is a non racist.

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President Obama Releases A Statement On Verdict

• The White House released a statement on Sunday
  afternoon from POTUS in response to the jurys
  decision. Read it in full below The death of
  Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his
  family, or for any one community, but for
  America. I know this case has elicited strong
  passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know
  those passions may be running even higher. But we
  are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken. I
  now ask every American to respect the call for
  calm reflection from two parents who lost their
  young son. And as we do, we should ask ourselves
  if were doing all we can to widen the circle of
  compassion and understanding in our own
  communities. We should ask ourselves if were
  doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence
  that claims too many lives across this country on
  a daily basis. We should ask ourselves, as
  individuals and as a society, how we can prevent
  future tragedies like this. As citizens, thats a
  job for all of us. Thats the way to honor
  Trayvon Martin.

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Heartbreaking Tweets From Martins Father

• A few minutes after George Zimmerman was found
  not guilty in the death of Trayvon
  Martin Saturday night, the dead teenagers father
  tweeted his emotional reaction to the verdict.
  Read his tweets below

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40 Killed In Iraq Blast
A series of bombings across Iraq on Sunday left
at least 40 people dead and dozens wounded,
security officials said. In recent months Iraq
has had its worst wave of violence in years. This
month, more than 300 people have been killed,
according to the Interior Ministry. In Karbala,
just before Muslims were breaking their Ramadan
fast in the evening, a blast near a downtown
market killed 9 people and wounded 22 others. Is
this how Muslims exchange the peace of the holy
month of Ramadan? said Jafar Ali, whose leg was
wounded in the blast. Earlier in the day, 11
people were killed and 68 were wounded in Kut,
southeast of Baghdad, when a bomb exploded while
they were shopping in a market, officials said.
When the provincial governor visited the site
after the explosion, angry bystanders threw
stones and shoes at him. In Babil, south of
Baghdad, four people were killed when two car
bombs exploded near a government office,
officials said. In Nasiriya, southeast of the
capital, a car bomb exploded close to a hotel,
killing 2 people and wounding 12 others,
according to a security official. In Falluja,
west of Baghdad, two people walking near a
cemetery were killed by unidentified gunmen, a
security official said.
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Allen Iverson Avoids Arrest

• Wanna get Allen Iverson to pay his child support
  bill? Threaten jail because the ex-NBA star
  finally coughed up the 40,000 he owed his ex
  wife narrowly escaping time in the slammer.
• TMZ broke the story Iversons ex, Tawanna, has
  been trying to collect child support from the
  b-baller since their divorce was finalized in
  February, but no cigar. Then, last month she
  asked a judge to throw him in jail, if he
  continued to dodge the bill 8,000 / month for
  the last 5 months.
• In new court docs filed last month in Fulton
  County, GA Iverson said he never paid the money
  because he was led to believe he and Tawanna
  would reconcile.
• Taking a hard stance a judge ordered Iverson pony
  up the cash within 72 hours or be arrested.
• The threat apparently worked, Iversons lawyer
  tells TMZ Allen has complied with the order
  and met every term for which he was required.
• Also hes not in jail.

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Lil Wayne Apologizes To Emmett Till Family VIDEO

•  Lil Wayne Apologizes To Emmett Till Family
  VIDEO
• Check the video!

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Young Jeezy Its A Cold World Trayvon Tribute

•  Young Jeezy Its A Cold World Trayvon Tribute
• Check the song!

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Jay Z Justin Timberlake Holy Grail Live In London

• ay Z Justin Timberlake Holy Grail Live In
  LondonCheck the video!