George Zimmerman
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Black Lives MatterEarly history: Trayvon Martin shootingThey formed BLM after George Zimmerman, a man of German and Peruvian descent, was acquitted on charges stemming from his fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teenager, in Sanford, Florida, in February 2012. Zimmerman, a neighborhood-watch volunteer, had seen Martin walking in his neighborhood and called the…
Read MoreThey formed BLM after George Zimmerman, a man of German and Peruvian descent, was acquitted on charges stemming from his fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teenager, in Sanford, Florida, in February 2012. Zimmerman, a neighborhood-watch volunteer, had seen Martin walking in his neighborhood and called the…
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…shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, in Florida. Zimmerman, a leader in his neighborhood watch group in possession of a legal firearm, was patrolling in his SUV when he spotted the 17-year-old Black teenager walking home from a convenience store. Zimmerman contacted the police department to report a suspicious…
Read More…shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, in Florida. Zimmerman, a leader in his neighborhood watch group in possession of a legal firearm, was patrolling in his SUV when he spotted the 17-year-old Black teenager walking home from a convenience store. Zimmerman contacted the police department to report a suspicious…
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