Trayvon Martin

Sybrina Fulton, who has become an activist for ending gun violence and advancing social justice following the killing of her teenaged son, Trayvon Martin, is running for office in Florida, The Miami Herald reports. Fulton is pursuing a seat on the Miami-Dade County Commission. Among other candidates, Fulton will be running against Miami Gardens Mayor […]

George Zimmerman has been kicked off a second dating website after it was determined that he was not only using a fake name, but also a phony profile. Zimmerman is widely known as the man who stood trial for fatally shooting an unarmed teen, Trayvon Martin, in Florida. Zimmerman was eventually acquitted in the case. […]

Ben Shapiro once argued that teenager Trayvon Martin was a “full-grown young man with a history of violence” who deserved to be killed by George Zimmerman, but apparently Shapiro has other ideas when it comes to baby Adolph Hitler. The conservative pundit made an appearance at the March for Life rally on Friday, where he […]

Beyonce fans, collectively known as the Hive, are well known for their ardent loyalty to the singer. One of those fans showed why today on Twitter. A user has reportedly found George Zimmerman’s home address after reports that he made threats against the singer and her husband, Jay Z. Based on the pictures in the […]

George Zimmerman, whose murder of Trayvon Martin helped him enter the American pop culture lexicon, has been arrested and charged with aggravated stalking. According to Click Orlando, George Zimmerman sent several threats to a private investigator, including one threat where he referenced Trayvon Martin and another where he threatened to feed the investigator to an […]

Rap star Jay-Z joined hundreds of demonstrators at the sixth annual Peace Walk & Peace Talk rally in Miami Garden on Saturday, where he reflected on the loss of local teen Trayvon Martin to senseless gun violence. The Miami Herald reports the rap legend elevated the name of the slain teen alongside those of spiritual […]

George Zimmerman managed to make his way back into the news this week after he threatened to beat Jay-Z and “feed him to the alligators” if he bothered Zimmerman’s parents. That didn’t sit well with a lot of people and many wondered how Jay-Z would react. It turns out that Hova wasn’t the one to […]

Sunday marks five years to the day that Trayvon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman. On such a macabre fifth anniversary, certain celebrities are honoring the slain teen’s life during a time when most of Hollywood’s attention is directed at the 89th Academy Awards ceremony, taking place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on […]

If you were watching CNN on New Year’s Eve, you likely noticed that one of their most popular anchors, Don Lemon, was very drunk, and it wasn’t “make-believe” drunk. His appearance was funny, real, and a great way to end 2016. The Blaze describes what happened. “At some point, the tequila finally hits and Lemon […]

Fired Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy blames the rise of the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement for the spike in violence across the country and hopes the incoming Trump administration will do more to empower police. McCarthy shared his views during a recent New York City radio interview, where he also blasted protests staged all across […]

George Zimmerman, the man who was acquitted in 2013 of all charges in the fatal shooting of Florida teenager, Trayvon Martin, is back in the news. Once again, he’s in trouble for another racially-charged incident when he was kicked out of a cigar bar for allegedly using racist language and yelling at one of its […]

Matthew Apperson, the man who fired a shot at George Zimmerman, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempted murder, the Orlando Sentinel is reporting. Last month, a Seminole County jury found Apperson guilty of attempted second-degree murder, armed aggravated assault, and shooting into a vehicle. The jury rejected Apperson’s claim that he […]

George Zimmerman is back on the witness stand, but this time as an alleged victim. In the current trial, George Zimmerman is testifying against a man named Matthew Apperson. According to the indictment, Apperson has been accused of the attempted murder of George Zimmerman in an apparent road rage incident. Zimmerman has been on the […]

A patron at a restaurant in Florida reportedly assaulted George Zimmerman over the weekend for bragging about the death of Trayvon Martin, claims the New York Post. Zimmerman, 32, was said to have been eating with a friend at the Gatorside Restaurant in Sanford when he took notice of another customer’s body art. After approaching […]

Sanford Mayor Jeff Triplett was carjacked at gunpoint outside of his friend’s home early on Saturday morning in the same town where Trayvon Martin was killed in 2012. According to WFTV, the mayor was standing outside of his friend’s home around 2:20 a.m., when two armed men and another man approached him and stole the […]

George Zimmerman is speaking out for the first time since he auctioned off the gun he used to kill 18 year-old Trayvon Martin in February, 2012. During his interview with KTNV, Zimmerman explained his decision to sell the firearm, as well as his view of the Black Lives Matter movement and President Barack Obama. “Anything […]

George Zimmerman just got $250,000 richer. The former neighborhood watch volunteer’s gun may have failed to sell in its initial auction, but a subsequent one landed him more cash than the first offer. The gun, which was used in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, was initially thought to have been sold for $120,000 after the […]

George Zimmerman is $120, 000 richer, more or less. The gun used in the 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin has fetched a handsome amount just a week after news about its auction began circulating. Around seven individuals took part in the bidding, and George Zimmerman himself had to validate the identity of the winning bidder […]

George Zimmerman just can’t stay out of the news. It wasn’t enough that he was acquitted of the 2012 unjustified death of Trayvon Martin, but now he’s put the blame for it onto Trayvon’s grieving parents. “They didn’t raise their son right. He attacked a complete stranger and attempted to kill him.” “Sybrina Fulton and […]

George Zimmerman’s attempt to auction the pistol, which he allegedly used to kill 17-year-old African-American teenager, Trayvon Martin backfired. The online bid “appeared to have been hijacked by fake accounts posting astronomically high bids,” ABC News reported. As reported by TIME, fake accounts raised the bids to higher than $65 million on Friday morning with […]

George Zimmerman’s auction to sell the gun that killed Trayvon Martin is officially over. Just as the auction was set to begin, a note had been placed on the hosting website that said “Sorry, but the item you have requested is no longer in the system,” according to a report done by CNN. #GeorgeZimmerman auctioning […]

George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch member who shot and killed and was then acquitted of the murder of Trayvon Martin, is auctioning off the gun he says was used in the shooting of the teen. Having recently gotten the gun back from the Department of Justice, George Zimmerman decided he wanted to put it up […]

Piers Morgan is not perhaps the sort of man you would suspect of being physically aggressive. Morgan is much more likely to be seen attacking people from the safety of his computer keyboard. It takes a lot to keep Morgan quiet, even on subjects that he knows nothing about. Morgan caused quite a stir over […]

Apparently, Beyoncé was only getting started when she hit the Super Bowl halftime show with the debut of her new song, “Formation.” On Saturday, one of Beyoncé’s fan clubs, The BeyHive Team, announced that she will be putting together another music video with the help of the parents of Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, and Tamir […]

The Black Lives Matter movement’s history has become something of a legend in recent years. The grass roots protest group was started by Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi after George Zimmerman was acquitted in Trayvon Martin’s shooting death, but it did not become prominently known until after the Ferguson protests and the police […]

Trayvon Martin: the name alone should remind anyone of the of the sometimes deadly racial bias issues we face in America. If not for his unjust death, Martin would have been celebrating his 21st birthday today. However, on this date in in 2012, Martin was murdered by a neighborhood-watch zealot named, George Zimmerman. Martin was […]

A new claim that George Zimmerman, the man acquitted for the murder of Trayvon Martin, died this month has been proven false. Snopes reports that on January 21, Action News 3 posted a fake news story entitled, “George Zimmerman Found DEAD Months After Tweeting Pics Of Trayvon Martin’s Dead Body.” The article garnered massive attention […]

George Zimmerman, Trayvon Martin’s shooter, is obviously not a gun control fan. So when he saw Obama’s crying during a speech about new U.S. gun control laws, Zimmerman blasted the president, calling him a “disgrace to the country.” Zimmerman also seems to think Obama might be faking those “crocodile tears,” which is an idea becoming […]

After George Zimmerman reportedly posted naked images of her without her permission, his former girlfriend has spoken out, revealing her feelings after dating the man who killed Trayvon Martin. New York Daily News reports that Heather, who isn’t sharing her last name, has provided comments after the incident went viral this week. The Kentucky woman […]

George Zimmerman got slapped with a Twitter suspension for posting “revenge porn” of an ex-girlfriend on Thursday. In September 2014, he was criticized for retweeting a picture of the dead body of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teen he shot dead, in February 2012. There was even a hashtag created, #BanGeorgeZimmerman, but the cries of outraged […]

George Zimmerman is back in news headlines, and this time it’s surrounding his behavior on social media. Mediaite reports that he posted a nude photo of his former girlfriend in a rant accusing her of cheating on him with a Muslim. Now his Twitter account has been suspended, meaning the attention he attracted was less-than-positive, […]

George Zimmerman, the Florida man notorious for winning a murder charge acquittal after the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, is obsessed with what people say about him on social media, at least according to a close source. People reports that Zimmerman, 31, continues to show strange behavior on social media accounts, especially Twitter, where he […]

Being backed by a credible organization with good public relations is often an excellent way for a celebrity to better his or her own reputation with the masses. But the widely-hated Ku Klux Klan is not one of those organizations. George Zimmerman received support from the KKK, who defended him after the public outrage against […]

George Zimmerman has sparked a fresh round of outrage and condemnation on Twitter, after retweeting a photo of Trayvon Martin’s lifeless body. A fan of Zimmerman’s posted the photo of Martin’s dead body to Twitter along with the caption “Z-Man is a one man army.” On Friday, Zimmerman then retweeted the image to his 10,000 […]

Fox News reported a manhunt Tuesday morning for suspects in the killing of a police officer in Fox Lake, a community an hour north of Chicago, Illinois. The search for three armed men encompassed the woods and wetlands around the murder site. The Kane County state attorney’s office identified the police fatality as 52-year-old Lieutenant […]

Black Lives Matter staged a march on Saturday around the Minnesota State Fair attended by families looking to enjoy the annual festivities. With the fair gates closed by police, the march ended up outside the main entrance where organizers aired their grievances in speeches on social and political injustice. The BlackFair protest march, as it […]

Barack Obama is a racist, according to George Zimmerman. Just a few hours after the Virginia shooting of two reporters on live television, the man acquitted of shooting Trayvon Martin authored some tweets about the TV crew shooting and the president. A George Zimmerman Twitter post maintained that Barack Obama is a racist who says […]

The man accused of shooting at George Zimmerman didn’t appear in court on Monday, and he isn’t expected to appear on his scheduled date on Tuesday, but he did reportedly enter a written plea. CBS News Miami reports that the Florida man entered a plea of “not guilty,” via written document. This comes after numerous […]

While much of the country has already been fixated on George Zimmerman for his fatal shooting of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, the man who shot Zimmerman several days ago is apparently especially obsessed with the acquitted killer. According to the Associated Press, the Lake Mary Police Department report on the shooting of George Zimmerman reveals […]

The man accused of shooting at George Zimmerman has been arrested as of Friday night, because authorities in Florida say he lied to them about details surrounding the shooting. WFTV News 9 reports that Matthew Apperson has been charged with one count each of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and aggravated battery with a […]

The audio from the 911 call made after George Zimmerman was shot in the face has been released today. According to ABC News, a man named Ken Cornell was told by the shooter, Matthew Apperson, to call 911 because he had just shot George Zimmerman. Zimmerman has become a household name for shooting and killing […]

George Zimmerman narrowly escaped a gunshot wound to the face on Monday, but don’t worry. He’s totally okay. The man who killed Trayvon Martin walked away from the incident with nothing more than injuries inflicted by broken glass, which had shattered when an unidentified man shot at his vehicle. Raw Story reports that the shooting […]

George Zimmerman’s death has been the subject of rumors ever since Trayvon Martin died. The Hispanic man became infamous across the world after the jury found him not guilty, and he has received many death threats over time. Now that Zimmerman was involved in a new shooting incident involving a shooter named Matthew Apperson, many […]

In a video, titled “Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows,” 16-year-old Amandla Stenberg, best known for her role as Rue in The Hunger Games, eloquently schools certain white celebrities for borrowing from black culture to seem edgy and gain attention. The video, which was made for a history class project, was posted to Stenberg’s Tumblr three […]

George Zimmerman said in a recent interview that he has a “clear conscience” about the Trayvon Martin shooting, but he pointed to one man who should feel guilty: Barack Obama. Zimmerman accused the president of using “racially charged comments” to pit Americans against him and each other, based solely on race. He also said Martin’s […]

On Tuesday, the Department of Justice announced it would not file civil rights charges against George Zimmerman for the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Martin’s family described the decision as a “disappointment.” The federal government will now close the investigation for good. According to USA Today, the federal investigation did not find sufficient evidence in […]

As Trayvon Martin is remembered almost three years after his death at the hands of George Zimmerman, some are using his name to describe how Muslim Americans might feel after the Chapel Hill shooting. But friends and family only want to focus on ending racism, and some believe the focus should be on unity and […]

Trayvon Martin was gunned down on a rainy Florida street in early 2012, but even close to three years later, the legacy of the teenager is continuing to grow. Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a self-appointed neighborhood watch captain who was later acquitted of the shooting. The death sparked nationwide protests and […]

George Zimmerman is in trouble again with another episode of domestic violence, which occurred in the middle of the night on January 5. His new ex-girlfriend, whose name has been redacted from police reports, called him a “psychopath” and said she regrets ever entering the relationship. According to the woman’s allegations, Zimmerman threw a wine […]

As the Inquistr reported yesterday, George Zimmerman has been arrested again, this time for aggravated assault. The news is not surprising, as this is Zimmerman’s third arrest since the conclusion of the Trayvon Martin trial. Zimmerman has, of course, been in the national spotlight since he killed Trayvon Martin in 2012. Zimmerman was acquitted of […]