4UMF Present– Today Headlines as on 15 July 2013

1. 4UMF Present– Today Headlines as on 15 July 2013 Current Events | Current News | Entertainment News • Hundreds Rally In NYC For Trayvon Martin • Feds Look To Charge Zimmerman • Mark O’Mara: If George Zimmerman Were Black – Video • President Obama Releases A Statement On Verdict • Heartbreaking Tweets From Martin’s Father • 40 Killed In Iraq Blast • Allen Iverson Avoids Arrest • Lil Wayne Apologizes To Emmett Till Family VIDEO • Young Jeezy – It’s A Cold World Trayvon Tribute • Jay Z Justin Timberlake Holy Grail Live In London

2. Hundreds of people gathered in New York’s 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 nation’s legal system. Hundreds Rally In NYC For Trayvon Martin

3. 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. Here’s why it’s 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. Feds Look To Charge Zimmerman

4. 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 jury‘s decision. As expected the defense team had some questionable things to say, especially attorney Mark O’Mara. Although being advised to leave race out of this entire ordeal, O’ Mara remarked that if his client were black, “he never would’ve 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 that’s what I do for a living. When I looked into Sanford Police Department investigation they had done quite a good job.” O’Mara 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.” Mark O’Mara: If George Zimmerman Were Black – Video

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