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George Zimmerman plans to auction the gun he used to shoot and kill unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012, according to multiple media reports.
WOFL FOX 35 says that it was told by the former neighborhood-watch volunteer that the Department of Justice recently returned the weapon. Im a free American, he said, I can do what I want with my possessions.
Somebody signed George M. Zimmerman has listed the Kel-Tec PF-9 9-mm on a firearms-auction website. The seller describes the gun as an American Firearm Icon and says it was used against Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012, the night of the violent attack that sparked a national debate about violence and race. Zimmerman said he acted in self-defense and was eventually acquitted of manslaughter and murder charges.
The auction statement promises a portion of the sale will be used to fight BLM violence against Law Enforcement officers, in a presumable reference to the Black Lives Matter movement, and also to combat Hillary Clintons anti-firearm rhetoric.
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Zimmerman is now in custody after being charged with murder in the second degree in the Florida teen's shooting death.
By Rob Markman
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After months of public outcry, there was a major break Wednesday (April 11) in the tragic shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin: Triggerman George Zimmerman was charged with murder in the second degree.
Special prosecutor Angela Corey announced the charges during a press conference in Jacksonville, Florida, just a half-hour after it was reported that Zimmerman turned himself in to authorities. Zimmerman was arrested and now is in an undisclosed location.
Martin's February 26 death sent shockwaves through the nation. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman, saw 17-year-old Trayvon walking through his gated community in Sanford, Florida, and immediately grew suspicious of the teen, who was wearing a hooded sweatshirt. When Zimmerman called 911, police dispatchers advised him not to pursue Martin. By the time police arrived on the scene,...
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Barbara Coleman-Foster, chair of the Florida citys Race, Equality, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee, said she views the project as an opportunity to highlight all the rich history of Sanford.
The Florida city where George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin over a decade ago has unveiled a plan to address the racial tension that continues to plague Black communities.
Sanfords Race, Equality, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee will organize strategies over the next year for the city to assist in sharing its history and, through storytelling, foster respect and acceptance, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
City commissioners received the draft plans for the project, called Pathways to Reconciliation, during a work session on Monday, launching an endeavor expected to take about two years that will involve researching and gathering firsthand oral histories, writings, and artwork from longtime residents.
Its the early stages of developing an idea that came to us about a year or so ago, said Barbara Coleman-Foster, the REEI committee chair. The idea was to have something that lasted beyond a day, a week, amonth. Something that was long term and essentially highlighted the contributions of particularly, at this point, the African-American community.
Coleman-Foster said she saw the initiative as a chance to highlight all the rich history of Sanford, pointing out that people often overlook how the past shaped the citys current state.
REEI will dedicate time until the summer of 2025 for research, budget planning, fundraising, and project design to be ready for execution in the fall of 2025. Plans for an expansion and an assessment will follow in the fall of 2026.
Pathways to Reconciliation and the REEI committee follow an attempt to address the national outcry that followed the 2020 videotaped death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, as well as the 10-year anniversary of Trayvon Martins death in a Sanford neighborhood in 2012, which served as the impetus for the Black Lives Matter movement.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, the plan notes that authorities sought a more long-term method to focus on racial relations after requests were made to the city to paint a Black Lives Matter street mural in front of the Sanford Police Department.
The project will likely be entirely digital, with the creation of an online repository for written works, photos, oral histories, and directions for self-guided walking tours of historic locations. Coleman-Foster said the online directory will facilitate collaborations with organizations such as the Sanford Museum, the Goldsboro Museum, and other institutions already collecting history; it can also direct tourists and locals to various exhibits.
Still, people who have dedicated their lives to protecting Black communities claim that racial equity starts with recognizing over a century of injustices against Sanfords Black population.
Pasha Baker, director and CEO of the West Side Community Historical Association in Goldsboro which Sanford forcefully annexed despite residents protests in the early 1900s called for a plan of action that would start from the root cause 100+ years ago to address racial tensions.
She expressed hope that the REEI committee will delve even further into the past than what happened to Floyd and Martin.
The city of Goldsboro, an all-Black incorporated city that had its own government, taxation system, and everything else around it, was stolen. But I didnt read that in the (proposal) document, noted Baker, the Orlando Sentinel reported. You have me in the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin, but 100 years before that, Sanford stole a complete city and left it neglected. And you want to talk about race relations? You want to talk about furthering the community, and you never said sorry.
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