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Trayvon Martin case: Murder charge could be high hurdle
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsSpecial prosecutor Angela Corey threw the book at Trayvon Martin shooter George Zimmerman, bringing the maximum possible charge of second-degree murder. Corey said she went where the facts led her. Cynics might say she went with the path that would......Tags: Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Lawyers, Witnesses, Trayvon Martin
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Race is the uneasy issue in Trayvon Martin/Zimmerman case
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsAs I wrote in my Sunday print column, the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman case has the potential to expose racial fault lines in this country like nothing since the 1995 O.J. Simpson murder trial. The latest evidence of that: the flap......Tags: Bars and Clubs, Facebook, Trayvon Martin, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Career and Workplace
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George Zimmerman, Casey Anthony trials have little in common so far
There's been an unexpected fixture in the courtroom during George Zimmerman's trial so far: empty seats. For all of the "Million Hoodie Marches" across the world and media coverage after the shooting of Trayvon Martin last year, response to the trial...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Gun Control, Trayvon Martin, Politics, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Sanford needs cooler heads to prevail
Today marks the start of the George Zimmerman trial — and the beginning of the end for Sanford. At least that's the apocalyptic prophecy in wide circulation from brilliant Internet social commentators with such colorful aliases as Tray von...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Trayvon Martin, Rodney King, Racism, Los Angeles Riots (1992)
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The new parking-meter deal: Break it apart or throw it out
Chicago Parking Meters LLC rolled us once. In 2008, the company struck a deal with Mayor Richard Daley and a compliant City Council that gave it control of meter revenue for 75 years in exchange for what's now universally recognized as an astonishingly...
Tags: Chicago Mayor, Trayvon Martin, Rahm Emanuel, Shootings, Richard M. Daley
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'42' reminds us Sanford, U.S. haven't crossed home on race
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson — No. 42 stitched on his back — trotted out of the Brooklyn Dodgers dugout and broke baseball's color barrier. On Friday, the movie "42" opened across the nation, recounting how Jackie Robinson, through...
Tags: Sports, Major League Baseball, Baseball, Spring Training, Trayvon Martin
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What we know one year after Trayvon Martin shooting
Tuesday will mark one year since George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin. The gap between what we all thought we knew then and what we know now is as wide as Sanford's Lake Monroe. Zimmerman wasn't a white man who gunned down a black kid. It...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Witnesses, Trayvon Martin, Judges
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A year later, Trayvon Martin case murkier than ever
The simple story — cops yawn when burly white vigilante stalks and kills unarmed African-American child for the "crime" of walking while black — shocked the conscience of much of the nation a year ago and touched off an explosion of...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Lab Tests, Trayvon Martin, Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Emmett Till
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Racial detours on the campaign trail
It may have been a bit surprising when the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held its national convention and Mitt Romney showed up. Romney, as comedian Reggie Brown put it, is "what people who hate white people think of when they...
Tags: Trayvon Martin, Joe Biden, Rick Santorum, Politics, Civil Rights
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Sentinel's Central Floridian of the Year turns 30
The Orlando Sentinel's first Floridian of the Year for 1983 was a strong-willed woman who slugged it out with this state's power brokers. Coincidentally, so is our 30th honoree, Deirdre Macnab. Marjory Stoneman Douglas wasn't afraid to fight for their...
Tags: Little League Baseball, Trayvon Martin, Toni Jennings, Entertainment Events, Apopka
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Seer madness: Readers and I do our duty, predict 2013
With the help of several Latin scholars, I've come up with a fittingly snooty motto for this column's annual exercise in forecasting the news: Non coniectare imprudentior esset. Translation: Not to conjecture is imprudent. Inspiration: "Is it...
Tags: Elian Gonzalez, Trayvon Martin, Pat Quinn, Richard M. Daley, Advice Columns and Columnists
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George Zimmerman case doesn't speak for Sanford
The national networks are sending in their well-coiffed correspondents to sound off on George Zimmerman's trial and Sanford's racist past. Expect to hear all about how racial tensions in Sanford are front and center once again. What you likely won't...
Tags: Gun Control, Trayvon Martin, Politics, Altamonte Springs, Police Arrests
Apr 12, 2012
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Apr 16, 2012
|Blog| Sun-Sentinel
Jun 19, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jun 9, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
May 26, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Apr 14, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 23, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Feb 22, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jul 15, 2012
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jan 20, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
Jan 6, 2013
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Jun 5, 2013
|Column| Orlando Sentinel
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