On Thurs., March 22, Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte, Jr. held a news conference (and called for more frequent ones to regularly address the public) regarding the ongoing case involving the death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee “temporarily” stepped down (VIEW VIDEO), citing his involvement as an apparent distraction and calling for the investigation process to “move forward swiftly and appropriately”: “I do this in the hopes of restoring some semblance of calm to a city which has been in turmoil for several weeks,” Lee said.
Following the brief news conference, reporters begged for more details surrounding Lee’s use of the word “temporarily”; however, none were provided. Tracy Martin, father of Trayvon Martin, said Lee stepping down “is nothing. We want an arrest. We want a conviction, and we want him [Zimmerman] sentenced for the murder of our son.”
On Thursday evening, Angela Corey was appointed the new prosecutor by Florida Gov. Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi following Norm Wolfinger’s step down, who said he did so “with the intent of toning down the rhetoric and preserving the integrity of this investigation.” Additionally, Gov. Scott created a task force to “thoroughly review Florida’s ‘Stand Your Ground’ law”, which has been at the forefront of the debate surrounding George Zimmerman’s self-defense claim. As previously mentioned, the bill’s sponsor says Zimmerman is not covered under the law.
Pat Whitaker, chief of operations at the State Attorney’s Office in Sanford, said Thursday night that key evidence in the case has not yet been made public: “There’s just so much more to it that has not been disclosed. What you have is not the crucial evidence.” Perhaps the “crucial evidence” will come to light as the grand jury convenes April 10.
Also on Thursday, thousands joined Al Sharpton at a Sanford, Fla., rally in support of justice. Speaking to the crowd hours after learning of his mother’s passing, Sharpton called for Zimmerman’s arrest saying “this is where she would want me to be”:
Twenty-six days ago this young man, Trayvon Martin, did nothing criminal, did nothing unethical. He went to the store for his brother. He came back and lost his life. Trayvon could have been any one of our sons, he could have been any one of us. Trayvon represents a reckless disregard for our lives that we’ve seen for too long.
We cannot allow a precedent when a man can just kill one of us and then walk out with the murder weapon. We don’t want good enough. We want George Zimmerman in court with handcuffs behind his back.
Trayvon’s parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, also addressed the crowd—Tracy pledging he would not let their son die in vain and Sybrina thanking everyone for their support:
“I stand before you today not knowing how I’m walking right now because my heart hurts for my son,” she said. “Trayvon is my son. Trayvon is your son. Thanks so much for your support.”
Sharpton then called for donations to help support their cause, offering a $2,500 check and asking, “Who’s next?” Judge Greg Mathis and radio personality Michael Baisden both donated $10,000 with former New York Gov. David Paterson adding $2,000. A WePay site has been created in support of Justice for Trayvon Martin, which is said to be used to cover legal fees and the future creation of a foundation in Trayvon’s honor. Attorney Ben Crump tweeted that a statement regarding the fund is forthcoming. View photos from the Sanford rally below.
Why hasn’t George Zimmerman been arrested or charged with a crime? Is the only question that needs to be answered. It is apparent that there is corruption in this city and by removing himself does nothing to address the issue of George Zimmerman continuing to live his life as is he did not kill a young man for no reason.
i love that people are standing up for what is right but i cant lie that it makes me sad , knowing that things like this happen everyday & they dont also get the justice they deserve .. im praying that this case will change that
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good to see folks pulling together, sad that it’s for such a morbid reason. ultimately, however, God has a plan. and He is the reason Trayvon’s parents are holding up.
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THIS IS SO SAD AND SORRY,ALL THESE SELF -CENTERD RAPPAR’S NFL ,AND NBA BLACK MALE’S ARE HIDEING OUT !!! JOKES LOL .
THESE ( RAPPAR’S NFL ,AND NBA BLACK ) RICH FOLK , ALWAYS LOOKING FOR BLACK PPL ,BLACK FAMILYS AND YOUNG BLACK YOUTH’S MONEY , BUT WILL NOT SAY A STATEMENT TO THE PRESS OR A TWEET , ON BEHALF OF ( Justice for Trayvon Martin ) WHY SHOULD THESE FOLK’S HIDE OUT LIKE LITTLE BOY’S WHEN THEY CAN HELP THIS YOUNG MAN FAMILY WITH THEIR FAME AND MONEY , COME ON BLACK HOLLYWOOD RAPPER’S AND NFL,NBA FATHER’S THIS COULD BE UR SON , THESE GUY’S CAN’T ALL BE BROKE ?
P-DIDDY , JAYZ , 50 CENT , CHRIS BROWN , KANYE WEST, KOBE BRYANT ,SHAQUILLE O’NEAL ,KEVIN GORNETT ,AND THE NFL GUYS BIG NAMES , WHAT’S UP ? ? ?
THIS IS WRONG AND VERY INTERESTING , AND WE NEED TO TAKE NOTE ! WHY LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS ! AND THEN GET MORE BLACK LOVE AND BIG MONEY ?
THANKS ! (Judge Greg Mathis) and radio personality (Michael Baisden )
The Miami Heat wore hoodies in his honor.
I heard that Young Jeezy was down there as well. I believe that LeBron, Wade, and Chris Bosh were not only wearing hoods in Treyvon’s honor, but donating money and pushing the cause. I’m not exactly certain of the validity in that, but just throwing it out there…
YES SOME HAVE (CARMELLO ANTHONEY)
I’ve been following this for 2 weeks from Toronto Canada, this really hurts me, how this child was targeted, hunted down and killed all because what he is wearing- so called “Looking suspicious” this has to stop!!! This is about doing the right thing, PUT THAT FOOL IN JAIL!!!! This sickens me to the core! The fact Zimmerman neighbor is defending that murderer really disgust me, also Geraldo blaming Treyvon wearing a hooded sweater to keep warm really pissed me off even more!!! It’s time to take a stand, no more of this foolishness, that poor baby didn’t have to die like that. I have a 17 year old brother that I raised him since he was a baby, and I still consider him my little guy, I see that in Treyvon, it hurt, we need to resolve this right now!!! My prayers go out to them in Toronto Canada.
These people are smart, the only reason the stepped down is due to the media attention and march. They don’t want to get targetted or face any repocussions for themselves or families and when it all blows over they will step back up.
GREAT START ( MIAMI HEAT ) THEY ALL CAME OUT ,FOR JUSTICE FOR ( TRAYVON MARTIN ) . IT’S A START NOW I HOPE WE CAN .. ( Inspire Action ) FROM OTHER NBA TEAM’S !!! NOW GUY’S SEND HIS FAMILY SOME FOUND’S , SEND HIS FRIEND’S SOME GAME TICKET’S ( SHOW THEM LOVE ) AT THIS TIME . THESE YOUNG PPL THAT LOVED ( TRAYVON MARTIN ) ARE FEELING DEEP . WE NEED TO ENCOURAGE CHANGE . AND MORE BLACK NBA , NFL AND THESE RAPPAR’S NEED TO LOOK AT THEIR YOUNG KID’S AND NEED TO GET OUT THEIR AND SHOW LOVE .
sending his friends tickets to games isnt going to bring trayvon back aor justify what zimmerman did so thats a retarded idea (make sense)
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These marches and rallies won’t solve and damn thing they’re basically trying to get get the white man to come out against his own laws, I suspect that they’ll try to use this case to disarm black men and make it harder for us to claim self-defense believe me black men these devils work in mysterious ways and they will use your rghts against you
Another one of my comments goes into moderation, this owner of this site (angel) acts as if she’s about justice for black men but yet she’s moderating our comments
Most of you black women are a bunch of trouble makers and it shows, you love when cases like this come up because you get to exalt yourselves as the wannabe intellects that you are you have no knowledge or wisdom so the only way that you can get what you want in this society is by throwing temper tantrums all that silly marching, buying skittles and hoodies that you do won’t solve a thing this will continue to happen as long as America is here so get used to it.
I see you’re still “razing” hell in here lol
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WoW!!!!! Where you molested or something when you were little? You can tell us..please..vent. Your comment shows that something of that nature happendddd. LOL shut the hell up with all that.
Why is my comment still in modetation go ahead and delete it like you always do
I wonder if that idiot former black militant will come on here and run his smart mouth about that damn black men kill and attack whites madness that he always bitches about whites deserve every bit of brutality that black’s give them it needs to be worse I hope that they get wiped of the face of the Fu.cking earth you get your hell right here on earth (hence the name hellrazer) the amount of physical absuse we give them will never add up to the financial troubles they’ve given us
WOW!!!!!
yu sound so dumb do yu hear yurself (idiot) wtf yu mean financial problems….oh wait yu mean cuz blacks arent picking yur cotton anymore or cooking yur meals for yhur family anymore is that it, ignorant dumbass
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Al Sharpton…GO AWAY!!!!!!!!! YOU ALWAYS COME AROUND TRYING TO GET ATTENTION!!!! WHAT DO YOU DO DO BESIDES RUN YOUR MOUTH!!!?!?!?!? IM TIRED OF SEEING YOU!!!! JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON MARTIN!!!
I took a trek to Sanford from Orlando (I’m a born and raised New Yorker!) to speak with the people to share the footage. Enjoy and PLEASE SHARE!
http://youtu.be/XVOUilkAcqA
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Hellrazer I see you are still up to your mindless antics…baby buy a book,wash your car(if you own one) You really need to find something to do with your time.