Florida Man Charged in Shooting Death of Trayvon Martin

George Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer who shot an unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, was charged with second-degree murder in the black teenager’s death in Sanford, Florida, a state prosecutor said.

The decision was announced at a press conference today in Jacksonville. The youth’s death triggered protests in several U.S. cities and drew comment from President Barack Obama after officials initially declined to prosecute Zimmerman.

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Posted: Apr 12 2012, 7:57 PM

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What if Zimmerman had been a cop instead of a "neighborhood watch captain"? I'll tell you what would have happened. There would have been an "internal investigation" (police code for whitewash), a determintion that the shooting was "justified", no charges would have been filed, and that would be that.

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