May 09, 2012
The Arab Spring began with a mostly bloodless and quick revolution in Tunisia in late 2010 and early 2011. The revolution removed former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and replaced him with a temporary unity government. In October, 2011, the Enhahda Party, an Islamic...
April 20, 2012
It appears that George Zimmerman has been set free on $150,000 bail. The judge determined that he was not likely to attempt to escape from the country, and after giving certain restrictions, allowed him to post bail. Zimmerman will now have to wear a GPS-enabled ankle bracelet so that police can monitor his location at all times, and will have to follow a very strict curfew schedule. He has relinquished his passport to the police, and will not be able...
April 15, 2012
George Zimmerman has been arrested and officially charged with second degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin in Florida. Zimmerman, who had been in hiding because of a $10,000 bounty put on his head by the New Black Panther Party, contacted police and turned himself in after hearing that he was being officially charged. He is now in police custody in Sanford Florida, and is presumably...
April 04, 2012
The shooting of Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012 has become one of the most well-known events of the year so far. The case is generating enormous publicity because Martin's killer has not been arrested or charged with any criminal act, despite widespread perception that he committed murder, or at least lied about the circumstances leading to the shooting. On February 26, around 7:00 PM, in Sanford Florida, a neighborhood watch volunteer...
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