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Angela Corey lashes out at critics of Marissa Alexander prosecution
11:42 AM on 05/15/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Duval County, Florida prosecutor Angela Corey has something to say to those who have expressed outrage over the prosecution of Marissa Alexander are misguided, and missing the point...
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Trayvon Martin case: Witness list released in George Zimmerman trial
11:40 AM on 05/15/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Prosecutors have released the list of witnesses who will be called in the case of George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed Trayvon Martin in February...
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Urban League opens 'community empowerment center' in Fort Lauderdale
6:00 AM on 05/12/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Black residents of Fort Lauderdale's historic Sistrunk district will have new opportunities, while seeing their neighborhood get a facelift...
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Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, releases Mother's Day video message
3:44 PM on 05/11/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Sybrina Fulton, whose son, Trayvon Martin was killed by a neighborhood watch captain in February, has released a Mother's Day video message via an advocacy group...
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CNN legal analyst Mark NeJame: Barack Obama's grandparents would have looked like George Zimmerman's
3:20 PM on 05/11/2012
theGRIO REPORT - An attorney who was approached early on by George Zimmerman to defend him in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin says a photo of Zimmerman's family proves he could not have racially profiled the Miami teen...
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Marissa Alexander sentenced to 20 years in prison
11:21 AM on 05/11/2012
theGRIO REPORT - A judge on Friday sentenced a Jacksonville mother to 20 years in prison for firing a gun over the head of her husband, who she claimed physically abused her...
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Sanford Florida in limbo: 2 chiefs, an investigation in waiting
11:51 AM on 05/03/2012
theGRIO REPORT - The fate of Sanford's police chief appears to be in a state of suspended animation, with the old chief still collecting a paycheck, and his interim replacement about to take the helm...
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Sanford chief defender's letter, addressed to black city manager, littered with the n-word
5:35 PM on 04/26/2012
theGRIO REPORT - A letter, sent via the City of Sanford's official letter, and addressed to the city manager, decries the treatment afforded the currently suspended police chief, Bill Lee.
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Hal Uhrig speaks up for the police chief who released his former client, George Zimmerman
2:00 PM on 04/26/2012
theGRIO REPORT - The former attorney for the neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed Trayvon Martin has moved on to defending the police chief who released his former client...
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Marissa Alexander case exposes ambiguity of 'Stand Your Ground' law
5:21 PM on 04/24/2012
theGRIO REPORT - To her family and supporters, Marissa Alexander is a woman who stood her ground...
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Bill Lee's failed resignation could widen Sanford's racial divide
3:07 PM on 04/24/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Bill Lee, who had been chief for just ten months when the Trayvon Martin shooting upended his tenure, had negotiated a severance package with the equally new manager, Norton Bonaparte...
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Bill Lee, Sanford police chief, offers to step down permanently
2:24 PM on 04/23/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Former chief Bill Lee Jr. becomes the first official casualty of the controversy surrounding the handling of the Martin case
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Zimmerman bond draws emotional reaction, but experts say it's not unusual
4:45 PM on 04/20/2012
theGRIO REPORT - A Florida judge's decision to set a $150,000 bond for George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin drew an immediate, harsh reaction from those who wanted to see the 28-year-old remain behind bars...
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Trayvon Martin's parents to get their first glimpse of George Zimmerman at bond hearing
5:33 PM on 04/19/2012
theGRIO REPORT - A bond hearing Friday morning will for the first time, place Trayvon Martin's parents in the same room as the man who killed their teenage son...
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Florida governor announces 'Stand Your Ground' task force
12:49 PM on 04/19/2012
theGRIO REPORT - Florida Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday announced the composition of a task force to evaluate that state's Stand Your Ground law...
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Personnel rules could spell trouble for 'sh*tbag parents' firefighter
12:00 PM on 04/17/2012
TheGRIO REPORT - A Miami Dade firefighter who posted a rant decrying the second degree murder charges filed against the killer of Trayvon Martin may have violated department rules, a personnel manual obtained by theGrio suggests...
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The Trayvon Martin case goes silent after more than a month of drama
8:28 AM on 04/17/2012
theGRIO REPORT - After more than a month of being one of the highest profile, most talked about killings in modern times, the case of the shooting death of Trayvon Martin went dark this week...
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Miami firefighter distances himself from 'sh*tbag parents' Trayvon Martin post
1:31 PM on 04/16/2012
theGRIO REPORT - A Miami-Dade firefighter who ranted about the "sh-tbag parents of our urban youth" in response to charges being filed against George Zimmerman, is now distancing himself from his Facebook post...
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Judge's husband becomes an issue in Trayvon Martin case
7:15 PM on 04/13/2012
theGRIO REPORT - A last minute hearing on Friday has set the stage for a potential call by George Zimmerman's attorney to remove the judge in his second degree murder case, even before the trial begins...
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Miami-Dade fire captain on Zimmerman charges: Blame 'sh*tbag' parents of 'our urban youth'
5:30 PM on 04/13/2012
theGRIO REPORT - The Miami-Dade Fire-Rescue Department is investigating a Facebook post by one of its captains that seems to blame the shooting death of Trayvon Martin on the 'shi*tbag parents' of 'our urban youth'...
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