Just over two weeks after the fatal shooting, and less than a month before an arrest was made, police in Sanford, Florida, urged prosecutors to take George Zimmerman into custody after arguing his killing of Trayvon Martin was “ultimately avoidable.” This disclosure came out Thursday, part of a wealth of information released that is related [...]

For the first time in history, there were more ethnic minority babies born in the United States than White, according to 2011 census data released on Thursday. The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 50.4 percent of children born in a 12-month period that ended July 2011 were Hispanic, Black, Asian-American or from other minorities groups, while [...]

Jordan Miles was severely beaten by white officers No charges will be filed against three White Pittsburgh police officers who were accused of using excessive force in beating Black teenager jordan Miles, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. said at a news conference there isn’t a prosecutable case against [...]

As many eagerly awaited the release of never-before-seen evidence in the case against George Zimmerman, members of Special Prosecutor Angela Corey’s office provided a preview Monday in the form of an eight-page document. The paperwork, filed with the Seminole County clerk as closing time approached, included a list of witnesses the state plans to call [...]