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George Zimmerman sues family of Trayvon Martin, publisher, prosecutors for $100 million

#GeorgeZimmerman #TrayvonMartin #Lawsuit George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted of homicide charges in the 2012 fatal shooting of unarmed 17-year-old  Trayvon Martin  in Sanford, is suing Martin’s family, prosecutors and others involved in the case he claims rested on false evidence, according to a copy of the suit sent to the media Wednesday. Zimmerman is represented by Larry Klayman, a high-profile legal crusader tied to conservative causes and the founder of  Judicial Watch  before splitting with the activist group. The Polk County Circuit Court suit cites information in a documentary about the case titled “The Trayvon Hoax” that accuses the Martin family of engineering false testimony, and  the director  has scheduled a press conference this week in Coral Gables to coincide with a film screening there. As news of the lawsuit became widely reported Wednesday, the theater rented for the screening, Coral Gables Art C...

Months before he died, Rodney King told how the beating by LAPD officers changed his life.

Rodney King The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption. #RodneyKing #Riot  #Racism  #Police  #AfricanAmerican  #TrayvonMartin Rodney King was the coauthor of 'The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption.' He expresses forgiveness toward the police officers who beat him on March 3, 1991. It has been 20 years, and Rodney King finds himself in what must be an awkward position: He is an elder statesman of victimhood. Instead of asking questions — "Can we all just get along?"— he is now being asked to answer them. Can we all just get along? What about Trayvon Martin? How does it feel to be a symbol? King, 47, tried to answer those questions Saturday at the L.A. Times Festival of Books, appearing as the co-author of a new memoir, "The Riot Within: My Journey From Rebellion to Redemption." What emerges from both the book and his appearance is a man who has spent two decades coping, not always very well, with the blows tha...