THE NEW COMMUNITY JOURNAL
Teacher Fired For Supporting "The Power" Of Youth" As Students Stand Their Ground Against Injustice by Khayyam E. Ali
On Wednesday, April 11, 2012 after weeks of protests from millions of Americans, Florida prosecutors were compelled to do
FRIDAY APRIL 13, 2012
P.M. special appointed prosecutor, State Attorney Angela Corey, announced the arrest of Zimmerman to the nation. Zimmerman is in police custody awaiting a bond hearing to determine if he will be released until a trial date (if any) is set. The next phase in this case will be what is called an Immunity Hearing. During
self-defense using the "Stand Your Ground Law" which allows a person to kill another person by merely stating that they believed that their life was in danger. Be cautiously prepared as this defense has successfully been used in previous cases in Florida and could result in Zimmerman being set free without ever going to trial.
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is a competent and fair prosecutor. However, it was public pressure that
Ms. Brooke Harris, fired middle school teacher. the right thing and brought second degree murder charges against George Zimmerman, admitted killer of Trayvon Martin. At 6:00 NASSAU COUNTY EDITION
this hearing defense attorneys will appear before the court and attempt to persuade a judge to dismiss this case on the grounds of
Make no mistake about it, State Attorney Angela Corey did not allow public pressure to influence her decision to arrest Zimmerman. She
moved the state's judicial powers to review the case, which apparently would have remained closed without (Continued on page 36)
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