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George Zimmerman Trial, Day One: ‘F--king Punks’

DAY ONE

In the first day of his murder trial, George Zimmerman’s own words were thrown back at him.

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In a powerful and sometimes shocking statement marking the opening of George Zimmerman’s long-awaited murder trial in Florida, a state prosecutor told the jury of six women—five white, one Hispanic—that the defendant profiled 17-year-old Trayvon Martin as a “suspicious person,” followed him, fought with him, and then fired a single...

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