Category: Project 21

Black Conservatives Discuss “Star Witness” Testimony, Motives as Zimmerman Trial Progresses

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Washington, D.C. - In the trial of George Zimmerman, the so-called "star witness" for the prosecution, Rachel Jeantel, ended two days of testimony. Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are commenting. Jeantel, a friend of Trayvon Martin since ...
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Black Legal Expert Condemns Latest DOJ Attack on Texas Voter ID

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Eric Holder's Attempt to Revive Unconstitutional Preclearance Standards is Based on "Phony Claims," Says Author of 2012 Paper Critical of Weak DOJ Claims that Texas' Voter ID Law is Discriminatory Despite Supreme Court Ruling Last Month on Voting Rights Act's ...
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Black Activists Call for Calm at Planned Weekend Protests of Zimmerman Verdict

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Washington, D.C. - With members of the civil rights lobby organizing new nationwide protests this coming weekend to continue to voice opposition to last Saturday's not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman case in Florida, members of the Project 21 ...
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Project 21’s Nedd on Jesse Jackson’s Post-Zimmerman Call for U.N. Intervention

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On the Monday after the George Zimmerman verdict was announced, finding Zimmerman not guilty in the death of Trayvon Martin, the Reverend Jesse Jackson took to the pages of the Chicago Sun-Times to make the astonishing claim that “[i]f Trayvon ...
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Additional Zimmerman Comment from Project 21

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More members of the Project 21 black leadership network are commenting on the George Zimmerman verdict and reactions following it: Archbishop Council Nedd II: I understand the legal mandate of juries in criminal proceedings.  I understand that an individual’s guilt ...
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Black Conservatives Analyze Aftermath of Zimmerman Case

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Washington, D.C. - Members of the Project 21 black leadership network are analyzing the legal aspects of the George Zimmerman verdict and commenting on the implications: "While I'm thrilled with this outcome, it should never have come to this. This ...
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Black Conservatives Comment on Not Guilty Verdict in Zimmerman Case

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Washington, D.C. - George Zimmerman, who faced charges of 2nd degree murder and manslaughter in the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin, was found not guilty tonight by a six-person jury of his peers in Sanford, Florida. Members of the Project ...
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Prosecutorial Ineptitude in Zimmerman Case Increases Racial Tension, Say Black Conservatives

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Group Calls on Public to Let Justice Peacefully Prevail Washington, D.C. - A week-and-a-half into the trial of George Zimmerman, members of the Project 21 black leadership network say the prosecution's case is faltering, and increased tensions as a result ...
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Black Conservatives Comment on the First Week of George Zimmerman Trial, Coverage of Rachel Jeantel Testimony

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Washington, D.C. - With the second week of the George Zimmerman trial underway in Florida, featuring the procedural testimony of officers who were involved with the case and crime scene experts, members of the Project 21 black leadership network are ...
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After Zimmerman: What the World Needs Now, by Lisa Fritsch

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Justice is a lot like beauty. What one sees depends on his or her perspective. Where race is concerned in America, true justice is beside the point. Whites cried foul at the O.J. Simpson verdict. Now blacks fume over George ...
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