Trayvon Martin's family wants shooter George Zimmerman prosecuted
(NEWSER) - An unarmed black teenager was shot and killed by Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman on Feb. 26, and Zimmerman has yet to be charged; now Reuters reports that the FBI is monitoring the controversial Sanford, Florida, case, which has garnered nationwide attention. Trayvon Martin, 17, was walking through a gated community back to his stepmother's house after going out to buy candy for his brother when Zimmerman called 911 to report a suspicious person. Zimmerman—who has called police 46 times since the beginning of 2011, the Miami Herald reports—was told by a dispatcher not to follow Martin, but did so anyway; he told authorities he shot the teen in self-defense. More»
