It’s been over a year since the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman incident officially took place, but the trial is going to officially begin on June 10 of 2013. For those that are not in know, here’s a brief synopsis of the tragic incident that took place on February 26, 2012: George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old White-Hispanic male, was in his vehicle on a personal errand when he saw Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American male who was staying with his father in the area, walking through the gated community that Zimmerman lived in. Zimmerman was the appointed neighborhood watch coordinator for the gated…
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