Trayvon martin case

• SANFORD, Fla. -- The state attorney handling the case of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has voluntarily quit the assignment to avoid "the appearance of conflict of interest," Florida Gov. Rick Scott said Thursday evening.
(Huffington Post)
• As tensions between community leaders and residents in Sanford, Fla., reach a boiling point, the man leading the investigation into the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin is being asked to step down.
(ABC News)
• The Rev. Al Sharpton awoke on Thursday morning to learn that his 87-year-old mother, Ada Sharpton, had lost her battle with Alzheimers disease and dementia in Dothan, Ala.
(Los Angeles Times)
• Nearly one month ago, few people knew the name Trayvon Martin.
(CNN (blog))
• SANFORD, Fla. -- At a hastily called press conference Thursday afternoon, Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte Jr. announced that beleaguered police Chief Bill Lee Jr.
(Huffington Post)
• Philadelphians outraged by the Trayvon Martin case will rally Monday at 6:30 p.m. at Love Park. Organizers are asking that protestors show up wearing hoodies as a show of support for the unarmed black teenager gunned down by a Hispanic neighborhood watch captain.
(Philadelphia Daily News)
• The case of Trayvon Martin is pointing to the important role that that black community has played – both through news outlets and social media – in keeping his death in the public eye.
(The Christian Science Monitor)
• Florida prosecutors face significant hurdles building a case against the man who killed Trayvon Martin, a legal expert has told the Guardian.
(Raw Story)
• From what I have heard and read, it appears that this young person was shot and killed for the offense of walking while black or being outside while black.
(Houston Chronicle)
• This is what "standing your ground" looks like in Florida: Greyston Garcia was in his Miami apartment on Jan. 25 when his roommate alerted him that someone was stealing his truck radio.
(CharlotteObserver.com)