A Florida jury has found George Zimmerman not guilty in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin—a 17-year-old African-American whose only crime was walking through a white neighborhood wearing a hoodie. The jury did not even find him guilty of manslaughter. While it did not play a role in this case, we will see more such injustices in the future as long as Florida has a "stand your ground" law on the books. Sign our petition to the Florida Legislature, demanding they repeal their “stand your ground” law immediately.

When old guard Cuban Americans in Congress were forced to accept that Beyonce and Jay-Z had visited Cuba legally, their response was to get the House Appropriations Committee to change the law and stop everyone from going on the same kind of licensed people to people trip. Members of the House and Senate and the President must hear from us. We need to tell them to reject the exile politics of a shrinking minority who are afraid of Americans seeing Cuba for themselves. The President should now treat all of us the same way he did Cuban Americans, universities and religious organizations four years ago by authorizing a general (no application needed) license for all purposeful non-tourist travel. Only sun and sand holidays separated from average Cubans should be precluded. That way we can all enjoy the same opportunity as Beyonce and Jay-Z, but at a lower cost, staying in privately owned bed and breakfasts and self-selected hotels, using public transportation and rental cars, organizing our own programs or joining meaningful group trips. Also important is that all US travel agents and tour operators must be free to book flights, hotels and programs for legally authorized travelers instead of the near monopoly currently held by 250 licensed Travel Service Providers. [Note: Cuban American travel and remittances will be crippled by this legislation. Text and analysis here: http://cubapeopletopeople.blogspot.com/2013/07/legislation-aims-to-destroy-people-to.html]

George Zimmerman had his day in court and he won. Stop the government from trying him for civil rights violations.

Trayvon Martin case, Stand Your Ground and Self-Defense laws. The case of The People v. George Zimmerman has demonstrated a hole in the Justice system and the Laws of the state of Florida (or any State where self-defense is an absolute) which allow an unwarranted escalation of violence by claiming self-defense. Florida law does not consider the inappropriate use of deadly force in self-defense cases and therefore implies that any response claimed as self-defense is not only warranted, but justified unless self-defense can be disproved.

In 2014, Chicago's 150 Tax Increment Financing districts extracted $426 million in property taxes. At the end of 2012 there was $1.4 billion left in TIF accounts. The Mayor has closed schools, cut back mass transit service, closed public health clinics and is poised to privatize Midway Airport. We can't be broke if we are stockpiling property taxes in order to give them to such major corporations as Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Target, United Airlines, Coca Cola, UPS, Wilis Insurance, Home Depot and The Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Empty the TIF bank accounts and send that money to the units of local government (Chicago Public Schools, Chicago park District, etc.) that SHOULD HAVE received those property tax dollars in the first place. NO PROPERTY TAX INCREASE UNTIL TIFs HAVE BEEN FROZEN AND AUDITED. RELEASE THE TIF FUNDS BEING HELD IN ALL TIF ACCOUNTS.

Trayvon is dead, no matter how his character was, he was still a child that acted out as any normal teenager going through puberty ( like ME). The person responsible for his death needs to take the consequences for his actions of taking Trayvons life. Dont be a coward now!...Zimmerman is a racist looking for trouble, check back in the past of all his call ins, about black young boys hanging outside. He is sad......if i run a light i get a ticket...if u are in security, there are many places in the body that u can shoot & not kill. (Its a sin to kill- so,do whats right in Gods eyes!)

My grandson Terry has been in the Georgia's prison since 2004 for being in a car with someone who committed a crime. Sentenced to 25 years, no murder involved, I feel the crime does not match the time. It's time to free Terry!

The Department of Justice continues its lynching of this man

Save our young black men and all young men. Let's give them more hope that our Justice system can do the Right thing.

Our children are under attack by adult strangers who feel safe stalking children because there is no law against it. We need a Trayvon Martin law that would make it a federal offense for an adult stranger to stalk a child under 18 years of age. Only adult people the child is familiar with—parents, law enforcement, teachers, relatives, and people with official business or parental permission—should be able to legally pursue a child. 1. If a stranger frightens a child to the point that they run away or hide, the stranger should have to retreat. 2. A stranger with a concealed weapon should never be able to follow a child 3. A strange that follows a child and the child attempts to defend themselves, the stranger cannot plead self-defense Nuestros niños son acechados por adultos desconocidos que se sienten seguros acechar niños porque no existe una ley en su contra. Necesitamos una ley Trayvon Martin que haga que sea un Delito Federal que un adulto desconocido aceche a un niño menor de 18 años de edad. Solamente personas adultos que el niño conoce - Padres, cuerpos policiales, maestros, parientes y personas con asuntos oficiales o con permiso de padres - podrían legalmente perseguir a un niño. 1. Si un desconocido asusta al niño hasta el punto de hacerlo correr o esconderse, el desconocido tendrá que alejarse. 2. Un desconocido con un arma oculta, no debe en ningún momento seguir a un niño 3. Un desconocido que persigue a un niño y luego el niño intenta de defenderse, el desconocido no puede declarar la defensa propia.

At stake: our water, our land, our air

My family was targeted for a creative eviction because The John Stewart Company didn't want to add me to my wife's lease after fulfilling the requirements.