14. Jack Cashill, “Trayvon, George, and the Homeless Man,” American Thinker, May 31, 2013, http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/05/trayvon_george_and_the_home-less_man.html.

  15. Dan Barry et al., “Race, Tragedy and Outrage Collide after a Shot in Florida,” New York Times, April 1, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/us/trayvon-martin-shooting-prompts-a-review-of-ideals.html?_r=5&hp=&pagewanted=all&&pagewanted.

  16. George Zimmerman, MySpace pages (page 8 of 12), accessed May 2, 2012, on http://www.clickorlando.com/blob/view/-/15490330/data/1/-/kligxm/-/Zimmerman-documents.pdf, 224.

  17. Rene Stutzman, “Shellie and George Zimmerman: Family finances were a problem,” Orlando Sentinel, June 13, 2012, http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-06-13/news/os-shellie-zimmerman-profile-20120613_1_therealgeorgezimmerman-com-family-finances-george-zimmerman.

  18. Barry et al., “Race, Tragedy and Outrage Collide after a Shot in Florida.”

  19. Mark and Sondra Osterman, Defending Our Friend: The Most Hated Man in America (Mustang OK: Tate, 2013), 24.

  20. Rene Stutzman, “Zimmerman’s family: George handed out fliers, protesting police coddling of white suspect,” Orlando Sentinel, April 5, 2012, http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-04-05/news/os-george-zimmerman-fliers-20120405_1_sherman-ware-justin-collison-robert-zimmerman.

  21. Letter from Zimmerman family member to Turner Clayton of the NAACP, March 26, 2012, http://www.gzdocs.com/documents/0513/discovery_3/naacp_letter.pdf.

  22. Frances Robles, “Friends, lawyers wage campaign for Zimmerman in Trayvon Martin shooting,” Miami Herald, April 7, 2012, http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/crime-law/friends-lawyers-wage-campaign-for-zimmerman-in-tra/nN2yb/.

  23. Osterman and Osterman, Defending Our Friend, 20.

  24. Name redacted, FBI interview, April 3, 2012. http://www.clickorlando.com/blob/view/-/15490330/data/1/-/kligxm/-/Zimmerman-documents.pdf.

  25. Quoted by Nandi in “Family of Florida boy killed by Neighborhood Watch seeks arrest” (accessed August 13, 2013) at http://www.blackvisions.org/Boards/index.php?topic=10541.135;wap2.

  26. “George Zimmerman’s Exclusive Full Interview with Sean Hannity,” July 18, 2012, posted on YouTube on July 19, 2012, by ThePhantomNetwork, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaua8aAUpOs.

  27. Chris Francescani, “George Zimmerman: Prelude to a shooting,” Reuters, April 25, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/25/us-usa-florida-shooting-zimmerman-idUSBRE83O18H20120425.

  28. Bob Zimmerman, in an interview with the author, in Sanford, Florida, June 17, 2013.

  29. Richard Pérez-Peña, “Survivor Recounts Horror of Attack in Newark Schoolyard,” New York Times, April 29, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/30/nyregion/30newark.html?_r=0.

  30. Steven Malanga, “The Rainbow Coalition Evaporates,” City Journal, Winter 2008, http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_1_blacks_and_immigration.html.

  31. David Horowitz, Radical Son (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997), 246–48.

  32. Janet Murguía, “A Complete Investigation Is Vital for Justice in Trayvon Martin Case,” Huffington Post, March 22, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janet-murguia/trayvon-martins-death-rem_b_1371407.html?ref=latino-voice.

  33. Caroline May, “Latino organizations dismiss George Zimmerman, question his ethnicity,” Daily Caller, March 29, 2012, http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/29/latino-organizations-dismiss-george-zimmerman-question-his-ethnicity/.

  CHAPTER 5: MANAGING THE HYSTERIA

  1. “Poynter’s News University, Journalism’s E-Learning Leader, Registers Its 250,000th User,” posted April 15, 2013, on the Poynter. About Us webpage, under “About Poynter and Poynter News University,” http://about.poynter.org/about-us/press-room/poynter%E2%80%99s-news-university-journalism%E2%80%99s-e-learning-leader-registers-its-250000th-.

  2. Andrew Beaujon, “CBS credits Mark Strassmann with breaking Trayvon Martin story,” Poynter website, April 17, 2012, http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/mediawire/170572/cbs-credits-atlanta-correspondent-mark-strassmann-with-breaking-trayvon-martin-story/.

  3. Brian Stelter, “In Slain Teenager’s Case, a Long Route to National Attention,” New York Times, March 25, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/26/business/media/for-martins-case-a-long-route-to-national-attention.html?pagewanted=all.

  4. Andrew Beaujon, “CBS credits Mark Strassmann.”

  5. Daralene Jones, “Lawsuit Filed in Neighborhood Watch Shooting,” ABC Eyewitness News 9, March 9, 2012, http://abcnews.go.com/US/video/lawsuit-filed-neighborhood-watch-shooting-15888368.

  6. Ibid.

  7. Christian Yazdanpanah, “How Marketers Brought George Zimmerman to Jail,” Relationship Era, April 13, 2012, http://www.relationshipera.com/how-marketers-brought-george-zimmerman-to-jail/.

  8. Ryan Julison, Julison Communications Facebook page, accessed July 15, 2013, https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=378039282214609&id=282453708439557.

  9. Yunji de Nies, “Orlando Watch Shooting Probe Reveals Questionable Police Conduct” ABC News Atlanta, March 13, 2012, http://abcnews.go.com/US/neighborhood-watch-shooting-trayvon-martin-probe-reveals-questionable/story?id=15907136#.UeWWS-43FUud.

  CHAPTER 6: MANNING THE GATES

  1. Chris Francescani, “George Zimmerman: Prelude to a shooting,” Reuters, April 25, 2012, http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/25/us-usa-florida-shooting-zimmerman-idUSBRE83O18H20120425?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter&dlvrit=60573.

  2. Mark and Sondra Osterman, Defending Our Friend: The Most Hated Man in America (Mustang OK: Tate, 2013), 11–12.

  3. Lane DeGregory, “Trayvon Martin’s killing shatters safety within Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford,” Tampa Bay Times, March 24, 2012, http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/trayvon-martins-killing-shatters-safety-within-retreat-at-twin-lakes-in/1221799.

  4. Ibid.

  5. SA Matthew R. Oliver, “Federal Bureau of Investigation Report,” Orlando, FL, May 2, 2012, http://www.gzdocs.com/documents/1112/discovery9/sa_oliver_taaffee.pdf.

  6. “Sanford Crime Rate Report (Florida),” City Rating, http://www.cityrating.com/crime-statistics/florida/sanford.html#.UeWceo3FUud.

  7. Oliver, “Federal Bureau of Investigation Report.”

  8. SA John M. Weyrauch and SA Johnny Lavender, “Federal Bureau of Investigation Report,” Sanford, FL, April 5, 2012, http://www.gzdocs.com/documents/1112/discovery9/sa_weyrauch_w47.pdf.

  9. SA James Majeski and SA John M. Weyrauch, “Federal Bureau of Investigation Report,” Maitland, FL (telephonic), April 9, 2012, http://www.gzdocs.com/documents/1112/discovery9/sa_majeski_w46.pdf.

  10. Dale Crosby, “Florida Department of Law Enforcement Investigative Report,” March 19, 2012, http://www.clickorlando.com/blob/view/-/15490330/data/1/-/kligxm/-/Zimmerman-documents.pdf.

  11. George Zimmerman, e-mail to Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee on September 18, 2011, http://www.gzdocs.com/documents/0513/defense_discovery/general/2011-09-20_triplettj_email_re-dorivalw.pdf.

  12. Dan Barry et al., “Race, Tragedy and Outrage Collide after a Shot in Florida,” New York Times, April 1, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/02/us/trayvon-martin-shooting-prompts-a-review-of-ideals.html?_r=4&hp=&pagewanted=all&.

  13. DeGregory, “Trayvon Martin’s killing shatters safety within Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford.”

  14. “Retreat at Twin Lakes News,” February 12, 2012, https://twitter.com/RTL_News/status/168735685455519745

  15. George Zimmerman, e-mail, February 7, 2012, 2012. http://www.gzdocs.com/documents/0513/discovery_3/feb_7_email.pdf.

  16. George Zimmerman, e-mail, February 20, 2012, http://www.gzdocs.com/documents/0513/discovery_3/feb_20_email.pdf.

  17. Dale Gilbreath, State Attorney’s Office, Investigative Division, memorandum re: Witness Interview – Mead, April 2, 2012, http://www.clickorlando.com/blob/view/-/15490330/data/1/-/kligxm/-/Zimmerman-documents.pdf, 11.

  18. Oliver, “Federal Bureau of Investigation Report.”

  19. Andrew Cohen, “Trayvon Martin’s Killer Was Looking for Trouble—and Found It,” The Atlantic, March 21, 2012, http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/03/trayvon-martins-killer-was-looking-for-trouble-and-found-it/254815/.

  20. Dan Gross, “‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Promote Vigilante Mentality,” US News & World Report, Debate Club (blog), March 28, 2012, http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/are-stand-your-ground-laws-a-good-idea/stand-your-ground-laws-promote-vigilante-mentality.

  CHAPTER 7: WASHING ONE’S HANDS

  1. “Trayvon Martin Case Moves to State Attorney’s Office,” Wesh.com Orlando, March 13, 2012, www.wesh.com/trayvon-martin-extended-coverage/Trayvon-Martin-Case-Moves-To-State-Attorney-s-Office/-/14266478/13118970/-/view/print/-/5845d2z/-/index.html.

  2. Elizabeth C. Alexander and Matthew R. Oliver, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Chris Serino, FBI Report, March 3, 2012, http://www.talkleft.com/zimm/serinofbireporthigh.pdf. 2.

  3. Amy Pavuk and Jeff Weiner, “Jose Baez representing Sanford officer in George Zimmerman case,” Orlando Sentinel, November 20, 2012, articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-11-20/news/os-george-zimmerman-jose-baez-officer-20121120_1_jose-baez-george-zimmerman-case-trayvon-martin.

  4. Stanford Police Department Offense Report No. 201250001136, Event No. 20120571671, 2/26/12, http://www.axiomamnesia.com/TrayvonMartinFiles/Trayvon-Martin-George-Zimmerman-FULL-case-report-documents.pdf.

  5. “Rep. Frederica Wilson: Trayvon hunted down like a rabid dog, shot in the street and racially profiled,” The Right Scoop (blog), March 28, 2012, http://therightscoop.com/rep-frederica-wilson-trayvon-hunted-down-like-a-rabid-dog-shot-in-the-street-and-racially-profiled/.

  6. Rene Stutzman, “Trayvon Martin shooting case goes to State Attorney’s Office today,” Orlando Sentinel, March 13, 2012, http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-03-13/news/os-trayvon-martin-shooting-case-20120312_1_patrol-car-gated-community-police-department.

  7. Bianca Prieto, “Police turn over Travyon Martin shooting case to State Attorney,” Orlando Sentinel, March 13, 2012, http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-trayvon-martin-shooting-state-attorney-20120313,0,6200217.story.

  8. Tom Wolfe, Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1970).

  9. Rebecca Dana, “ABC’s Gulf Hunks,” Sexy Beast (Daily Beast blog), July 13, 2010, http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/07/13/bps-gulf-oil-spill-the-hunks.html.

  10. Wikipedia, s.v. “Journalist’s Creed,” accessed August 13, 2013, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journalist’s_Creed.

  11. John Nolte, “ABC News Correspondent: Trayvon Shot ‘Because He Was Black’,” Breitbart, April 3, 2012, http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2012/04/03/ABC-News-Trayvon-Shot-Because-Black.

  12. Matt Gutman, “Trayvon Martin Neighborhood Watch Shooting: 911 Tapes Send Mom Crying from Room,” ABC News, March 16, 2012, http://abcnews.go.com/US/treyvon-martin-neighborhood-watch-shooting-911-tapes-send/story?id=15937881#.UecG043FUud.

  13. Ibid.

  14. Witness #6, in an interview with Sanford Police on February 26, 2012; audio posted on the Axiom Amnesia blog, http://trayvon.axiomamnesia.com/people/witnesses/witness-6-files-trayvon-martin-george-zimmerman-case/.

  15. Witness #13, in an interview with Sanford Police on February 26, 2012; audio posted on the Axiom Amnesia blog, http://trayvon.axiomamnesia.com/people/witnesses/witness-13-files-trayvon-martin-george-zimmerman-case/.

  16. “Trayvon Martin shot and killed in neighborhood altercation,” Fox 35 News, February 27, 2012, http://www.myfoxorlando.com/story/17374352/trayvon-martin-shot-and-killed-in-neighborhood-altercation.

  17. “Witness #5 (Mary Cutcher) Files: Trayvon Martin /George Zimmerman Case,” Axiom Amnesia, accessed August 13, 2013, http://trayvon.axiomamnesia.com/people/witnesses/witness-5-files-trayvon-martin-george-zimmerman-case/.

  18. Ibid.

  19. See Sundance, “Pass #3—Stone Turnin’—‘Flip Them Stones and Watch Em Scatter,’” The Last Refuge (Conservative Treehouse blog), June 23, 2013, http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2013/06/23/pass-3-stone-turnin-flip-them-stones-and-watch-em-scatter/.

  20. Matt Gutman and Seni Tienabeso via Good Morning America, “Trayvon Martin Killing: 911 Tape Reveals Possible Racial Slur by Neighborhood Watchman,” ABC News, March 20, 2012, http://abcnews.go.com/US/neighborhood-watch-killing-911-tape-reveals-racial-slur/story?id=15966309.

  21. Lizette Alvarez, “Justice Department Investigation Is Sought in Florida Teenager’s Shooting Death,” New York Times, March 16, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/us/justice-department-investigation-is-sought-in-florida-teenagers-shooting-death.html?_r=2&.

  22. Lizette Alvarez, “City Criticizes Police Chief after Shooting,” New York Times, March 22, 2012, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/us/police-chief-draws-fire-in-trayvon-martin-shooting.html?_r=0

  23. Robert Zimmerman, Florida v. Zimmerman: Uncovering the Malicious Prosecution of My Son, George (Seattle: Amazon Digital Services, 2013), 44.

  CHAPTER 8: HOGGING THE STAGE

  1. Politics Nation with Al Sharpton, transcript, March 19, 2012, http://www.talkleft.com/zimm/sharptonmar19b.pdf.

  2. James Barron, “Cuomo Won’t Remove Abrams in Brawley Case,” New York Times, February 23, 1988, http://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/23/nyregion/cuomo-won-t-remove-abrams-in-brawley-case.html.

  3. Ibid.

  4. William Saletan, Ben Jacobs, and Avi Zenilman, “The Worst of Al Sharpton,” Slate, September 8, 2003, http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/ballot_box/2003/09/the_worst_of_al_sharpton.html.

  5. Politics Nation, transcript, March 19, 2012.

  6. Ibid.

  7. Trymaine Lee, “Trayvon Martin Case: 911 Audio Released of Teen Shot by Neighborhood Watch Captain,” Huffington Post, March 16, 2012, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/16/trayvon-martin-911-audio-_n_1354909.html.

  8. Florida Department of Law Enforcement, March 19, 2012, interview with Bob Zimmerman by Investigator Jim Merck, http://trayvon.axiomamnesia.com/people/witnesses/audio-interviews-statements-george-zimmermans-father/.

  9. “Key evidence revealed in Martin shooting,” May 18, 2012, http://www.today.com/video/today/47473516.

  10. Bob Zimmerman, interview with author in Sanford, Florida, June 17, 2013.

  11. Dr. Drew On Call, “Zimmerman’s brother speaks to Dr. Drew,” HLN TV, June 24, 2013, http://www.hlntv.com/video/2013/06/20/goerge-zimmermans-brother-speaks-dr-drew.

  12. “Statement by the NBPA in Response to the Death of Trayvon Martin” NBPA Press Release, March 23, 2012, http://www.nbpa.org/press-release/nbpa-press-release-march-23-2012.

  13. John Perazzo, “The New Black Panthers’ Bounty on George Zimmerman,” Front Page Magazine, March 29, 2012, http://frontpagemag.com/2012/john-perazzo/trayvon-martin-and-collective-racial-guilt/.

  14. AP News, “Black militia group wants to arrest Trayvon Martin shooter,” reprinted on the website of MSNBC’s The Grio, March 19, 2012, http://thegrio.com/2012/03/19/black-militia-group-wants-to-arrest-trayvon-martin-shooter/.

  15. Ralph Parekh, “McCann Staffer Behind Million-Hoodie March to Protest Trayvon Martin Slaying,” Ad Age, March 23, 2012, http://adage.com/article/agency-news/mccann-staffer-million-hoodie-march/233694/.

  16. Crimesider staff, “‘Million Hoodie March’ held in NYC in memory of Trayvon Martin,” CBS News, March 22, 2012, http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57402318-504083/million-hoodie-march-held-in-nyc-in-memory-of-trayvon-martin/.

  CHAPTER 9: CHASING THE TRUTH

  1. Ytz4mee, phone interview by author, February 26, 2013.

  2. Sundance, “Look, I’m as concerned at Trayvon Martin’s shooting as anyone, but “A Million Hoodie March”? Really? C’mon . . . ,” The Last Refuge (blog), March 23, 2012, http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2012/03/23/look-im-as-concerned-at-trayvon-martins-shooting-as-anyone-but-a-million-hoodie-march-really-cmon/.

  3. Ytz4m33, in ibid., comment posted March 23, 2012.

  4. The reference is to Bianca Prieto and Robert Nolin, “Tensions still simmer in Trayvon Martin shooting case,” Orlando Sentinel, March 17, 2012.

  5. barnslayer, commenting on Sundance, “Look, I’m as concerned at Trayvon Martin’s shooting as anyone,” March 23, 2012.

  6. Patriot Dreamer, on ibid., March 23, 2012, in reference to the article at http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/os-trayvon-martin-shooting-zimmerman-letter-20120315,0,1716605.story.

  7. Stuart Taylor and KC Johnson, Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case, Nook version (New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2008), 119–22.

  8. Meet the Press, September 6, 2009, available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUf1H77jQXI.

  9. “Van Jones,” DiscoverTheNetworks.org, http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2406.

  10. Aaron Klein, “Van Jones: ‘Resist’ against Police,” WND, September 4, 2009, http://www.wnd.com/2009/09/108900/.

  11. Meet the Press, September 6, 2009.

  12. Sharon, in phone interview with author, February 28, 2013.

  13. DiWataman, in phone interview with author, March 12, 2013.

  14. Sundance, in phone interview with author, February 20, 2013.

  15. Robert Zimmerman, Florida v. Zimmerman: Uncovering the Malicious Prosecution of My Son, George (Seattle: Amazon Digital Services, 2013), 30.

  16. Mark and Sondra Osterman, Defending Our Friend: the Most Hated Man in America (Mustang, OK: Tate, 2013), 39.

  CHAPTER 10: RUNNING OF THE BULLS

  1. Al Sharpton at a rally in Sanford, Florida, March 22, 2012, as reported on MSN-BC’s blog The Last Word, www.nbcnews.com/id/45755883/ns/msnbc-the_last_word/vp/46830071#46830071.

  2. Invitation, Democrats Abroad Belgium, http://myemail.constantcontact.com/DAB-and-LABM-present--A-dinner-debate-with-Reverend-Jesse-Jackson--19-March-2012.html?soid=1108816220780&aid=TtmouT_M0Ok.