Zimmerman claimed during his bail hearing that he was financially indigent. June 12, — Shellie Zimmerman is arrested and charged with one count of perjury for lying under oath about the state of her finances during her husband's initial bail hearing.
June 21, — A trove of information including video re-enactments are released on GZlegalcase. Among them: "He took my head and slammed it against the concrete several times, and each time I thought my head was going to explode. July 5, — Judge Kenneth Lester once again gives Zimmerman bond. This means the state will not see the defense presentation of its evidence until the trial. May 23, — Zimmerman defense releases new photos taken from Trayvon Martin cell phone including a picture of what appears to be a marijuana plant and gun.
The controversial images are met with outrage by the Martin family and others who claim they are meant to tarnish the reputation of Martin and are irrelevant to the case. We'll notify you here with news about. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Comments 0. Top Stories. Southwest employee hospitalized after being punched by passenger: Police 1 hour ago. ABC News Live. She provides details about the jury's deliberations July 17, George Zimmerman helps rescue several people from an overturned vehicle in Sanford.
July 19, President Obama speaks about the trial and race relations in America in a twenty-minute speech at the White House. September 9, Police respond to a call from Zimmerman's estranged wife after Zimmerman allegedly threatens her and her father and punches her father in the face. Zimmerman's wife decides not to press charges. November 18, Zimmerman's girlfriend calls police after he points a shotgun at her and damages some of her belongings.
Zimmerman is charged with aggravated assault with a weapon, domestic violence battery, and criminal mischief. Three weeks later, Zimmerman's girlfriend asks that charges against him be dropped.
September 9, Zimmerman allegedly threatens to kill a driver during a road rage incident in Lake Mary, Florida. The incident is reported to police, but the other driver declines to press charges. October 2, According to numerous reports, Justice Department officials decide not to bring federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman for the Martin killing, citing insufficient evidence to support the charges.
February 14, The Justice Department closes its investigation into the Trayvon Martin killing without filing any charges. To Top. George Michael Zimmerman is born in Manassas, Virginia.
Florida enacts a "Stand Your Ground" law which permits the use of deadly force when someone reasonably feels at risk of serious injury in a confrontation. Following a series of burglaries, thefts, and a single shooting, Twin Lakes residents hold an organizational meeting to form a neighborhood watch program.
Trayvon Martin travels to Sanford with his father to visit his father's fiancee at her townhouse in the Retreat at Twin Lakes. In the evening, Trayvon Martin walks to a neighborhood Zimmerman performs a videotaped reenactment of the incident for police Police arrive at the condo of Tracy Martin's fiancee and Martin identifies photographs of his dead son. A family medical practice that examined Zimmerman after the shooting send investigators a medical report detailing the injuries sustained by Zimmerman Sanford's Police Chief Bill Lee turns the investigation of the case over to the Florida State Attorney's office for review, saying at the time there was not enough evidence to arrest Zimmerman.
Sanford PD Detective Chris Serino sends a capias request to the state's attorney recommending charges of negligent manslaughter against Zimmerman.
Serino tells the Orlando Sentinel that Zimmerman's account was not contradicted by his investigation and that "the decedent was the primary aggressor in the whole event.
State attorney Norm Wolfinger announces that a grand jury will be convened to investigate the death of Martin. President Obama makes his first public comments on the Martin shooting, saying "If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon Martin.
One month after the shooting, rallies take place around the country demanding justice for Trayvon Martin's death. Police interview Rachel Jeantel, Martin's girlfriend, who was on the phone with Martin shortly before he was shot. Zimmerman launches a website to raise funds for his defense. Prosecutor Angela Corey announces that she will not present the case to a grand jury.
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder. Zimmerman is released on bail and enters a plea of "not guilty. The trial date was set by judge Debra Nelson in a Florida court, but the court noted that there are still several unresolved matters to complete.
As such the start of the trial may be pushed back further. Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the shooting of year-old Martin in February — an incident that led to protests across the US and put state gun laws and race relations in America under a spotlight. Martin was killed as he walked back to the home of his father's girlfriend in Sanford, Florida, after a trip to a convenience store.
After trailing the youth, whom Zimmerman claimed was acting suspiciously, the pair engaged in a fight during which Martin was fatally shot.
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