Roland S. Martin's Blog, page 505

Gov. Rick Scott Announces Task Force On Stand Your Ground, Assigns New State Attorney To Trayvon Martin Case

Source: Tolu Olorunnipa / Miami Herald The state attorney handling the death case of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin has voluntarily stepped down from the case, Gov. Rick Scott announced Thursday evening. After speaking with Gov. Scott, State Attorney Norman Wolfinger voluntarily decided to step aside form the case to avoid "the appearance of conflict of interest," according to a release put [...]

Trayvon Martin Rally With Empowerment Movement, African American Clergy And Civil Rights Leaders

Trayvon Martin Rally with Empowerment Movement, African American Clergy and Civil Rights Leaders on Monday, March 26 at 4:00pm at Sanford City Hall in Florida WHO: African American Clergy and Civil Rights Leaders from around the country, Rev. Jesse Jackson, the NAACP, Central Florida Urban League, AME Ministerial Alliance, Students from Howard University, Bethune Cookman [...]

BISHOP T.D. JAKES: The Curious Case Of Trayvon Martin: Justice Miscarried and Other Crimes of Consciousness

Source: Bishop T.D. Jakes / The Huffington Post "He killed my son." Words no father should ever utter, and yet that these words hang in the atmosphere over Sanford, Fla., like humidity on a dank summer's eve; like an echo unanswered, demanding recompense. Tracey Martin's outcry at the killing of his 17-year-old son, Trayvon, armed [...]

Three Men Plead Guilty To Federal Hate Crimes In Mississippi Killing

Source: Scott Bronstein / CNN Three white Mississippi men pleaded guilty to federal hate crimes Thursday in connection with the 2011 beating death of an African-American man in Jackson, the Justice Department announced. Deryl Dedmon, John Aaron Rice and Dylan Butler each admitted to conspiracy and violating the 2009 federal hate-crimes law in last June's [...]

Whitney Houston's Cause Of Death Revealed By L.A. Coroner

Source: Ann Oldenburg / USA Today The Los Angeles County coroner's office has determined that Whitney Houston's official cause of death is listed as: "drowning and effects of atherosclerotic heart disease and cocaine use." The singer was found in the bathtub of her Beverly Hilton Hotel room on Feb. 11, hours before a pre-Grammy party. [...]

FAIR GAME: Gas, Pipelines, Politics And Mitt Romney The Etch-A-Sketch (VIDEO)

Roland Martin and Dr. Chris Metzler appear in the CNN Newsroom with anchor Kyra Phillips to discuss President Obama endorsing a section of the Keystone pipeline and if Mitt Romney is a political Etch-A-Sketch.

LIVE VIDEO: President Obama Speaks On An All-Of-The-Above Energy Strategy In Ohio

President Obama Speaks on American Energy Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

Sanford Police Chief Steps Down Temporarily Over Handling Of Trayvon Martin Case (VIDEO)

Sanford, Fla., officials discuss Trayvon Martin case

ROLAND MARTIN: Stand Your Ground Law Is Being Perverted In Trayvon Martin Case (VIDEO)

Roland Martin appears in the CNN Newsroom with anchor Carol Costello to discuss Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law and if the use of the law is being perverted.

WATCH: Citizens Of Sanford Recall Police Brutality In Their Community (VIDEO)

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Citizens of Sanford recall police brutality in their community.