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75-600: BYP100 was founded in 2013, and was motivated by the response to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in his trial for the killing of Trayvon Martin . Founding members include Charlene Carruthers . As of 2019, the group has chapters in Chicago, New York City, the District of Columbia , New Orleans , Detroit , Atlanta, Milwaukee, Durham, and Jackson. The group's origins begin with the Black Youth Project ,

150-467: A Marine . When Zimmerman was 15 years old, he held three part-time jobs on nights and weekends to save up for a car. Zimmerman graduated from Osbourn High School in 2001. According to the Seminole County voter records, Zimmerman registered as a Democrat in 2002. According to his brother Robert, Zimmerman voted for Barack Obama in the 2008 presidential election . Zimmerman later became

225-494: A filibuster against the bill and on October 3, 1983, submitted a 300-page document to the Senate alleging that King had associations with communists . Democratic New York Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan declared Helms' document a "packet of filth", threw it on the Senate floor, and stomped on it. President Ronald Reagan originally opposed the holiday, citing cost concerns. When asked to comment on Helms' accusations that King

300-423: A 15-year concurrent sentence for aggravated assault stemming from the same incident. In December 2013, Zimmerman began selling paintings he had made. His first painting, of an American flag, sold for $ 100,099.99 on eBay in late December. On the auction page for the painting, Zimmerman wrote: Everyone has been asking what I have been doing with myself. I found a creative way to express myself, my emotions, and

375-621: A Democrat, created a paid state MLK holiday in Arizona by executive order just before he left office, but in 1987, his Republican successor Evan Mecham , citing an attorney general's opinion that Babbitt's order was illegal, reversed Babbitt's decision days after taking office. Later that year, Mecham proclaimed the third Sunday in January to be "Martin Luther King Jr./Civil Rights Day" in Arizona, albeit as an unpaid holiday. This proposal

450-550: A bill in Congress to make King's birthday a national holiday. The bill first came to a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1979. It fell five votes short of the number needed for passage. Two of the main arguments mentioned by opponents were that a paid holiday for federal employees would be too expensive and that a holiday to honor a private citizen would be contrary to longstanding tradition (King had never held public office). Only two other figures have national holidays in

525-402: A claim of battery involving a female friend of Zimmerman, and was reviewing surveillance footage with the manager when Zimmerman began yelling at a waitress. According to the manager, this was one of several incidents started by Zimmerman, and that he wanted him removed for trespassing. The female employee told the police that she had attempted to collect the group's bill, before Zimmerman snatched

600-451: A critic of Obama. After graduating from high school, Zimmerman moved to Lake Mary, Florida , a suburb of Orlando , where he was employed by an insurance agency. Zimmerman took classes at night to obtain a license to sell insurance. It was during this time when he became friends with Lee Ann Benjamin, a real estate agent, and her husband John Donnelly, a Sanford attorney. Benjamin and Donnelly would both testify on his behalf at his trial in

675-433: A hate crime, Zimmerman said he felt free to speak his opinion "without fear of retaliation". Zimmerman criticized the government and President Obama . He believed Obama inflamed racial tensions. "He by far overstretched, overreached, even broke the law in certain aspects to where you have an innocent American being prosecuted by the federal government," Zimmerman said. According to Zimmerman's brother Robert Jr. in 2014, in

750-549: A joke. Martin Shkreli expressed genuine interest so that he could either destroy the firearm or place it in a museum. Moderators on the bidding sites caught additional scam actions. On May 20, Zimmerman said he had accepted a bid of $ 250,000 for the weapon. On November 11, 2016, it was reported that Zimmerman had been kicked out of a bar in Central Florida. A deputy had been called to the bar in order to investigate

825-412: A judge ruled Apperson would stand trial for second-degree attempted murder along with one count of aggravated assault and one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle. Apperson was convicted of attempted murder and aggravated assault with a firearm on September 16, 2016. On October 17, 2016, Apperson was sentenced to 20 years in prison on the charge of attempted second-degree murder. He was also given

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900-461: A letter saying that the photo in the original tweet was marked as "sensitive" and was blocked, so he retweeted it because of the text message without seeing the photo. In December 2015, Zimmerman tweeted two photos of a topless woman he claimed was his ex-girlfriend, and accused her of cheating and of the theft of his firearm and money. He included her phone number and e-mail address on his tweet. Less than two hours later, Zimmerman's Twitter account

975-515: A limited number of prints of a painting of the Confederate battle flag in conjunction with gun seller Andy Hallinan of Florida Gun Supply, in Inverness, Florida . Hallinan is known for saying that Muslims were not welcome at his store, and that it was "Muslim free". Michael Walsh of Yahoo! News observed, "Zimmerman's latest painting brings together three highly controversial topics with which

1050-507: A live broadcast , and wrote, "If Obama had a son..."; and another in which Zimmerman typed, in response to people who wanted him killed, that the United States understands "how it ended for the last moron that hit me" (in reference to Trayvon Martin ). In September 2015, Zimmerman retweeted a photo of Martin's slain body posted by another Twitter user, who had the caption: "Z-Man is a one man army". Several days later, Zimmerman posted

1125-603: A magistrate in Fairfax County 's 19th Judicial District. Zimmerman identifies as Hispanic on voter registration forms. Zimmerman's family was known for being devoutly religious. He was raised as a Catholic and served as an altar boy from age 7 to 17. Zimmerman attended All Saints Catholic School in Manassas before going to public high school. At age 14, Zimmerman joined an after-school Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program because he had wanted to become

1200-583: A petition to Congress to pass the law, termed by a 2006 article in The Nation as "the largest petition in favor of an issue in U.S. history". Senators Jesse Helms and John Porter East (both North Carolina Republicans ) led the opposition to the holiday and questioned whether King was important enough to receive such an honor. Helms criticized King's opposition to the Vietnam War and accused him of espousing "action-oriented Marxism ". Helms led

1275-416: A police officer and was taken to the hospital. Apperson maintained that Zimmerman was the aggressor and that Apperson acted in self-defense . Zimmerman also had a gun with him at the time of the incident, but Zimmerman's attorney said that "George absolutely denies having shown it, waved, displayed, pointed it." A Lake Mary police spokesperson stated that "the investigation has proven that George Zimmerman

1350-573: A project set up by black activist and feminist Cathy Cohen , a political scientist at the University of Chicago . Cohen created an online hub to study African American millennials with the goal of empowering them. In 2013, Cohen met Charlene Carruthers , then a youth activist in Chicago, and the group was created that summer. BYP100's membership is limited to those between 18 and 35. In Chicago, many are students, while "others are artists, poets, service workers, media makers, and musicians." Many of

1425-696: A restraining order against him, citing domestic violence as the cause. Zimmerman married Shellie Dean, a licensed cosmetologist , in 2007. Two years later, they rented a townhouse in the Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford, Florida . Zimmerman had previously been employed at a car dealership and a mortgage audit firm. Zimmerman enrolled in Seminole State College in 2009 and was working on an associate degree in criminal justice. In December 2011 he

1500-424: A statement stating that they wanted no part in the listing or any of the publicity related to it. Zimmerman reposted the firearm on another site, United Gun Group. Within minutes, the site went down because of the intense traffic prompted by the listing. As bidding proceeded, purported bidders began using fake names such as " Donald Trump " and " Tamir Rice " to place large bids on the weapon, which were interpreted as

1575-608: A sworn voluntary form, with Zimmerman then complaining about the officer and writing "I want to press charges. The narrative on the front is true and correct. Officer Nickell is an incompetent officer under qualified to flip burgers," and told the officer that he would sue the Seminole County Sheriff's office. On December 4, 2019, Zimmerman sued the Martin family and others involved in the trial for $ 100 million on grounds of false evidence and abuse of process. The suit

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1650-536: Is an American man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin , a 17-year-old African-American, in Sanford, Florida , on February 26, 2012. On July 13, 2013, he was acquitted of second-degree murder in Florida v. George Zimmerman . After his acquittal, Zimmerman was the target of a shooting. The perpetrator was convicted of attempted murder. George Michael Zimmerman was born on October 5, 1983, in Manassas, Virginia . He

1725-811: Is not a holiday in Canada. It is commemorated annually by the City of Toronto and City of Ottawa governments in Ontario and Montreal in Quebec. In 1984, during a visit by the U.S. Sixth Fleet , Navy chaplain Rabbi Arnold Resnicoff conducted the first Israeli presidential ceremony in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, held in the President's Residence , Jerusalem. Aura Herzog , wife of Israel's then-President Chaim Herzog , noted that she

1800-556: Is observed on the third Monday of January. The bill also established the "Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Holiday Commission" to oversee observance of the holiday, and Coretta Scott King , King's wife, was made a member of this commission for life by President George H. W. Bush in May 1989. Although the federal holiday honoring King was signed into law in 1983 and took effect three years later, not every U.S. state chose to observe

1875-595: Is the third of four children, and his siblings include a brother, Robert Jr., and two sisters, Grace and Dawn. His mother, Gladys Cristina ( née Mesa) Zimmerman, was born in Peru . His maternal great-grandfather was of Afro-Peruvian descent. His father, Robert Zimmerman Sr., is a U.S. Army veteran with a military career of 22 years, first as an Army sergeant and then 10 years at the Department of Defense . Before retiring to Florida in 2002, Zimmerman Sr. had served as

1950-610: The Village Voice , has referred to Zimmerman's artistic endeavors as constituting " murderabilia ". In late August 2015, controversy centering on Zimmerman arose when his Twitter profile picture of a Confederate flag "backed by an American flag" (in his words) became better-known. Frequently criticized posts of his from August included one in which Zimmerman called Obama an "ignorant baboon"; one in which he posted an image of Vester Lee Flanagan, an African-American former news reporter who shot and killed two ex-coworkers during

2025-549: The Associated Press and a Jacksonville, Florida photographer Rick Wilson demanded that Zimmerman halt the sale of one of his paintings because the news agency asserted it directly copied a photo owned by the AP. The photo and painting identically show Jacksonville-based prosecutor Angela Corey (whose office prosecuted Zimmerman for the shooting death of Martin) holding her thumb and fingers together. Zimmerman apparently made up

2100-647: The War on Drugs , requirements for police to wear body cameras , and the increase in the enforcement of existing civil rights laws. In December 2014, BYP100 members were among the organizers of a series of traffic disruption protests in Washington, D.C. , in support of protesters in Ferguson, Missouri . They worked closely with Chicago Black Lives Matter to defeat the reelection bid of Cook County State's Attorney Anita Alvarez , who had waited 13 months to prosecute

2175-404: The civil rights movement , too, was built with the strength of women and queer activists (think Ella Baker and Bayard Rustin ), not merely charismatic, heterosexual men. In September 2014, BYP100 released Agenda to Keep Us Safe , a policy document called for the " demilitarization " of law enforcement, the creation of civilian review boards to address accusations of police misconduct, an end to

2250-462: The January holiday at the state level until 1991, when the New Hampshire legislature created "Civil Rights Day" and abolished its April " Fast Day ". In 1999, New Hampshire became the last state to name a holiday after King, which they first celebrated in January 2000 – the first nationwide celebration of the day with this name. In 1986, Arizona Governor Bruce Babbitt ,

2325-530: The U.S. honoring them: George Washington and Christopher Columbus . Soon after, the King Center turned to support from the corporate community and the general public. The success of this strategy was cemented when musician Stevie Wonder released the single " Happy Birthday " to popularize the campaign in 1980 and hosted the Rally for Peace Press Conference in 1981. Six million signatures were collected for

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2400-474: The U.S., as designated by the government, is September 11 National Day of Service (9/11 Day). Cesar Chavez campaigned with him to call attention to the economic needs of farmworkers in the United States . Chavez used his speech on this day in 1990 to again call attention to the similarity between his campaign regarding pesticide issues and King's campaigns. He later was honored with the creation of Cesar Chavez Day in imitation of this holiday. The day

2475-579: The United States on October 9, 2013. It parodies World War Z and the George Zimmerman murder trials. In 2013, Public Policy Polling included Zimmerman as a potential Republican Party presidential candidate in an Alaska poll testing what person the state would support in the 2016 presidential election . Tom Jensen, director of Public Policy Polling, explained in an email that his firm had included Zimmerman because of his popularity among conservatives and curiosity as to "how he would do." In

2550-744: The bill, employees could choose between celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day or one of three Confederate holidays . While all states now observe the holiday, some did not name the day after King. For example, in New Hampshire, the holiday was known as "Civil Rights Day" until 1999, when the State Legislature voted to change the name of the holiday to Martin Luther King Day. Several additional states have chosen to combine commemorations of King's birthday with other observances: Overall, as of 2019, 45% of employers gave employees

2625-481: The case spread, thousands of protesters across the United States called for Zimmerman's arrest and a full investigation. Six weeks after the shooting, amid widespread, intense, and in some cases misleading media coverage , Zimmerman was charged with murder by a special prosecutor appointed by Governor Rick Scott . Zimmerman's trial began on June 10, 2013, in Sanford. On July 13, a jury acquitted Zimmerman of

2700-548: The charges of second degree murder and manslaughter. For three years, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigated Zimmerman on civil rights charges. In February 2015, the DOJ concluded there was not sufficient evidence that Zimmerman intentionally violated the civil rights of Martin, saying the Zimmerman case did not meet the "high standard" for a federal hate crime prosecution. After DOJ said it would not charge him with

2775-444: The charges were later dropped. On September 9, 2014, Zimmerman was named by police in a road rage incident in which another driver, later named by police as Matthew Apperson, claimed that Zimmerman followed and threatened him. Zimmerman later claimed in testimony that Apperson approached him over a rear tire leaking air, which Zimmerman was already aware of. He had explained this to Apperson before Apperson asked if Zimmerman knew he

2850-545: The credit card from her hand and began yelling at her. The deputies stated that before Zimmerman left, he told the manager "I didn't know you were a nigger lover." It was reported that Zimmerman's friends had also used racist slurs against other patrons. Zimmerman also claimed that Floyd L. Narcisse, a 38-year old black pastor, had hit him on the shoulder twice, although surveillance video and witness reports showed Narcisse tapping his shoulder in an attempt to speak with Zimmerman. The deputy then tried to get Zimmerman to fill out

2925-540: The day as part of the break. Some employers use MLK Day as a floating or movable holiday . The national "Martin Luther King, Jr., National Day of Service" was started by former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Harris Wofford and Atlanta Congressman John Lewis , who co-authored the King Holiday and Service Act. The federal legislation challenges Americans to transform the King Holiday into a day of citizen action volunteer service in honor of King. The federal legislation

3000-630: The day off. The reasons for not providing the day off have varied, ranging from the recent addition of the holiday to its occurrence just two weeks after the week between Christmas and New Year's Day , when many businesses are closed for part or all of it. The New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ both close for trading, and banks are generally closed. Additionally, many schools and places of higher education are closed for classes; others remain open but may hold seminars or celebrations of King's message. The observance of MLK Day has led to some colleges and universities extending their Christmas break to include

3075-520: The death of Martin. According to Donnelly, in 2004 Zimmerman and an African-American friend opened a satellite office of Allstate Insurance , which failed a year later. In July 2005, Zimmerman was arrested after allegedly assaulting an undercover police officer who was attempting to arrest a friend of his at a bar. The charges were dropped after Zimmerman agreed to enter an alcohol education program. A month later in August, Zimmerman's former fiancée filed

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3150-594: The disproportionate system-wide impact of slavery on black lives, among other measures." BYP100 receives funding from the MacArthur Foundation , Rudolf Steiner Foundation, and Borealis Philanthropy. It has overlapping membership with the Chicago-based black activist nonprofit Assata's Daughters , who credit BYP100 for "establishing the legitimacy of black only spaces." George Zimmerman George Michael Zimmerman (born October 5, 1983)

3225-758: The dream by slaying the dreamer, but – as the example of King's life shows – such people are always wrong. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is observed in the Japanese city of Hiroshima . In January 2005, Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba held a special banquet at the mayor's office as an act of unifying his city's call for peace with King's message of human rights. Every year since 1987, the Dr. Martin Luther King Tribute and Dinner has been held in Wassenaar , The Netherlands. The Tribute includes young people and veterans of

3300-420: The group's goals as organizing "against state violence directed at black youth." Cohen and Allen write: BYP100 promotes a leadership model at odds with the male charismatic leader made famous by Malcolm X and King . These activists also look to black feminism and "queer" political analysis , again focusing on multiple forms of marginalization, to guide their organization and campaigns. They underscore that

3375-634: The gun was "an American Firearm icon", attracted controversy. Zimmerman subsequently explained that the Justice Department had recently returned the weapon to him. He said that he had the right as owner to sell it. Zimmerman said the proceeds of the weapon would go to combating the violence against police officers by members of the Black Lives Matter movement as well as "ensure the demise of Angela Corey 's persecution career and Hillary Clinton's anti-firearm rhetoric". After selling

3450-433: The holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. Official observance in each state's law as well as federal law occurred in 2000. The idea of Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a holiday was promoted by labor unions in contract negotiations. After King's death, Representative John Conyers (a Democrat from Michigan ) and Senator Edward Brooke (a Republican from Massachusetts ) introduced

3525-534: The latest is January 21. The Monday observance is similar for those federal holidays which fall under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act . The campaign for a federal holiday in King's honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. President Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was first observed three years later on January 20, 1986. At first, some states resisted observing

3600-400: The list of paid state holidays, and Proposition 302, which merged Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays into one paid holiday to make room for MLK Day. Both measures failed to pass, with only 49% of voters approving Prop 302, the more popular of the two options; although some who voted "no" on 302 voted "yes" on Prop 301. Consequently, the state lost the chance to host Super Bowl XXVII, which

3675-492: The long term, they advocate the outright abolition of the police department and the prison system . Among their other goals: reparations, universal childcare, a higher minimum wage, the decriminalization of marijuana , and the repeal of other laws that disproportionately land black youths in the criminal justice system." Cohen, writing an op-ed in the Washington Post with political theorist Danielle Allen , described

3750-484: The meeting, Zimmerman claimed he witnessed "disgusting behavior" while participating in a ride-along program with local police; however, the police department said later that it did not know when, if ever, Zimmerman was in that program. On February 26, 2012, Zimmerman fatally shot 17-year-old African-American high school student Trayvon Martin in The Retreat at Twin Lakes community in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman

3825-506: The nation is dealing: the deaths of young black men, the Confederate battle flag and discrimination against American Muslims." Andrew Russeth of the New York Observer appraised Zimmerman's work as likened to paint by number . Jason Edward, a contributing editor at Art+Auction , referred to the paintings as "very primitive, the sort of thing an art critic wouldn't look at twice." Christian Viveros-Fauné , an art critic for

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3900-515: The organization launched their Black economic justice policy platform, the Agenda to Build Black Futures with a series of actions and events around the country under the banner of the hashtag #reclaimMLK. The group described the campaign as inspired by King's Poor People's Campaign . The platform called for "a workers' bill of rights, divesting from for-profit prisons, accountability and redress for predatory lending from banks, and reparations to address

3975-504: The organization's leaders and members are queer women. The organization's national co-director in 2019 described its focus on black, feminist, and queer issues as "radically inclusive and vigilant about bringing folks from the margins to the center." A profile in Chicago Magazine described the group as "decidedly radical," noting "In the short term, they want an elected group to replace the appointed Chicago Police Board, but in

4050-582: The police officer who murdered Laquan McDonald . In April 2015, BYP100 activists criticized D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser for detailing 34 Metropolitan Police Department officers to Maryland to assist in responding to civil disturbances in Baltimore in accordance with the Emergency Management Assistance Compact . The group called upon Bowser to recall the officers. On Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January 2016,

4125-528: The quote that he added to the painting: "I have this much respect for the American judicial system." The controversy was similar to that arising from the use of an AP photo by Shepard Fairey in his composition of the Barack Obama "Hope" poster . Led by attorney John Michael Phillips , the cease and desist halted the sale of this and other paintings by Zimmerman. In August 2015, Zimmerman began selling

4200-410: The survey, Zimmerman received 2% of support among Alaskans. Martin Luther King Jr. Day This is an accepted version of this page Campaigns Death and memorial Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. , and often referred to shorthand as MLK Day ) is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January each year. King

4275-410: The symbols that represent my experiences. My art work allows me to reflect, providing a therapeutic outlet, and allows me to remain indoors :-) I hope you enjoy owning this piece as much as I enjoyed creating it. Your friend, George Zimmerman. It was later reported that the American flag painting was copied without attribution from a stock image taken from Shutterstock . In January 2014,

4350-415: The trial. His weight was discussed by Fox News and similar media with speculation as to how it might affect the jury's perceptions. On July 17, 2013, four days after the trial verdict, Zimmerman and another man helped rescue a family of four from their vehicle after a single-car accident in Sanford. In 2013, Zimmerman's estranged wife called 911 to report that Zimmerman had assaulted her father and

4425-480: The weapon, Zimmerman said that he had chosen to sell it directly as a result of Clinton "stumping around for a false campaign for the Trayvon Martin Foundation" and accused her of lying about the events of the shooting. Though the auction was set to take place May 12, the weapon listing was removed before the auction was scheduled to begin. The original auction site, GunBroker.com , released

4500-427: The year following the trial, Zimmerman was both homeless and jobless. Robert Jr. said that, while he believed his brother's "state of mind" was better, Zimmerman was "a very traumatized person because he has had his liberty taken away from him". Between the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the trial, Zimmerman gained 100 to 125 pounds (45–57 kg) in about a 16-month period. He weighed over 300 pounds (136 kg) at

4575-537: Was "wrong for killing that little black boy". Zimmerman lost Apperson after the two stopped at a gas station and Zimmerman drove off. On May 11, 2015, Apperson shot at Zimmerman while the two were driving in separate cars on a street in Lake Mary. Zimmerman was grazed by glass and metal shards when the bullet broke through his passenger-side window and was stopped by the metal window frame, causing minor facial injuries from flying glass and debris. Zimmerman flagged down

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4650-712: Was 338–90 (242–4 in the House Democratic Caucus and 89–77 in the House Republican Conference ) with 5 members voting present or abstaining, while the final vote in the Senate on October 19, 1983, was 78–22 (41–4 in the Senate Democratic Caucus and 37–18 in the Senate Republican Conference ), both veto -proof margins. The holiday was observed for the first time on January 20, 1986. It

4725-450: Was a communist, the president said "We'll know in thirty-five years, won't we", referring to the eventual release of FBI surveillance tapes that had previously been sealed . But on November 2, 1983, Reagan signed a bill into law, proposed by Representative Katie Hall of Indiana, to create a federal holiday honoring King. The final vote in the House of Representatives on August 2, 1983,

4800-484: Was allowed to participate in a school graduation ceremony, although he was a course credit shy of his degree. He was completing that credit at the time of the shooting. Zimmerman was employed as an insurance underwriter. In early 2011, Zimmerman participated in a citizen forum at the Sanford City Hall to protest against the beating of a black homeless man by the son of a white Sanford police officer. During

4875-555: Was chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement , which protested racial discrimination in federal and state law and civil society. The movement led to several groundbreaking legislative reforms in the United States. Born in 1929, Martin Luther King ;Jr. 's actual birthday is January 15 (which in 1929 fell on a Tuesday). The earliest Monday for this holiday is January 15 and

4950-597: Was dismissed by a judge in February 2022, who found no evidence to support any of Zimmerman's claims. On February 18, 2020, Zimmerman filed a defamation lawsuit for $ 265 million against Pete Buttigieg and Elizabeth Warren . The suit was dismissed in February 2021, the judge said Zimmerman "failed to sufficiently allege an essential element of defamation." Zimmerman was satirized in the South Park episode " World War Zimmerman ", which premiered on Comedy Central in

5025-530: Was especially proud to host this special event, because Israel had a national forest in honor of King, and that Israel and King shared the idea of "dreams." Resnicoff continued this theme in his remarks during the ceremony, quoting the verse from Genesis, spoken by the brothers of Joseph when they saw their brother approach, "Behold the dreamer comes; let us slay him and throw him into the pit, and see what becomes of his dreams." Resnicoff noted that, from time immemorial, there have been those who thought they could kill

5100-503: Was not the shooter." On May 15, 2015, Apperson was jailed in Sanford, Florida with a bond of $ 35,000. While free on bond, Apperson was accused, convicted and jailed for disorderly conduct, which revoked his bond. Lake Mary PD "learned that Apperson has exhibited unusual behaviors in which he had recently been admitted to a mental institution. It appears that Apperson has a fixation on Zimmerman and has displayed some signs of paranoia, anxiety, and bipolar disorder." On September 22, 2015,

5175-627: Was rejected by the state Senate the following year. In 1990, Arizona voters were given the opportunity to vote on giving state employees a paid MLK holiday. That same year, the National Football League threatened to move Super Bowl XXVII , which was planned for Arizona in 1993, if the MLK holiday was voted down. In the November 1990 election, the voters were offered two King Day options: Proposition 301, which replaced Columbus Day on

5250-500: Was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 23, 1994. Since 1996, Wofford's former state office director, Todd Bernstein , has been directing the annual Greater Philadelphia King Day of Service, the largest event in the nation honoring King. Since 1994, the day of service has been coordinated nationally by AmeriCorps , a federal agency, which provides grants to organizations that coordinate service activities on MLK Day. The only other official national day of service in

5325-541: Was subsequently held at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California . In a 1992 referendum, the voters, this time given only one option for a paid King Day, approved state-level recognition of the holiday. On May 2, 2000, South Carolina governor Jim Hodges signed a bill to make King's birthday an official state holiday. South Carolina was the last state to recognize the day as a paid holiday for all state employees. Before

5400-438: Was subsequently taken into custody, treated for head injuries, and questioned for five hours. The police chief said that Zimmerman was released because there was no evidence to refute Zimmerman's claim of having acted in self-defense. Under Florida's stand-your-ground statute, the police were prohibited by law from making an arrest. The police chief said that Zimmerman had a right to defend himself with lethal force. As news of

5475-407: Was suspended by its administration, according to their policy against posting another person's private and confidential information, including e-mail addresses, phone numbers and familiar photos. Zimmerman's tweet included a statement against Muslims. On May 11, 2016, Zimmerman posted what was planned to be the auction of the firearm he used to shoot Martin. The post, in which Zimmerman wrote that

5550-642: Was the neighborhood watch coordinator in his gated community; Martin was temporarily staying there at the time. The Twin Lakes Neighborhood Watch program was not registered with the National Neighborhood Watch Program , but was administered by the local police department. Following an earlier call from Zimmerman, police arrived within two minutes of a gunshot during an altercation in which Zimmerman fatally shot Martin, who did not possess any weapons. Zimmerman

5625-421: Was threatening her with a gun. Zimmerman was not charged over the incident. In November of that same year, Zimmerman was charged with felony aggravated assault after he allegedly pointed a shotgun at his girlfriend during a domestic violence incident. The case was later dropped. In January 2015, Zimmerman was again charged with domestic assault after allegedly throwing a wine bottle at a different girlfriend. Again

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