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George Zimmerman trial cost public $902,000

The high-profile murder trial ended with an acquittal.

By Rene Stutzman, Orlando Sentinel
7:16 p.m. EDT, August 21, 2013

SANFORD — The five-week trial of Neighborhood Watch volunteer George Zimmerman — which ended in his acquittal in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin — cost the public at least $902,000.

The biggest outlay came from the Seminole County Sheriff's Office, which spent $425,000 providing security, planning and logistics during the trial.

No. 2 was the city of Sanford, which spent an enormous sum on police overtime, a decision that pushed spending to about $183,000.

Queer feminism: White supremacy, colonialism, contributed to Trayvon Martin killing, says prof
By Katherine Timpf
on Aug 22, 2013 at 10:20 AM

Capitalism and white supremacy both played roles in the killing of Trayvon Martin, a public university professor said last Thursday.

Dr. Erica R. Meiners, a professor in the Gender and Women’s Studies Department at Northeastern Illinois University, made the remarks while speaking on a panel of self-described “queer feminist scholars.”

“[T]he web of interconnected histories and contexts that made it possible for George Zimmerman to shoot Trayvon Martin and walk away cannot be separated from white supremacy, colonialism, heteromasculinity, and capitalism,” said Meiners.

“These killing threads shape the world we inhabit,” she added.

An article published in the Windy City Times, titled “Event looks at Trayvon Martin case through queer, feminist eyes,” pointed out that all of the panelists were “queer and feminist scholars.”

But event organizer and founding director of Project NIA, Mariame Kaba , told Campus Reform on Wednesday that the fact that all the panelists were queer feminist scholars was a coincidence.

The panel titled “Transformative Justice and The Trayvon Martin Case: A Consideration," was held at Jane Adams Hull-House in Chicago and was intended to discuss “whether the criminal legal system is the ‘best’ way to seek accountability for harm has been ongoing for several years,” according to an event invitation published on ChicagoPride.com

The other panelists were Traci Schlesinger, associate professor of sociology at DePaul University, and Beth Richie, a professor of criminal justice and gender and women's studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Kaba told Campus Reform that a diverse crowd attended the event, including professionals and young people.

Meiners did not respond to requests for comment from Campus Reform.

H/T CTH.... again
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I was torn between posting this here, or in the Daily Daft Posts thread

...more at link
http://www.campusreform.org/blog/?ID=5012