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Benjamin Crump sworn in as National Bar Association president

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National civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump was sworn in as the 73rd president of the National Bar Association on Thursday. The 45-year-old FSU law school graduate is known for representing relatives of individuals whose rights were allegedly violated by police. The NBA, founded in 1925, calls itself the biggest and oldest voluntary professional membership organization for African-American attorneys and judges, with over 20,000 members. “My vision for the NBA this year is simple,” said Crump, as was first reported by…

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Shooter was fixated on George Zimmerman, police report says

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A Florida man charged with shooting at George Zimmerman last week had “a fixation” on the former neighborhood watch leader and had recently been admitted to a mental institution, according to a police report made public Tuesday. The Lake Mary Police Department report said that 36-year-old Matthew Apperson had shown signs of paranoia, anxiety and bipolar disorder. Apperson’s attorney, Mark NeJame, didn’t immediately respond to an email seeking comment. Zimmerman told officers he had been driving in the Orlando suburb…

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Man who shot at George Zimmerman charged

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A man who shot at George Zimmerman during a confrontation earlier this week along a busy central Florida road has been arrested. Matthew Apperson was charged on Friday with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and firing a missile into an occupied conveyance, Lake Mary police reported in a news release. Apperson turned himself in at the police department Friday evening. Zimmerman’s attorney, Don West, has said the former neighborhood watch volunteer had recently…

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Attorney: George Zimmerman not seriously hurt after shooting

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George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who has had a series of run-ins with girlfriends, his ex-wife and random strangers since killing an unarmed black teenager, narrowly missed getting shot Monday after a mysterious dispute. The dispute this time was with the same man that authorities said was involved in a road rage incident with Zimmerman last year. A bullet missed his head, spraying glass from the vehicle’s windshield, said his attorney, Don West. He said the bullet lodged somewhere…

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