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Police say up to 100 students who walked out of class Friday to protest the shooting death of Trayvon Martin ransacked a nearby Walgreens drug store. The North Miami Beach High students were walking peacefully before a group split off into the Walgreens at 163rd Street and 15th Avenue. Surveillance video shows the teens running through the aisles before a man identified as the school's vice principal orders them to leave the store.

CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) - 19 Action News has learned Cleveland Police have arrested and charged a man for the murder of a woman killed looking out her window. The suspect, Ab Tipton, was arrested in connection with the homicide of Elissa Hereford and has been charged with murder. He is scheduled to appear in court Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 8:30 in courtroom 3D.

For 20th Century Fox, the upcoming Ben Stiller comedy "Neighborhood Watch" just got a bit more serious. Following the tragic death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, the studio has pulled posters for the film and the teaser trailer from Florida theaters, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The teaser poster will get replaced nationwide with a new poster in the coming weeks. "We are very sensitive to the Trayvon Martin case, but our film is a broad alien-invasion comedy and bears absolutely no relation to the tragic events in Florida," a Fox spokesperson told THR.

The Daily Texan, a student newspaper at the University of Texas in Austin, pulled a controversial cartoon about the media coverage of the Trayvon Martin case on Tuesday. The cartoon critiques the media coverage of Martin's death, which has become a national episode. A woman reading to a child from a book labeled "Treyvon [sic] Martin and the Case of Yellow Journalism" says in a speech bubble "And then, the BIG BAD WHITE man killed the handsome, sweet, innocent colored boy." It ran in the March 27, 2012 edition of the DT.

The more Joe Oliver defends George Zimmerman with his ridiculous rational and “what the hell did this Negro say” quotes, the more we have to wonder if it was him, not Trayvon Martin (allegedly), who once experimented with the purple haze. Over the past few days, we’ve heard Oliver say that coon is not really a racial slur. Or, in his words, “matter of interpretation.” Then he suggests that Zimmerman is a victim, too. Oh, hell to tha naw!

Bill O'Reilly questioned the outrage against Trayvon Martin's shooter and whether the slain teenager was innocent on his Tuesday show. Martin was unarmed when he was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in February. His death and the failure of local police to investigate Zimmerman took the country by storm last week. Reports about Martin's school record have fueled more outrage, drawing criticism for distracting from the heart of the case.

WASHINGTON -- Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) was thrown off the House floor Wednesday after wearing a hoodie and sunglasses in protest of the Trayvon Martin shooting in Florida. "Racial profiling has to stop," Rush said as he peeled off his suit jacket to reveal a hoodie underneath, at which point he pulled the hood over his head and replaced his glasses with sunglasses. "Just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum."

Joe Oliver appeared on MSNBC's The Last Word on Tuesday night to defend his friend, George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old neighborhood watch member who admitted to killing Trayvon Martin. And things got very intense. "I'm stepping forward for George because this was not a racial incident," Oliver said. "I'm stepping forward for George because of how it has it ignited all the racial tensions that we've had here for years. I understand everything that everyone is out there marching about because I've experienced it myself. And I wouldn't put myself on the line like this if I didn't know in my heart that George Zimmerman was in a life-or-death struggle."

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Race and Justice: A National Conversation – Trayvon Martin Town Hall Meeting

Melanie Fiona dropped by the Rolling Stone studio to perform four songs from her latest album, The MF Life. After the set, Fiona told us about what it was like to collaborate with Cee Lo Green on their Grammy-winning duet “Fool for You” and her experience performing as part of a group with Drake as […]

Monday night Chaka Khan visited the Piers Morgan show on CNN to discuss the tragic unnecessary killing of Trayvon Martin. The soul legend debuted the brand new record and video for “Super Life,” the tribute song to Trayvon, featuring herself, Eric Benet, Kelly Price, V Bozeman, Luke James and more, including a slew of celebrity […]