memeorandum: No arrests in Oakland vandalism (San Francisco Chronicle)

1:55 PM ET, July 14, 2013

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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

Holder faces big decision on DOJ charges against Zimmerman — Attorney General Eric Holder faces a crucial decision on whether to press federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, after the neighborhood watchman was acquitted Saturday in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.

Discussion: Reuters, Politico, americanthinker.com and Jammie Wearing Fools

The Atlantic Online:

On The Killing Of Trayvon Martin By George Zimmerman — I interrupt your regularly scheduled programming to offer some thoughts on the verdict of innocent for George Zimmerman: — 1.) Last year—after Zimmerman was arrested—I wrote something hoping that he would be convicted.

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Salon, Sense of Events and Brad DeLong

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:

Reid on Zimmerman: 'This isn't over with' — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Sunday urged the Justice Department to review federal charges against George Zimmerman who was acquitted in Sanford, Fla., of murder and manslaughter in the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin.

Discussion: Politico, The Hinterland Gazette and Weasel Zippers

Andrew Cohen / The Atlantic Online:

Law and Justice and George Zimmerman — The exoneration of Travyon Martin's killer is a stark reminder of the limitations of our judicial systems and the choices we make about the laws under which we live. — In the next few hours and days you'll likely be inundated with analysis …

Discussion: americanthinker.com, Yahoo! News, Booman Tribune, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Washington Post

Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:

Zimmerman Is Acquitted in Trayvon Martin Killing — SANFORD, Fla. — George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, igniting a national debate on racial profiling and civil rights, was found not guilty late Saturday night of second-degree murder.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Orlando Sentinel, Hit & Run, AMERICAblog, Right Wing News, Outside the Beltway, The Week, Mashable and JustOneMinute

Greg Botelho / CNN:

George Zimmerman found not guilty of murder in Trayvon Martin's death — Photos: Zimmerman trial in death of Trayvon Martin — (CNN) — George Zimmerman is not guilty of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, a Florida jury decided late Saturday. — The fact that Zimmerman fired …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, No More Mister Nice Blog, Scared Monkeys, Mediaite, U.S. News, Bangor Daily News, BREITBART.COM, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, his vorpal sword, Taylor Marsh, ImmigrationProf Blog, The Hill, The Other McCain and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

San Francisco Chronicle:

No arrests in Oakland vandalism — (07-14) 08:02 PDT OAKLAND — Protesters marched through the streets of San Francisco and Oakland on Saturday evening, upset at the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting of Trayvon Martin in Florida. — In San Francisco, demonstrators marched through …

Discussion: Associated Press, protein wisdom, Twitchy, ABC News, Scared Monkeys, msnbc.com, americanthinker.com and Weasel Zippers

Roger L Simon / PJ Media:

Obama Big Loser in Zimmerman Trial — Forget the over-zealous prosecutors and the repellent state attorney Angela Corey (who should be immediately disbarred or, my wife said sarcastically, elevated to director of Homeland Security) and even the unfortunate Trayvon Martin family …

Discussion: The Huffington Post and NewsBusters

Michael Martinez / CNN:
Zimmerman a free man, but may be a marked man

Discussion: Israel Matzav, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, PoliticusUSA and The Huffington Post

Kevin Liptak / CNN:
NAACP talking to Justice Department about Zimmerman case

Discussion: BuzzFeed

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Zimmerman found not guilty in shooting death of Trayvon Martin

Discussion: Politico, The PJ Tatler and The Hill

Jason Marks / WAVY-TV:
NAACP president asked to step down

Discussion: The PJ Tatler, The Hinterland Gazette, The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers

U.S. News:
Jury finds George Zimmerman not guilty

Discussion: The Reaction, The Huffington Post and Chicago Tribune

Seni Tienabeso / ABC News:
George Zimmerman Verdict: Not Guilty

Discussion: BREITBART.COM, Los Angeles Times, Mediaite and The Moderate Voice

Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Zimmerman found not guilty in killing of Trayvon Martin

Discussion: USA Today and Scared Monkeys

USA Today:
Zimmerman jury has question about manslaughter charge

Discussion: Mediaite and Jezebel

Richard Brooks / The Sunday Times:

Whodunnit? JK Rowling's secret life as wizard crime writer revealed — JK Rowling says she found writing a crime novel under a male pseudonym to be a ‘liberating experience’ (Mike Marsland) — JK ROWLING has secured another literary coup by writing an acclaimed detective novel in the guise of a first-time author.

Discussion: BBC, BuzzFeed, Guardian, The Verge and The Raw Story

Cord Jefferson / Gawker:

The Zimmerman Jury Told Young Black Men What We Already Knew — Tonight a Florida man's acquittal for hunting and killing a black teenager who was armed with only a bag of candy serves as a Rorschach test for the American public. For conservatives, it's a triumph of permissive gun laws …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

David Leonhardt / New York Times:

Why Abortion Is Not Like Other Issues — WASHINGTON — IT'S no secret that the Republican Party differs with public opinion on some of the day's biggest issues. Be it on gun control, immigration, same-sex marriage or high-end taxes, the party has advocated a position at odds with the beliefs of most Americans, polls show.

Discussion: Politico

CNN:

Illinois governor jabs Perry's ‘favorite subject’ — (CNN) - Roommates can be the worst. — Take it from Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn, who on Sunday relayed his experience bunking with Gov. Rick Perry of Texas. — “There's quite a difference between Rick Perry and I,” Quinn, a Democrat …

Discussion: Politico