Three years ago Thursday 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by then neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Just two days ago, the justice department decided not to prosecute Zimmerman on federal charges for a hate crime. Orlando Sentinel is columnist and editorial writer Darryl Owens reflects on the decision.
Nicole came to Central Florida to attend Rollins College and started working for Orlando’s ABC News Radio affiliate shortly after graduation. She joined Central Florida Public Media in 2010. As a field reporter, news anchor and radio show host in the City Beautiful, she has covered everything from local arts to national elections, from extraordinary hurricanes to historic space flights, from the people and procedures of Florida’s justice system to the changing face of the state’s economy.