When President Barack Obama addressed the death of Trayvon Martin last year, he did so passionately, declaring that if he had a son, he would look like the teenager.

A juror in the trial of George Zimmerman said the actions of both he and Trayvon Martin led to the teenager’s fatal shooting - but the neighbourhood watch volunteer did not break the law.

Outrage over the acquittal of George Zimmerman over the shooting of an unarmed black teenager poured from street demonstrations and church pulpits as protesters called for justice for the victim.

US neighbourhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman publicly accused police of covering up the beating of a homeless black man by the son of a white officer more than a year before he shot unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, it emerged today.

George Zimmerman has been released from a Florida jail on $150,000 (€114,000) bond as he awaits trial for shooting Trayvon Martin.

The man charged with murdering black US teenager Trayvon Martin has had bail set at $150,000 (€114,000).

Prosecutors face steep hurdles to win a second-degree murder conviction against a neighbourhood watch volunteer charged in the shooting death of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, experts say.

The parents of a shot Florida teenager have accused police of leaking information about their son being suspended for marijuana and details about the fight in which he died that portrayed him as the aggressor.