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struggle4progress

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Thu May 12, 2016, 01:26 PM May 2016

Online auction apparently halted for gun used to kill Trayvon Martin

FREIDA FRISARO, Associated Press
Updated: May 12, 2016 - 1:04 PM

MIAMI (AP) — An online auction appears to have been halted for the pistol that former Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman used to kill unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.

The weapon was removed from the GunBroker.com website Thursday, minutes after the auction was to begin. It was not immediately clear why the website took down the listing ...

The auction for the 9 mm Kel-Tec PF-9 pistol was to begin at 11 a.m. EDT Thursday and end 24 hours later. The website operators did not immediately respond to phone and email messages seeking comment.

The auction listing had said a portion of the proceeds would go toward fighting what Zimmerman calls violence by the Black Lives Matter movement against law enforcement officers, combatting anti-gun rhetoric of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and ending the career of state attorney Angela Corey, who led Zimmerman's prosecution ...


http://www.wsoctv.com/news/pistol-used-in-trayvon-martin-shooting-to-be-auctioned/277632461

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Online auction apparently halted for gun used to kill Trayvon Martin (Original Post) struggle4progress May 2016 OP
Another vile little man shut down WhiteTara May 2016 #1
Only a sick racist, would think of such a macabre stunt. nt procon May 2016 #2
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