Drum roll, please, and keep it going. A verdict has been reached in the George Zimmerman trial after more than 16 hours of deliberations today, and the breaking news is a little bigger than the jury having ordered dinner.
There is a verdict! #zimmermantrial
— Dan Abrams (@danabrams) July 14, 2013
BREAKING: Jury has reached a verdict. Tune into CNN now. #Zimmerman
— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) July 14, 2013
Verdict reached
— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) July 14, 2013
Jury deliberated for 16 hrs 20 minutes
— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) July 14, 2013
BREAKING: Jury reaches a verdict in the George Zimmerman trial, according to the court's public information officer @PIOFLCourts18
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 14, 2013
The parents of #GeorgeZimmerman and the attorneys for the family of #TrayvonMartin are in the courtroom
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) July 14, 2013
Mood in court tense. Plain clothes detectives here along wi/Seminole County Sheriff Eslinger. Zimmerman family elbow to elbow in front of me
— bob kealing (@bobkealingwesh) July 14, 2013
George #Zimmerman awaits verdict, looks straight ahead in courtroom #wflatv
— Lauren Mayk (@Laurenjmayk) July 14, 2013
Screengrab: #GeorgeZimmerman in court, awaiting #ZimmermanTrial verdict. #TrayvonMartin pic.twitter.com/7S8D31ujKt
— Jeff Weiner (@JeffWeinerOS) July 14, 2013
Demonstrators hold signs up outside Seminole County courthouse in the moments before the verdict is read. #Zimmerman #Fox35
— Sonni Abatta (@SonniAbatta) July 14, 2013
The judge asks for no outburst during the reading of the verdict #ZimmermanTrial
— Nancy Grace (@NancyGraceHLN) July 14, 2013
The verdict: not guilty.
BREAKING: NOT GUILTY! #GeorgeZimmerman has been found not guilty for the shooting death of #TrayvonMartin. #Zimmermanon9
— Kathi Belich, WFTV (@KBelichWFTV) July 14, 2013
#GeorgeZimmerman NOT GUILTY of second-degree murder.
— Zimmerman Case (@zimmermancase) July 14, 2013
BREAKING: #GeorgeZImmerman is not guilty in #TrayvonMartin shooting, jury finds. #Zimmerman is a free man. #ZimmermanTrial is over.
— Jeff Weiner (@JeffWeinerOS) July 14, 2013
Judge: your bond will be released, your gps monitor cut off. No further business
— Stewart Moore (@Stewartmoore) July 14, 2013
Zimmerman's wife with tears in here eyes
— Josh Cascio Fox13 (@joshcascio) July 14, 2013
What the Fuck !!!!!!
— Big Boi (@BigBoi) July 14, 2013
#ZIMMERMAN #NOTGUILTY!! GOD GOT A GREATER PUNISHMENT 4 THIS FUCK BOY THAN THE COURT SYSTEM!! #Staytuned… WE WILL LIVE 2 SEE HIM PAY!!
— Busta Rhymes (@BustaRhymes) July 14, 2013
. We helpless .. Point blank them people's do what they want however, to whoever.
— Wale (@Wale) July 14, 2013
This is the saddest news ever!!! #whatsjustice #pray4theMartinFamily
— Rihanna (@rihanna) July 14, 2013
Not Guilty?? I'm done.
— ICE T (@FINALLEVEL) July 14, 2013
My heart hurts
— John Legend (@johnlegend) July 14, 2013
Wow
— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) July 14, 2013
I don't understand this. At ALL
— mia farrow (@MiaFarrow) July 14, 2013
Goddamit
— Christopher Hayes (@chrislhayes) July 14, 2013
So heartbroken right now! So sorry for the Martin family. A young black man's life means nothing. So very sad.
— Allison Samuels (@AllisonSamuels) July 14, 2013
Baseball on the right. Zimmerman "not guilty" on the left. Twitter will explode now. pic.twitter.com/eCk6WHtF2A
— Lance Walley (@lancewalley) July 14, 2013
George Zimmerman found not guilty all hell is about to break loose in Florida pic.twitter.com/I56a9YVdgi
— KmanDyy MonrOe (@kmandy_monroe) July 14, 2013
View from 5th floor of protest area outside courthouse. Heading there now. #zimmermantrial pic.twitter.com/EDtPKhHcXA
— Evan Benn (@EvanBenn) July 14, 2013
Screengrab: #GeorgeZImmerman attorney Mark O'Mara hugs #Zimmerman family & supporters in court. #ZimmermanTrial pic.twitter.com/5aEYXmkKNo
— Jeff Weiner (@JeffWeinerOS) July 14, 2013
Verdict means jurors embraced Zimmerman self-defense argument, rejected state theory that he was aggressor in fight with Trayvon Martin.
— Andrew Cohen (@JustADCohen) July 14, 2013
"This is not over" #zimmmerman pic.twitter.com/UYEDX1LwvB
— anne schindler (@schindy) July 14, 2013
"The whole system's guilty' #zimmerman pic.twitter.com/IWCCNMPvDo
— anne schindler (@schindy) July 14, 2013
Confrontation pic.twitter.com/0nttXzHqtR
— anne schindler (@schindy) July 14, 2013
"The system has failed us!" small crowd of demonstrators remains outside of #ZimmermanTrial courthouse @MiamiHerald pic.twitter.com/T9ZTWCtQbQ
— Evan Benn (@EvanBenn) July 14, 2013
BREAKING: "No justice, no peace," some people chant outside the court after Zimmerman found NOT GUILTY
— Alcides Segui FOX (@seguifox13) July 14, 2013
Crowd around courthouse really hasn't moved…a lot of stunned people standing around. #ZimmermanVerdict #notguilty
— Joe Gumm (@JoeCBT) July 14, 2013
Signs that this protest is winding down. #Zimmerman pic.twitter.com/pzWLJPMzYd
— anne schindler (@schindy) July 14, 2013
