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Trayvon Martin Cartoons

Outrage over the Trayvon Martin shooting is spreading as marchers took to the streets in New York City and Miami demanding the arrest of the shooter, neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Three weeks ago, the unarmed Martin was shot in a gated subdivision outside of Orlando by Zimmerman, who claimed self-defense under the “Stand Your Ground” law, which expands the right to claim self-defense beyond the home in Florida…

Jeff Parker / Florida Today (click to view more cartoons by Parker)

Our own Jeff Parker, the staff cartoonist for Florida Today, drew the cartoon above about the shooting and wrote on his blog:

“Armed with Florida’s flawed “stand your ground” laws, Zimmerman remains free as police, and now the feds, sift the facts concerning the killing of a “suspicious” teen armed only with iced tea and Skittles.”

Here are some of the cartoons that have come in about this tragic event…

Bill Day / Cagle Cartoons (click to view more cartoons by Day)
Jimmy Margulies / The Record (click to view more cartoons by Margulies)
Randall Enos / Cagle Cartoons (click to view more cartoons by Enos)
Dave Granlund / PoliticalCartoons.com (click to view more cartoons by Granlund)
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Afghanistan Shootings

The terrible shooting last weekend by an American soldier in Afghanistan, which killed 16 civilians, has revived the anti-war sentiment in the U.S. and revealed a deep level of criticism of the war by the American public.

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Rick McKee / Augusta Chronicle (click to view cartoon collection)

It’s hard to get a population to love you at gunpoint. We wanted to win their hearts and minds as we ushered in a new era of democracy in the Middle East, but the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem to only have allowed anti-American sentiment to grow. Even now, as leaders debate whether or not this shooting should be a rallying cry for the U.S. to pull out its troops, we really can’t speak to much this 10+ year war has accomplished.

Our stable of cartoonists certainly have their own opinions on our war in Afghanistan. Check them out in our new Afghanistan Shootings cartoon collection.

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Assad Stops Shooting

Assad Stops Shooting © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,Syria,Bashar Assad,civil war,blood,shooting,gun

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Congress Time Out

Congress Time-Out Color © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,Gabrielle Giffords,Gabby Giffords,Congress,Tuscon,Shooting,elephant,donkey,Democrat,Republican,boxing

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Stop Me VA Tech Shootings

Stop Me   VA Tech Shootings © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,Virginia Tech, shooting, killer, college, school shooting, kids, children, television, TV, media, Cho Seung-Hui, Cho Seung Hui

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NBC and the VT Killer Tapes

NBC and the VT Killer Tapes Color © Daryl Cagle,MSNBC.com,Virginia Tech, shooting, killer, college, school shooting, kids, children, television, TV, media, Cho Seung-Hui, Cho Seung Hui,NBC,MSNBC, peacock