George Zimmerman not guilty in Trayvon Martin's death

After nearly 16 hours of deliberations over two days, a six-member jury - all women, five of them white – acquitted Zimmerman, the Neighborhood Watch volunteer charged with murdering Trayvon Martin in what became one of the most racially-charged criminal cases in the country.

Jurors found that 29-year-old Zimmerman acted in self-defense when he shot Trayvon, an unarmed black 17-year-old, on Feb. 26, 2012 as the two fought on the ground near Zimmerman's home...

Self defense vs. murder
Zimmerman shot Trayvon as the two fought on the ground near Zimmerman's Sanford home. Moments earlier the defendant had called police, describing Trayvon, a high school junior from Miami Gardens, as suspicious. It was raining; night was falling and Trayvon was standing in a neighbor's yard with the hood of his sweat shirt pulled up... The full story here

The not guilty verdict is pissing a lot of black folks off; Rihanna not left out. See their reactions on Twitter after the cut...