The AP competes with Reuters in the U.S. and international news business.
In July 2013, a Florida jury acquitted Zimmerman of murdering 17-year-old Martin, a black Miami high school student, in a case that polarized the nation around issues of racial justice, self defense and gun control.
The painting shows Corey with her fingers and thumbs pressed together, along with the quote: “I have this much respect for the American judicial system.”
Neither of the Zimmerman brothers was immediately available for comment.
In 2011, the AP settled a lawsuit it brought against artist Shepard Fairey for using an AP photograph to create a red-and-blue poster of Barack Obama that came to symbolize his 2008 presidential campaign.
The news agency said it sent a cease-and-desist letter to Zimmerman’s former lawyer, Jayne Weintraub.
In December, bids for an original Zimmerman oil painting depicting a blue American flag sold for over $ 100,000 on the auction site eBay.
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