After Zimmerman verdict, rallies set across U.S.

After Zimmerman verdict, rallies set across U.S.

Verena Dobnik
Associated Press
July 14, 2013

NEW YORK -- From New York to California, demonstrators outraged over the verdict in George Zimmerman's murder trial took to the streets and to church pulpits Sunday to speak out against his acquittal and to demand federal charges on civil rights violations.

Protests were planned later Sunday in Boston, Detroit, Baltimore, San Francisco and other cities over the Florida case, which unleashed a national debate over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice. At least one protest in California hours after the verdict late Saturday ended with vandalism.

Organizers in Minneapolis have planned a rally for Monday evening. Minnesota Neighborhoods Organizing for Change asks supporters to participate in the event #HoodiesUp for Trayvon at 6 p.m. at the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis. "Come to express your sorrow, your rage, and your continuing demand for justice for Trayvon and beyond," the group's Facebook page said.

In Manhattan, congregants at Middle Collegiate Church were encouraged to wear hooded sweatshirts in the memory of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager who was wearing a hoodie the night he was shot to death in February 2012.

The Rev. Jacqueline Lewis, wearing a pink hoodie, urged peace and told her congregation that Martin Luther King Jr. "would have wanted us to conduct ourselves on the highest plane of dignity."

But, she added, "we're going to raise our voices against the root causes of this kind of
tragedy."

At a youth service in Sanford, Fla., where the trial was held, teens wearing shirts displaying Martin's picture wiped away tears during a sermon at the St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church.

Hours after the verdict, demonstrators gathered on U Street in Washington, D.C., chanting, "No justice, no peace." One protester carried a sign that read, "Stop criminalizing black men."

In Florida, about 200 demonstrators marched through downtown Tallahassee carrying signs that said "Racism is Not Dead" and "Who's Next?"

In Chicago, black clergy members called for calm, with the Rev. Ira Acree of Greater St. John Bible Church saying the community should become "a united voice for peace" because it can't control the verdict but it "can control our streets and communities."

Civil rights leaders, including the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, have urged peace. Jackson said the legal system "failed justice," but violence isn't the answer.

But not all the protesters heeded the leaders' call.

In Oakland, Calif., some angry demonstrators broke windows, burned U.S. flags and started street fires. Some marchers also vandalized a police squad car and used spray paint to scrawl anti-police graffiti on roads and on Alameda County's Davidson courthouse.

In Oakland, Calif., some angry demonstrators broke windows, burned U.S. flags and started street fires. Some marchers also vandalized a police squad car and used spray paint to scrawl anti-police graffiti on roads and on Alameda County's Davidson courthouse.

Reminds of how violent the Tea Party is. 



This is hardly surprising though. A lot of them are just looking for a reason to riot. I saw one twitter post a week ago where the woman was already planning on what stores she was going to loot.

Funny thing.... I don't remember whites rioting after OJ got off for killing a white woman. I don't remember whites rioting when blacks attacked and almost beat to death Reginald Denny in the Rodney King riots.

The leftists along with the liberal media are the real criminals here because they choose to hide the real issue. Every year, there are a few hundred homicides that indicate the victim as black and the convicted killer as White/Asian/Hispanic. But year after year, there are over 4000+ homicide cases in which both the victim and the killer are black. Where is the wall to wall national coverage on all of those cases? Where are the "prominent" black leaders when blacks are killing blacks daily in every major city of this country at a record pace?

This is nothing but looking for an excuse to run wild.

I have nothing add here... you've covered well Tex.

Yeah, same here I didn't have anything else to add, you covered all bases.

And I'm a racist for even saying what I did. 

Black conservative Larry Elder (who also follows me on twitter lol) wrote this article, guess he's racist too haha

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/04/19/five_myths_of_the_racist_criminal_justice_system_113894.html