100 cities to hold protests against Zimmerman acquittal
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Civil rights leaders said Tuesday they planned to hold protests in 100 U.S. cities this weekend to press the federal government to bring charges against George Zimmerman.
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Protesters take to streets to show their disappointment with the verdict of George Zimmerman. |
A Florida state jury last Saturday announced Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman, not guilty of his killing of African American teenager Trayvon Martin.
He shot dead 17-year-old Martin, who was unarmed, on the night of Feb 26, 2012.
The verdict sparked a race debate and varying sizes of protests across the country.
"People all across the country will gather to show that we are not having a two- or three-day anger fit. This is a social movement for justice," Rev. Al Sharpton, President of the National Action Network (NAN), said as he announced the plan outside the Justice Department in Washington, D.C.
Protests will be held in front of federal court buildings at noon Saturday in cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and New York.
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