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'Justice For Trayvon' Rallies Gather In 100 Cities

One week after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, people began to gather for rallies scheduled nationwide. Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, spoke to a New York City crowd. Al Sharpton led the crowd in a chant of "I am Trayvon Martin!" and "No justice, no peace!" before challenging people to protest stand-your-ground laws and demanding that U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. pursue a civil rights case against Zimmerman because, Sharpton said, "Trayvon Martin had the civil right to go home that day."

he told a crowd of about 400. "Any time a young man goes to the store to buy some Skittles and some ice tea and then he is followed, he is profiled, he is murdered — that is wrong."

joining thousands of others who gathered for more than an hour to protest George Zimmerman’s acquittal this month in the slaying of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
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