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发帖数: 8463 | 5 'Justice For Trayvon' Rallies Set For 100 Cities
'Justice For Trayvon' Rallies Set For 100 Cities
'Justice For Trayvon' Rallies Set For 100 Cities
'Justice For Trayvon' Rallies Set For 100 Cities
'Justice For Trayvon' Rallies Set For 100 Cities
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'Justice For Trayvon' Rallies Set For 100 Cities
By BILL BARROW 07/20/13 04:41 PM ET EDT AP
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ATLANTA — One week after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the
death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, people gathered for nationwide rallies
to press for changes to self-defense laws and for federal civil rights
charges against the former neighborhood watch leader.
The Florida case has become a flashpoint in separate but converging national
debates over self-defense, guns, and race relations. Zimmerman, who
successfully claimed that he was protecting himself when he shot Martin,
identifies himself as Hispanic. Martin was black.
"It's personal," said Cincinnati resident Chris Donegan, whose 11-year-old
son wore a black hoodie to the rally, as Martin did when he died. "Anybody
who is black with kids, Trayvon Martin became our son."
The Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network organized the "Justice for
Trayvon" rallies and vigils outside federal buildings in at least 101 cities
stood in the rain at the base of the federal courthouse, with traffic
blocked on surrounding downtown streets.
Chants rang out across the rallies. "Justice! Justice! Justice! ... Now! Now
! Now!" `'We won't forget." `'No justice! No peace!" Many also sang hymns,
prayed and held hands.
And plenty of participants carried signs: "Who's next?" "I am Trayvon Martin
." `'Enough Is Enough."
Most rallies began at noontime. In New York, hundreds of people – including
music superstars Jay-Z and Beyonce, as well as Martin's mother, Sybrina
Fulton – gathered in the heat.
Fulton told the crowd she was determined to fight for societal and legal
changes needed to ensure that black youths are no longer viewed with
suspicion because of their skin color.
"I promise you I'm going to work for your children as well," she said to the
rally crowd.
At a morning appearance at Sharpton's headquarters in Harlem, she implored
people to understand that the tragedy involved more than Martin alone. "
Today it was my son. Tomorrow it might be yours," she said.
In addition to pushing the Justice Department to investigate civil rights
charges against Zimmerman, Sharpton told supporters he wants to see a
rollback of stand-your-ground self-defense laws.
"We are trying to change laws so that this never, ever happens again,"
Sharpton said.
Stand-your-ground laws are on the books in more than 20 states, and they go
beyond many older, traditional self-defense statutes. In general, the laws
eliminate a person's duty to retreat in the face of a serious physical
threat.
Zimmerman relied on a traditional self-defense argument and didn't invoke
stand-your-ground, though the judge included a provision about it in
instructions allowing jurors to consider it as a legitimate defense. And
race wasn't discussed in front of the jury. But the two topics have
dominated public discourse about the case, and came up throughout Saturday's
rallies.
Part of Sharpton's comments echoed those made by President Barack Obama on
the case Friday. "Racial profiling is not as bad as segregation, but you don
't know the humiliation of being followed in a department store," Sharpton
said.
In Indianapolis, the Rev. Jeffrey Johnson told about 200 attendees that the
nationwide effort is about making life safer for young black men. Johnson
said young black men still are endangered by racial profiling, and he
compared Zimmerman's acquittal to that of four white officers in the beating
of black motorist Rodney King in 1992.
"The verdict freed George Zimmerman, but it condemned America more," said
Johnson, pastor of the Eastern Star Church in Indianapolis and a member of
the board of directors of the National Action Network.
In Miami, Tracy Martin spoke about his son.
"This could be any one of our children," he said. "Our mission now is to
make sure that this doesn't happen to your child."
He recalled how he vowed to Trayvon as he lay in his casket that he would
seek justice.
"I will continue to fight for Trayvon until the day I die," he said.
Shantescia Hill held a sign in Miami that read: "Every person deserves a
safe walk home." The 31-year-old mother, who is black, said, "I'm here
because our children can't even walk on the streets without fearing for
their lives."
In his remarks Friday, Obama said it's a reality for black men in American
to "be followed in a department store" while shopping or to walk down the
street and "hear the car doors lock." The nation's first black president
said he had both experiences before he rose to social and political
prominence.
At the New Orleans rally, La'Monte Johnson shared some of the same
experiences.
The California native said he's been stopped multiple times by police and
handcuffed "because I fit the description of someone they were looking for,"
though he noted charges were never filed against him.
"You can be the greatest black guy around, but you can't get away from it,"
he said. "You're not equal."
Attorney General Eric Holder announced this week that his department would
investigate whether Zimmerman could be charged under federal civil rights
laws. Such a case would require evidence that Zimmerman harbored racial
animosity against Martin. Most legal experts say that would be a difficult
charge to bring. Zimmerman's lawyers have said their client wasn't driven by
race, but by desire to protect his neighborhood.
Holder said the shooting demonstrates the need to re-examine stand-your-
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