Rallies seeking justice for slain teen
Trayvon Martin have been planned for 100 cities across the U.S. today, and
Jay Z and
Beyoncé arrived at the New York City rally.
George Zimmerman was acquitted on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges in the shooting death of the unarmed teenager last week, and the rallies were organized by Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network to push for civil rights charges to be filed against Zimmerman.
Gathering outside federal court buildings and police headquarters on Saturday, civil rights campaigners called on prosecutors to bring hate crime charges against George Zimmerman, the neighbourhood watch captain who fatally shot the 17-year-old in Florida on his way home.
Civil rights veteran the Rev Al Sharpton told the New York rally: "
Racial profiling is not as bad as segregation, but you don't know the humiliation of being followed in a department store."
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| Rev. Al Sharpton |
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I'd never heard of Sanford," he added, referring to the town where Martin, who was unarmed, was shot dead by Zimmerman after an altercation. "But I heard too many times of stories where people are killed and treated like they are worthless, and it was a sense of justice that we said that this man should not be let go."
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| Trayvon Martin's mother Sybrina Fulton and son Jahvaris Fulton |
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| Tracy Martin, father of Trayvon Martin |
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| Rev. Jesse Jackson |
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