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Thousands March for Trayvon Martin in Florida

HeadlineApr 02, 2012

Thousands of people marched in two major rallies in Florida this weekend to call for justice in the killing of the unarmed African-American teenager, Trayvon Martin. On Saturday, demonstrators marched in Sanford, where they heard from speakers including the civil rights leaders Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

Rev. Al Sharpton: “We are not going back to the days when we were killed and nobody did nothing about it. There will be justice for Trayvon Martin.”

Rev. Jesse Jackson: “Zimmerman will go to trial. That does not stop racial profiling and rising violence in our country. The same people who finance this law, this horrible law which incentivizes vigilantism, Stand Your Ground, the same folks who finance voter suppression, if they take our votes and take our lives, we will not let them take our dignity.”

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