AMERICANS TURN OUT NATIONWIDE TO PROTEST THE VERDICT IN THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN MURDER TRIAL IN FLORIDA…. AND THAT INCLUDES ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS. THE FORMER NEIGHBORHOOD WATCHMAN WAS ACQUITTED ON 2ND DEGREE MURDER CHARGES IN THE SHOOTING DEATH OF 17 YEAR OLD TRAYVON MARTIN, WHO WAS NOT ARMED.
ABOUT 200 ALBUQUERQUE RESIDENTS GATHERED ON CIVIC PLAZA DOWNTOWN SUNDAY …. MANY HOLDING SIGNS CALLING FOR JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON MARTIN … OTHERS PROTESTING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE ALBUQUERQUE NAACP SAYS THE VERDICT SENDS A CHILLING MESSAGE TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY.
