It’s not over, said one of the most powerful men in America, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. He said now that a jury of his peers has found George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, it is time for the federal government to step in.
Appearing on Meet the Press this morning, Reid told host David Gregory the Justice Department will go after Zimmerman.
“And the president, does he have a role in speaking about it as he did after the shooting?” Gregory asked.
“Yeah, of course,” Reid responded. “And I think the Justice Department’s going to take a look at this. You know, this isn’t over with, and I think that’s good, that’s our system. It’s gotten better, not worse.”
Soon after the verdict was reached on Saturday night, the NAACP called on the Justice Department to persecute George Zimmerman for the inexcusable crime of self-defense. President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous sent out the following petition:
Attorney General Eric Holder,
The Department of Justice has closely monitored the State of Florida’s prosecution of the case against George Zimmerman in the Trayvon Martin murder since it began. Today, with the acquittal of George Zimmerman, it is time for the Department of Justice to act.
The most fundamental of civil rights — the right to life — was violated the night George Zimmerman stalked and then took the life of Trayvon Martin. We ask that the Department of Justice file civil rights charges against Mr. Zimmerman for this egregious violation.
Please address the travesties of the tragic death of Trayvon Martin by acting today.
Thank you.
Other “civil rights” organizations called for Zimmerman to be prosecuted. “We will be calling on the federal government to file criminal charges on the basis of civil rights violations,” said CD Witherspoon of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Baltimore. “This was done immediately after the Rodney King verdict, and should be done if justice is not rendered by the Florida courts.”
The NAACP has pledged to “fight for the removal of Stand Your Ground laws in every state” and make racial profiling a primary consideration in self-defense cases.
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