The NAACP, the National Action Network and several other Civil Rights organizations are petitioning the DOJ to file Civil Rights Murder Charges against Trayvon Martin's Killer, George Zimmerman. Reverend Sharpton has also said Federal Hate Crime charges are being considered. Additionally, the Martin Family is considering filing a Civil Law Suit.Buzzfeed.com reports: The NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, saw a massive, instant response to a petition Saturday night urging the Department of Justice to open a civil rights case against George Zimmerman, who was cleared of all criminal charges in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
The petition gained more than 115,000 signatures in about three hours, NAACP spokesman Eric Wingerter told BuzzFeed.
The appeal asks Attorney General Eric Holder to “address the travesties of the tragic death of Trayvon Martin by acting today” and press civil rights charges against Zimmerman, who shot an unarmed Martin last February in what he said was an act of self-defense.
“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,” the petition reads.
“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,” the appeal goes on. “We ask that the Department of Justice file civil rights charges against Mr. Zimmerman for this egregious violation.”
The NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, posted the petition around 10:30 p.m., just a half an hour after the Florida jury reached its not-guilty verdict in the Zimmerman trial. Within the first hour of its publication online, the petition garnered 57,600 signatures, according to Wingerter.
In his own statement earlier Saturday evening, NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said the group was “outraged and heartbroken over today’s verdict.”
“We will pursue civil rights charges with the Department of Justice, we will continue to fight for the removal of Stand Your Ground laws in every state, and we will not rest until racial profiling in all its forms is outlawed,” Jealous said.
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NO PARENT SHOULD LIVE KNOWING YOUR CHILD GET KILL BY A FAT PIG LIKE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN. NO JUSTICE WAS SERVED SHAME ON THOSE SIX WOMEN. THEY ARE SNAKES. READ WHAT THE BIBLE SAID ABOUT SNAKES. THOSE 6 SNAKES WILL EAT DUST FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. SHAME ON THEM. NOT ONE SAID GUILTY. OUTRAGEOUS. THE BIBLE SAID WHOM EVER KILLED WITH A WEAPON. WILL DIE BY THE SAME WEAPON. HE GOT HIS GUN BAD. " REALLY". GOD IS GOOD. MY CHILDREN WENT TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL WITH THIS BOY I FELT PARALYZED. I COULD NOT EVEN GO TO WORK SUNDAY. " GO IS GREAT. TRAYVON REST IN PEACE." ZIMMERMAN IS NOT FREE. THEY BETTER PUT THE GPS BACK ON HIS UNCLE. THE HOOD WILL GET HIM. HIS BROTHER NEEDS TO SHUT UP ON CNN. " GOD IS GREAT" WE ARE ALL HUMAN NO MATTER WHAT COLOR OR YOUR ORIGIN. TRAYVON WAS UNARMED. MY TEARS CAN'T DRY. I AM MOTHER. I CAN'T BELIEVE THOSE SIX SNAKES. WHAT THEY DID. ZIMMERMAN BETTER STAY WITH HIS EYES OPEN. TRAYVON MARTIN IS A GHOST IN HIS LIFE. EVERY TURN HE MAKES TRAY WILL BE RIGHT ON HIS FACE.
JUDITH G.
NO PARENT SHOULD LIVE KNOWING YOUR CHILD GET KILL BY A FAT PIG LIKE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN. NO JUSTICE WAS SERVED SHAME ON THOSE SIX WOMEN. THEY ARE SNAKES. READ WHAT THE BIBLE SAID ABOUT SNAKES. THOSE 6 SNAKES WILL EAT DUST FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. SHAME ON THEM. NOT ONE SAID GUILTY. OUTRAGEOUS. THE BIBLE SAID WHOM EVER KILLED WITH A WEAPON. WILL DIE BY THE SAME WEAPON. HE GOT HIS GUN BAD. " REALLY". GOD IS GOOD. MY CHILDREN WENT TO THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL WITH THIS BOY I FELT PARALYZED. I COULD NOT EVEN GO TO WORK SUNDAY. " GO IS GREAT. TRAYVON REST IN PEACE." ZIMMERMAN IS NOT FREE. THEY BETTER PUT THE GPS BACK ON HIS UNCLE. THE HOOD WILL GET HIM. HIS BROTHER NEEDS TO SHUT UP ON CNN. " GOD IS GREAT" WE ARE ALL HUMAN NO MATTER WHAT COLOR OR YOUR ORIGIN. TRAYVON WAS UNARMED. MY TEARS CAN'T DRY. I AM MOTHER. I CAN'T BELIEVE THOSE SIX SNAKES. WHAT THEY DID. ZIMMERMAN BETTER STAY WITH HIS EYES OPEN. TRAYVON MARTIN IS A GHOST IN HIS LIFE. EVERY TURN HE MAKES TRAY WILL BE RIGHT ON HIS FACE.
JUDITH G.
I agree.
I wrote my latest post as a Grandmother -- I never want a George Zimmerman to racially profile by grandchildren.
Great!
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