Zimmerman Not Guilty
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Demonstrators in Oakland, Calif., left, break windows, burn flags after George Zimmerman was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in Feb. 2012 shooting of Trayvon Martin, but mostly peaceful protesters took to streets in Florida, Washington.
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Angry civil rights groups on Sunday were pressing for new criminal charges following George Zimmerman's acquittal on second-degree murder and manslaughter in a Florida courtroom.
The NAACP website featured an online petition -- also posted on the liberal site MoveOn.org -- asking the Justice Department to bring federal charges against Zimmerman in the February 2012 fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin.
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Reid on Zimmerman: This isn't over![AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left AllSides Media Bias Rating: Lean Left](https://www.allsides.com/sites/default/files/bias-leaning-left.png)
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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Sunday that while he accepts the verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot Trayvon Martin, Florida should reexamine its stand-your-ground law.
"I support this system," the Nevada Democrat said on NBC's "Meet The Press." "Now, I may feel differently, but I wasn't sitting as a juror, a prosecutor or a defense attorney.
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