Civil-Rights Leaders call on Justice Department to Act

As Trayvon Martin supporters marched and rallied, prayed and protested the acquittal of George Zimmerman, the nation’s civil-rights leaders worked to define the next steps in a case stubbornly entrenched, for many, at the messy crossroads of race and criminal justice.

In the hours after Zimmerman was found not guilty by a six-member jury in the shooting death of Trayvon, civil-rights organizations quickly shifted the focus from a Seminole County courthouse in Central Florida to the U.S. Department of Justice, calling on the federal government to take action.

Source: MiamiHerald