Demonstrators rallied in their hundreds in dozens of cities across the US on Saturday to protest against the acquittal of a Florida man who shot dead unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin and to call for changes in self-defence laws. By Clare Murphy (video) News Wires (text) Protesters gathered in cities from Los Angeles to New York to press for federal civil rights charges against the former neighborhood watch leader acquitted in the death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin and to call for changes in the nation’s self-defense laws. The Florida case has become a flashpoint in separate but converging national debates over self-defense, guns, and race relations. George Zimmerman, who...
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