Obama appeals for calm as protesters march in condemnation of verdict. Protests continued yesterday across the United States after George Zimmerman, the neighbourhood watch volunteer accused of murdering Trayvon Martin, an unarmed black teenager, was cleared of all charges against him. Authorities had asked the residents of Sanford, Florida, where the killing and subsequent trial took place, to keep the peace after hearing the verdict on Sunday in a case that has gripped the US. Yesterday the riots feared by the police failed to materialise, but peaceful protests had been reported as far...
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