Trayvon Martin: Protesters leave Sanford police department
Source: Orlando Sentinel
By Rene Stutzman and Bianca Prieto, Orlando Sentinel
3:15 p.m. EDT, April 9, 2012
The Trayvon Martin protesters who forced the temporary shutdown of the Sanford Police Department reached an agreement with city officials to hold a community forum ending today's five-hour demonstration.
Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte, Jr. agreed on an April 19 public forum to discuss concerns regarding the police investigation into the shooting of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon and his killer, George Zimmerman.
The demonstrators who were blocking access to the Police Department moved away from the doors after Bonaparte, protest leaders, and acting Police Chief Darren Scott reached the agreement.
Officials said the Police Department will open at 3:30 p.m.
Today's Police Department shutdown was the first result of the Dream Defenders' act of non-violent civil disobedience. The Dream Defenders are a coalition of college students from across Florida who have marched and protested against the handling of the case by police
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(86 posts)...much respect!!
independentpiney
(1,510 posts)that played an imortant role in the 1960's civil rights movement
April 6th: MARCH FOR THE DREAM: We will meet in Daytona, Fl, and like those students who helped lead the march from Selma to Montgomery we will march 3 days from Daytona, FL to Sanford, FL as we demand justice for Trayvon and an end to the Jim Crow system still alive in Florida.
April 9th: DEFEND THE DREAM: We will converge on Sanford, FL and engage in a campaign of non-violent civil disobedience. We encourage those who cannot make it to Sanford, to walk out, strike, sit-in and let those in power know that the people have risen to break apart the chains that have held down so many of us for so long.
The American Spring is upon us. With the Civil Rights movement as our compass, we must use every tool in our arsenal to destroy the good old boy institutions that perpetuate the destruction of our communities. Throughout history, young people have always been the agents of change. Our day is here. We must defend the dream, or it will die.
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(35,895 posts)Is that her real name?