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Nye Bevan

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Sun Jul 14, 2013, 09:35 AM Jul 2013

Should Eric Holder pursue federal civil rights charges against Zimmerman? [View all]

Attorney General Eric Holder faces a crucial decision on whether to press federal civil rights charges against George Zimmerman, after the neighborhood watchman was acquitted Saturday in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin.
The NAACP and other leading civil rights groups are pressing for Holder to open a federal case against Zimmerman, after he was found not guilty on second-degree murder and manslaughter charges by a Florida jury.

The public pressure leaves Holder, the nation’s first African-American attorney general, facing a difficult decision on a controversial case that has grabbed the nation’s attention and sparked renewed debate about racial profiling.
In a statement from NAACP President Ben Jealous, the civil rights group said they were “not done demanding justice for Trayvon Martin.”


http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/310843-holder-faces-big-decision-on-zimmerman#ixzz2Z1xDxO8E
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