maybe this is one for the entire country. from your mouth to god s ears. thank you, guys. we appreciate it. it s been nearly 2 hours since the zimmerman verdict was announced. this evening the community continues to gather in support of trayvon martin this. rally took place about an hour ago at a park in sanford, florida, blocks from where the verdict was read late last night. watching over the crowd was sanford police chief sees why it smith who says everything has been peaceful. it s a great opportunity for people to express themselves. that s important. regardless how you feel about the verdict or how the case has gone, if you re going to do something you do so in a peaceful manner. this town has been outstanding remaining peaceful. many of the demonstrations in florida and across the nation have remained peaceful. many in sanford, florida, community took solace in church that. includes relatives of trayvon
i applaud her. i commend her faith in god. she is still trusting god amid the trial. reporter: sybrina told him to tell the congregation she wants them to trust in god, as well. that message of faith was the overriding theme and it was faith trayvon s aunt says that got them through. that s why we are able to stand here and speak because we know that somehow or some way god is going to, everything is going to be taken care of. reporter: pastor jackson says the people of this community can be proud the way they carried themselves in the wake of the verdict. several members of the church expressed to us if you thought that this community was going to erupt in violence because of the outcome, then that in and of itself was stereotyping. the leaders in our community talked about it. we dealt with it. you didn t see it. i don t think you re going to see it. you need to stop putting people
in boxes. reporter: there were feelings of hurt, sadness, disappointment amongst the congregation. anger, too. but the bottom line, church members say, everyone now must move on. that was cnn s john zarrella reporting. trayvon martin s parents have not been seen in public since the verdict was announced. many believe the george zimmerman verdict shows there is a deep divide regarding race relations in this country. it might be a surprise to know george zimmerman s defense team included an african-american woman. wait till you hear the question she asked before she agreed to join the defense team. vo: getting your car serviced at meineke, smart.
prosecutors spoke to reporters, and as you might expect, they had two very different reactions to the jury s decision. george zimmerman was never guilty of anything except protecting himself in self-defense. i m glad the jury saw it that way. i hope that everyone who thinks, particularly those who doubted george irenes and doubted his background, now understand that the jury knew everything they knew was enough to find him not guilty. i am disappointed, but we accept it. we live in a great country that has a great criminal justice system. it is not perfect but it is the best in the world. we respect the jury s verdict. president barack obama adding his voice to the discussion. he said, we should ask ourselves if we are doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities. we should ask if we are doing all we can to stem the tide of