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Neighbor a watchman with hopes of becoming a policeman. the teenager, he had attacked him. police quickly responded and soon george zimmerman was being led inside the sanford police department for questioning. but in the days after the shooting it became clear there would be no immediate formal charges. it became just as clear the death of trayvon martin was anything but routine. >> trayvon martin was black, george zimmerman is a man whose mother is peruvian and identifies himself as hispanic. the combustible element of race is perceived indifference by a mostly white community. >> i want you ...

National headlines at first. >> what is your emergency? >> an unarmed african-american teenager was shot and killed by a volunteer neighborhood watchman who had hopes of becoming a policeman. the teenager, the watchman said, had attacked him. police quickly responded and soon george zimmerman was being led inside the sanford police station for questioning. but in the days after the shooting, it became clear that there could be no immediate charges, and it became just as clear that the death of trayvon martin was anything but routine. trayvon martin was black. george zimmerman is a man whose mo...

Can george zimmerman's family an trayvon martin's family, and you get the same answer. no, because my son should have never been tried or no, because my son should still be arrive and the man who killed him went free. when it comes to a racially charged polarizing case, this is far from the first. here is some perspective. in the early 1960s, spurred by martin luther king, jr., and the millions who supported him, congress passed and president johnson signed the civil rights act of 1964, guaranteeing that minority rights would be protected. even though it was a remarkable piece of legislation, ...

At first, the shooting that occurred in a late february night in a small town in central florida didn't make national headlines. >> what is your emergency for police, fire and medical? >> an unarmed african-american teenager wearing a hoodie was shot and killed by a neighborhood volunteer watchman who had hopes of becoming a policeman. the teenager, the watchman said, had attacked him. police quickly responded and soon george zimmerman was being led inside the sanford police station for questioning. but in the days after the shooting, it became clear that there could be no immediate formal cha...

Identifies himself as hispanic. >> i want you to know that what is happened here is not acceptable. here, nowhere in florida, nowhere in the country, and nowhere in the world. >> soon, there were rallies across the country. a large group marching in protest in front of the white house. still, no formal charges. finally, the president himself, 27 days after the shooting saying -- >> my main message is to to the parents of trayvon martin. you know, if i had a son he would look like trayvon, and, you know, i think they are right to expect that all of us as americans are going to take this