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>> neither prosecutors or the defense made race the central issue in the state's case against george zimmerman. but civil rights leaders call the killing of trayvon martin a hate crime. they say zimmerman racially profiled martin, something zimmerman and his family have denied. >> you look at a jury without a black and without a man on it, if it was a jury of trayvon's peers, the department of jus dismust intervene and take this case to another level. >> we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. >> in response to the verdict and calls for action, the justice department released this statem...

Department must intervene and take this case to another level. >> in response to calls for action, the justice department released this statement, it reads in part, the justice department will continue to evaluate the evidence generated during the investigation, as well as the evidence from the state trial. federal prosecutors will then determine if trayvon martin's civil rights were violated and if prosecution of george zimmerman is appropriate. if zimmerman is charged with violating civil rights it will not be the first time a failed criminal case gave rights to a civil case. remember rodney...

Trayvon martin. he said we should have if we're doing enough to widen the circle of compassion sxnding in our communities and extend the tide of gun violence that has claimed too many lives across the country on a daily basis. the prospect of federal charges seems diminished. justice department notes the evidence that holder announced in april last year is still open. holder told a civil rights group then, many of you are greatly and rightly concerned, he said, but in a statement sunday, justice department official said federal civil rights statutes covering the shooting are limited. the offic...

"state of the union"ing with candy crowley starting at 9:00 a.m. eastern on cnn. a justice spokesperson telling cnn the department continues to evaluate the evidence generated during the federal investigation as well as the evidence and testimony from the state trial. here's a man i've been wanting to speak to all evening, and that is cnn's martin savidge. he was inside the come when they will verdict came down. take us inside. >> at 9:50 is when that the notice went out to the court that there was a verdict. we were down stairs in courtroom 1 b. that is the courtroom we all gather in. probabl...

Trayvon martin's relatives tried to heal going to church. pastors coast-to-coast urged peace and compassion. despite the not guilty verdict, the nation's oldest civil rights organization wants to keep the fight going against george zimmerman. the president of the naacp says he is calling on the justice department to launch a federal civil rights investigation. the justice department says the department continues to evaluate the evidence generated during the federal investigation as testimony from the state trial. light bring in cnn legal analyst and defense attorney mark dejeane and martin sav...