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The rallies were peaceful. but some on the right were predicting the opposite. here is what sean hannity was saying friday night before the rallies. >> some people are concerned that this is going to be stoking the embers, these rallies, and there is going to be incendiary rhetoric used. i will bet by the time i get back on the air monday, we're going to have a lot of tape of a lot of incendiary language. and i hope i'm wrong. >> guess what? he was wrong. here is the incendiary rhetoric we heard at the rallies this weekend. here is what people were actually saying. >> i see trayvon martin. he ...

Present before the very peaceful riots. and they certainly weren't present afterwards. >> you mean peaceful marches? there were no riots at all. >> i'm sorry. peaceful marches. and for people to categorize them really as riots, to make that as your definition would mean that everything that dr. king was maybe a riot. and we know that this is certainly not true. >> though they accused him of that, though. >> they certainly did. and those interest same voices, ironically enough, who are accusing us of that today. at the end of the day, the very people who are saying that, you know, violent riots...

Issues of justice and discrimination? because people that believe in justice and discrimination, especially those that have been discriminated against for any other reason than the content of their character should naturally fight for justice and discrimination. you cannot be against discrimination yourself if you're not against it for everyone and willing to work with everyone for it. how's sybrina and tracy and family? please let them know that on sunday i placed the family and parents of trayvon martin on our church prayer list. we will continue praying for them. they are as strong as any f...

>> senseless violence, it's a disease. and we as the people have a cure. we just have to come together. >> the parents of trayvon martin speaking at rallies this weekend in support of their son and in support of justice. tens of thousands of people gathered for rallies organized by my civil rights group, the national action network. even super stars like jay-z and beyonce turned out to help support trayvon's family and help support the cause. the rallies were held in 100 cities across america. they marched in new york, chicago, miami, and washington. they marched in seattle, cleveland, raleigh...

Since this happened and larly in over 100 cities this weekend. the florida defense law cited in the jury instruction reads, quote. this is the jury instruction the judge gave to the jury that determined the fate of george zimmerman. she wrote -- she instructed the judge "if george zimmerman was not engaged in an unlawful activity and was attacked in any place where he had a right to be, he had no duty to retreat and had the right to stand his ground. does your group feel stand your ground is partially responsible for the death of trayvon martin and the resulting case? >> yes, yes. the dream de...