[WardFive] Fw: REV. AL SHARPTON ANNOUNCES NAN JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON 100-CITY VIGIL LED BY NATIONAL CLERGY

From the Rev. Al statment from yesterday, below is the latest from Rev. Al.  With additional news coverage of the response of "the people" across the country, it is healing to see people of all races protesting the injustice of the Florida State Court system.  This is not the only "intentional homicide case" in Florida of "stand your ground" that has occurred, but it is the one that received the most attention due to Rev. Al, Mike Baisden, NAACP, Urban League, Rev. Jackson and others who saw and knew something has to be done during this alledged "post-racial" period in America.  EM with this info to follow so not to distract from this important message below.

 Albrette "Gigi" Ransom

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ON NBC'S TODAY SHOW REV. AL SHARPTON ANNOUNCES NAN JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON 100-CITY VIGIL LED BY NATIONAL CLERGY SATURDAY, JULY 20^TH

 

Monday, July 15, 2013--Today on NBC's Today Show, Rev. Al Sharpton, President of the National Action Network (NAN), announced that NAN is organizing "Justice for Trayvon" vigils in 100 cities across the country on Saturday, July 20^th to press the federal government to investigate civil rights charges against George Zimmerman. Hundreds of national preachers, led by Rev. Al Sharpton and NAN will hold prayer vigils and rallies in front of federal buildings calling on the Justice Department to investigate the civil rights violations made against Trayvon Martin. Over two-hundred ministers participated in a conference call on Sunday evening and are pushing congregants to register in various cities at https://images.myngp.com/LinkTracker.aspx?crypt=IVi0ax2%2b6UBSinc%2fCPYaKbHFB1uC8erm6szSXXOAcSuEpJ3%2f3a%2bMnUKcUCiMs63paxJ3sNUEa1qERd0Lzaucwe7vqQ2AzFYR3p2Dtzy43F1MHIKge%2bhvbPI37ZuWki8E.

 

Rev. Sharpton also discussed the renewed mobilization for the Saturday, August 24^th National Action to Reclaim the Dream March on Washington that he and Martin Luther King, King, III, are leading. Fifty years after the 1963 March on Washington, Voting Rights, and the Justice for Trayvon Martin movement are key civil rights rallying issues and NAN is escalating the call for the Department of Justice to investigate whether George Zimmerman committed civil rights violations against Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012.  According to Rev. Sharpton: "Trayvon Martin had the civil right to go home. He was not doing anything wrong."

 

On NBC's Meet the Press on Sunday, July 14^th, Rev. Al Sharpton discussed going to Sanford, Florida, in 2012, with Trayvon Martin's parents and Attorney Benjamin Crump to meet with the U.S. Attorney, and they asked for civil rights charges to be pursued at that time. The Department of Justice decided to wait until after the state trial to decide whether to go forward. Rev. Sharpton is now calling on the Justice Department to complete a full investigation and will send a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder that will be signed by himself, Melanie Campbell, (National Coalition on Black Civic Participation), Marc Morial (National Urban League), and Benjamin Todd Jealous (NAACP) to resume the filing of civil rights charges that the family of Trayvon Martin and Rev. Al Sharpton initially met in Florida with a U.S. Attorney about.

 

The August 24th, 50th Anniversary March on Washington will focus on voting rights and ending state laws like Stand your Ground and Stop and Frisk. It will be the first national march since the acquittal of George Zimmerman. According to Rev. Al Sharpton and NAN, Dr.King's dream has been undermined by both the Supreme Court Voting Rights decision and the acquittal of George Zimmerman.

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