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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1174590" data-attributes="member: 1246">Via<a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/21/Justice-for-Trayvon-Protests-Draw-Small-Crowds-Nation-Moves-On" target="_blank"> Breitbart:</a>Nationwide rallies against the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin drew small crowds, a sign that Americans had largely accepted the verdict and that race relations are not nearly as frayed as Al Sharpton’s National Action Network had sought to indicate. The flagship rally in <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/20/Hundreds-Show-Up-For-Sharpton-Beyonce-Jay-Z-In-New-York" target="_blank">New York</a> only drew a crowd of “hundreds,” while a rally in <a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/20/Trayvon-Rally-Day-Begins-in-Prayer-Hymns" target="_blank">Newport News, Virginia</a> struggled to draw two dozen.

Demonstrators showed solidarity with Martin by wearing hooded sweatshirts (“hoodies”) despite generally hot temperatures, protesting what they–and President Barack Obama–suggested was Zimmerman’s profiling of Martin based on his race and dress. Young black men across the country, many said, face similar profiling by police and by private citizens every day, placing their liberty at risk and their lives in danger.
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[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1174590, member: 1246"] Via[URL="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/21/Justice-for-Trayvon-Protests-Draw-Small-Crowds-Nation-Moves-On"] Breitbart:[/URL] [INDENT]Nationwide rallies against the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin drew small crowds, a sign that Americans had largely accepted the verdict and that race relations are not nearly as frayed as Al Sharpton’s National Action Network had sought to indicate. The flagship rally in [URL="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/20/Hundreds-Show-Up-For-Sharpton-Beyonce-Jay-Z-In-New-York"]New York[/URL] only drew a crowd of “hundreds,” while a rally in [URL="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/07/20/Trayvon-Rally-Day-Begins-in-Prayer-Hymns"]Newport News, Virginia[/URL] struggled to draw two dozen. Demonstrators showed solidarity with Martin by wearing hooded sweatshirts (“hoodies”) despite generally hot temperatures, protesting what they–and President Barack Obama–suggested was Zimmerman’s profiling of Martin based on his race and dress. Young black men across the country, many said, face similar profiling by police and by private citizens every day, placing their liberty at risk and their lives in danger. [/INDENT] [/QUOTE]

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