Less than 24 hours after the controversial verdict was released in the trial of George Zimmerman, the Florida man who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last year, rallies erupted across New York City.
Crowds began converging on Union Square around 2 p.m. this afternoon, chanting “No Justice, no peace,” and passing out stickers which read “We are all Trayvon.” Marvin Knight, 70, held a sign that read “A creepy-ass cracker stalked and killed Trayvon Martin.” Others carried signs featuring the photograph of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American who was brutally murdered in the 1950s.
Manhattan Borough President and city comptroller candidate Scott Stringer was among the many politicians in attendance, voicing his anger with the verdict.
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