Trayvon Martin marchers: 'We want an arrest. Shot in the chest'
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/...rch-zimmerman-arrest-20120331,0,7779866.storyMore than a thousand protesters converged in the streets of Sanford, Fla., on Saturday to demand the arrest of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Civil-rights organizers from the NAACP and other groups kicked off the march at about 11 a.m. in one of the city's historic black neighborhoods; they proceeded from there to the Sanford police headquarters, the Orlando Sentinel reported.
The march is the latest in a series of demonstrations sparked by the Feb. 26 killing of the black teenager and the Police Department's subsequent refusal to press charges against Zimmerman.
The case has taken on racial overtones, drawing considerable national attention and sparking a sometimes-heated discourse about racism and selective policing. Martin was unarmed at the time of his death, and Zimmerman -- who told police he acted in self-defense -- has since gone into hiding.
On their way to police headquarters Saturday, protesters chanted: "We want an arrest. Shot in the chest."