It may be mere coincidence that the NAACP's annual convention is being held in central Florida, but the organization is making the most of it by issuing rallying cries and demanding 'justice' for Trayvon Martin.
The self-defense 'not guilty' verdict of George Zimmerman, who shot and killed the unarmed black teen in February 2012, was delivered less than 30 miles from the convention site in Orlando. And speakers made sure the hundreds of assembled NAACP members knew that federal charges against the exonerated Zimmerman were among the group's top priorities.
Describing the events in nearby Sanford, Florida as a sign that African-Americans face 'times of great peril,' NAACP president Benjamin Jealous said that blacks 'feel it every time we see one of our young sons ... walk out the door and pull his hoodie up.'
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