(Reuters) A protester blocks a train in Los Angeles Saturday after George Zimmerman was acquitted in Florida on charges of murdering Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman claimed self-defense.
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Protests were planned Sunday in several more cities in the wake of the acquittal Saturday of George Zimmerman on all charges in the Feb. 26, 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin in a case that triggered national debates on racial profiling and self-defense.
Protests loomed in Boston, New York, Chicago and San Francisco, as President Obama called for calm in the wake of the emotional, controversial trial.
The new demonstrations would follow reported protests and marches Saturday night in San Francisco; Philadelphia; Chicago; Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Oakland, Calif., and Sanford, Fla., where the shooting occurred and where a jury acquitted Martin on murder and manslaughter charges.
According to the Journal, some protesters in Oakland broke windows, burned flags and started small street fires. At least one police car was damaged.
In Tallahassee, Fla., about 200 demonstrators marched carrying signs that said, ”Racism is Not Dead.”
According to the ABC News report, police were out in force in Sanford, where a crowd of several hundred gathered outside the courthouse was loud at times but peaceful.