Thousands of people staged demonstrations in cities across America Sunday and into Monday — resulting in more than a dozen arrests in New York City and Los Angeles — as they voiced their disappointment and anger at the decision by a Sanford, Florida jury’s to acquit George Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The 29-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer, on Saturday, was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter in the shooting of Martin in February 2012.
Most of the protests were peaceful, but some of the most dramatic scenes occurred in Los Angeles, where protesters clashed with police Sunday night and Monday morning, with one group of protesters blocking a major freeway. Police in Los Angeles said they arrested six people on Monday, mostly for failure to disperse.
The Los Angeles Times reported that a splinter group from a larger protest walked down an on-ramp to the Interstate 10 freeway in the Mid-City section of Los Angeles and stood in the eastbound lanes, closing portions of the traffic artery for approximately 25 minutes, which prompted a Los Angeles Police Department citywide tactical alert.
The above is excerpted from Fox News today, the original source for this news update. Photo credit: AP.
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