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Second Trayvon Martin rally planned for downtown L.A.
April 9, 2012 | 10:59 am
Civil rights groups and protesters in Los Angeles plan to to hold a second “Million Hoodies March” Monday (today) in downtown L.A. to demand justice for slain 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Organizers say they expect at least a few hundred people to congregate at Pershing Square at 4 p.m. for a rally that will precede a march to City Hall at 6 p.m. Marchers will deliver letters demanding justice to representatives for U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), according to organizer Zsanaé Davis.
Bass and members of the Congressional Black Caucus had planned to accept the letters and deliver them to Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. in Washington, D.C. But with the announcement that Florida prosecutors will not send Martin's case to a grand jury, Davis said the effort will help keep media attention on justice for Martin.
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Davis, who initiated Monday’s event, said this march will be different from the last because protesters will walk in silence behind the box of letters.
Officer Sara Faden with the LAPD said police have a permit on file for the protest and added that she was not aware of any problems arising from the event two weeks ago.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/trayvon-martin-rally-downtown.html
Poster from the first downtown march:
