Police in Florida warn against riots in wake of a George Zimmerman. The appearance of 'Fruitvale Station' at the culmination of the Zimmerman trial. Zimmerman is on trial for fatally. Smith told CNN the city has a plan in place to stop any Rodney King-style riot. American Renaissance News and commentary. Miami police are considering activating contingency plans for possible riots after George Zimmerman was. Zimmerman Trial: Sanford, Miami Brace for Riots if He is Acquitted. With the George Zimmerman murder trial churning toward conclusion, cities in Florida such as Miami and Sanford, where Trayvon Martin’s murder occurred, are nervously making plans to prevent any riots or explosions of violence if Zimmerman is acquitted. Miami has had a previous experience. The city became a tinderbox 3. Miami cop in the death of Arthur Mc. Duffie. Three miles of the city exploded in a riot that resulted in 1. Local police and community leaders in Miami are meeting to plan a way to control the reaction, even turning to social media and Miami Heat stars for help. The Miami- Dade Community Relations Board met with police and a Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Committee to discuss the trial.“We want people to respond in a positive way. If they have frustrations they want to vent, we want them to do that in an orderly and organized way. So the message is: Peace for Trayvon,” board member Dr. Richardson told CBS Miami. The Miami Herald reports that board members are reaching out to Miami Heat basketball players, asking them to lead a “unity walk” through Miami’s inner city after the verdict is announced. In Sanford, when CNN asked city manager Norton Bonaparte, who is African- American, whether he was fearful of a violent reaction in the city of 5. That’s a scenario, that’s certainly a possibility.”How do you prepare for that? But it’s not one I’m going to go into detail on,” he said. CNN aired footage of Sanford Police Chief Cecil Smith, who is also African- American and has only been on the job since April, going door- to- door in the black community with a police officer, appealing for calm.“We have plans in place to work with our other departments, with the sheriff’s department,” Smith said. I feel confident in the skills and the God- given ability that I have to be able to articulate. Now will they accept what I say?
In hopes of diminishing the likelihood of a possible riot. That will be totally up to them.”As the prosecution in the murder trial approaches the end of the presentation of its case, media commentators and legal experts are beginning to concede that the evidence and testimony so far is likely too weak to land a second degree murder conviction, meaning Zimmerman may walk.“I don’t think there is much expectation that Mr. Zimmerman will be found guilty,” Georgetown University professor Michael Eric Dyson said yesterday on MSNBC’s Martin Bashir Show. Prosecutors are trying to have the jury believe that Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, profiled and pursued Martin partly driven by his desire to be a police officer. Their case hinges on proving that if Zimmerman was the aggressor, his decision to shoot Martin was not self- defense. As George Zimmerman's much-watched trial winds. Simpson trial riot that never. Florida Cities Brace For Post-Zimmerman Trial. ![]()
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