our air and privately on e-mail, as well. yeah, right. thank you. hello, everyone. i m don lemon live in sanford, florida, with cnn special coverage of the zimmerman trial. he is a free man. emotions are still strong. how a case is sparking conversations about race in america, healing in america and the law in america. so let s get started. let s get right in to it right now. two words from sanford, florida, reverberating across the nation and those words are not guilty. verdict? state of florida versus george zimmerman, verdict, we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. here in sanford, across the nation, people rallied for trayvon martin. vowing to keep fighting to honor the fallen teen. others rallied to support for zimmerman. trayvon martin s family tried to
guilty. the new york post simply states, tray-vesty. hello, everyone. i m don lemon live here in sanford, florida. a different story here. that place is empty. it was filled with people yesterday and a jury deciding the fate of george zimmerman. the trial of george zimmerman is over. he is now a free man. of course, not guilty. emotions are still strong. how one case is sparking controversy about race in america. healing in america. and the law in america. so, let s get started now. two words from sanford, florida, reverberating across the nation. not guilty. the verdict? state of florida versus george zimmerman, verdict, we the jury find george zimmerman not guilty. here in sanford and across
coverage of the zimmerman verdict. the trial is over. george zimmerman is a free man. emotions still strong. how one case is sparking conversations about race in america, healing in america and the law in america. despite the not guilty verdict, the nation s oldest civil rights organization wants to keep the fight going against george zimmerman. the president of the naacp says he is calling on the justice department to launch a federal civil rights investigation. this morning on cnn s state of the union, he spoke of patience. it s important. just as we all put our faith in this justice system here in florida and in the jury, that we let the justice system run its course. the reality is in these types of cases where there are very serious questions, we know there will be a state phase, a civil phase almost assuredly, then a federal civil rights phase. we are putting our faith in that