Martin, will the Justice Department file civil rights charges against George Zimmerman following his acquittal . We will speak with ben jealous about the case in the first post all comments of the juror a Trayvon Martins friend Rachel Jeantel. Then we go to egypt or seven people died and over 260 were winded last night between clashes were wounded last night in clashes. We do not kneel for anyone and we do not respond to pressure from anyone. Of course the rule of the people is more important in any visit or representative and more important in any state or it of course i reject the visit of the american representative because they are the reason for the military to. We will speak with democracy kouddous inf abdel cairo. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Crow tests against the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of unarmed africanamerican teenager Trayvon Martin continued across the country monday. In los angeles, at least 13 people were arrested overnight as police accused some protesters vandalizing cars, breaking windows, and setting fires. The Los Angeles Police first declared a tactical alert and then an unlawful assembly, allowing them to arrest protesters who did not clear the streets. In oakland, hundreds of protesters blocked traffic on interstate 880 during rush hour on monday evening. At least six people were arrested. Attorney general eric holder address the zimmerman verdict monday during remarks before the africanamericans are rorty delta sigma theta. We are my and full of the pain by our nation surrounding the tragic, unnecessary shooting death of Trayvon Martin in sanford, florida last year. [applause] and we are cognizant of the fact the state trial reached its conclusion over the weekend. Engaged citizens, and as leaders who stand vigilant against violence in communities across the country, the deltas are deeply and rightly concerned about this case. The Justice Department shares your concern. I share your concern. [applause] and as we first acknowledged last spring, we have opened an investigation into this matter. More on the zimmerman verdict with naacp president ben jealous nsar the headlines. Whistleblower Edward Snowden has been nominated for the nobel peace prize. In a letter to the prize committee, a swedish sociology professor sites snowdens heroic effort at great personal cost, saying he has helped to make the world a little better and safer. He also suggests giving the award to snowden might make up for the disrepute incurred by the committees illconceived incision the president obama the award in 20. Snowden announced friday he would seek temporary asylum in russia until he could get to latin america. Russian president Vladimir Putin has previously said snowden must abandon work harmful to the u. S. In order to stay free at on monday, he accused the u. S. Of trapping him in russia. He arrived in our country without an indication. We did not invite him and he was not flying to us, he was flying in transit to other countries. But as soon as he got in the air, it became known our American Partners actually blocked his flight. They themselves scared other countries. Guardian columnist Glenn Greenwald, who has revealed snowden sleeps, is hitting back it isters article saying aimed at distracting attention from revelations about the nsas massive secret spying at home and abroad. Saying in a piece for the guardian, Glenn Greenwald says they were taken out of context and misconstrued as threats. Greenwald wrote he went on in egypt, new clashes have erupted after week of relative quiet. At least seven people were killed and more than 260 wounded in overnight violence spurred by the ouster of president mohamed morsi. Supporters of morsi in the Muslim Brotherhood blocked traffic and marched on the key square, angering local residents. Police fired tear gas and bird shot into the crowds while protesters threw rocks. It came as William Burns became the first u. S. Official to go to egypt since morsis ouster and addressed a News Conference monday. Only egyptians can determine their future. I did not come with American Solutions nor did i come to lecture anyone. We know egyptians must forge their own have to democracy. We know this will not mirror our own and we will not try to impose our model on egypt. What the United States will do is stand behind certain asic principles, not any particular persons or personalities. Issueddge in georgia has a lastminute stay of execution for men diagnosed as mentally disabled. Warren hill was due to be executed monday night. Under the law warren hill was sentenced to death for killing a fellow prisoner while serving a life sentence for murdering his girlfriend. All medical experts who have examined him agree he meets the definition of mental retardation. Three who initially disagreed have since recanted. Hills lawyers have asked for the u. S. Supreme court to intervene, saying his execution would violate its 2002 decision banning the execution of prisoners deemed mentally retarded. War and hills execution could still go forward with this week pending the outcome of hearing set for thursday. Lawyers for Bradley Manning argued monday seven of the charges against him should be thrown out, including the charge of aiding the enemy, which could carry a life sentence. Colonel denise land said she would rule on the motions thursday. Defense lawyers of the prosecution has failed to show manning had actual knowledge the documents he gave to wikileaks would end up unseen by u. S. Enemies of including al qaeda. They say prosecution arguments imply anyone who gives information to a news outlet that publishes it could be deemed to have given it to the enemy. Haspresident of burma promised to release all Political Prisoners by the end of the year. He made the comments during a visit to britain. Oh democracy groups have expressed skepticism noting many activists in burma are still facing trial reat mexican Authorities Say they have captured the head of the notorious drug cartel in the border city of nuevo laredo. Of a slew of charges including torture, murder, Money Laundering and importing guns typically used only by the military. In new york, a student occupation of the president s office at cooper union has come come to an end after more than two months. Students were protesting the schools decision to begin charging tuition. The occupiers say they reached a deal with the administration to form a working group to seek alternatives to charging tuition and secure a new, space for working on the campaign. A new york activist is walking 133 miles from albany to begin tend to bring a federal judge signed petitions on behalf of of an imprisoned him on named yassin aref who was sentenced to 15 years in prison along with another mosque leader in 2007 for laundering money as part of a fake terror plot invented by the fbi. His lawyers now say secret evidence revealed by freedom of information act request shows the fbi targeted yassin aref because they mistook him for an al qaeda agent named Mohammed Yasin who was reportedly killed in israeli strike in 2010. Now Lynne Jackson has launched a journey for justice to deliver a seriouscalling for consideration of yassin arefs assertion that the government targeted and convicted an innocent man. The evidence was kept secret during the trial, the defense was unable to challenge the evidence. This is why secret evidence is so bad. We have filed a petition today and im going to hand deliver signed petitions in support of yassin aref. Those are some of the headlines. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman with aaron mate. Welcome to all our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. Protests are continuing across the country over the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17yearold Trayvon Martin last year in florida. In los angeles, at least 13 people were arrested overnight after a tense evening in the crenshaw neighborhood. Police accused protesters of setting fires and breaking windows. In oakland, hundreds of protesters blocked traffic on interstate during the afternoon rush hour on monday. Rocks attorney general eric holder described the killing of Trayvon Martin is tragic and unnecessary but he did not indicate whether he intended to bring a federal case. Were joined by naacp president ben jealous who has been leading the push for the Justice Department to file civil rights charges against George Zimmerman. He joins us from orlando, florida where the naacp is holding its annual invention. Welcome. What would it mean for the Justice Department to bring civil charges . Criminal charges. We are looking for them to bring criminal charges under the Matthew Shepard james byrd hate crime law. ,art of the standard for that the high bar aspect is, you have to prove that race was a factor in the bodily injured was done. We believe both can be proved. Because they went to this surreal trial where the judge blocked all discussion of racism, racial profiling, we have not focused in a long time and witness number nine, for instance, who was torch zimmermans own cousin who called the police a few days believed that witness the cousin george had done this , racialacial motivation hatred, if you will. Much about talked those young boys who lived in his neighborhood who felt like they were targeted by him because of their color. And so there is a lot here and the doj has been looking into this. They suspended things and put them on hold during the trial. They have assured us they have renewed their look into this case and it is ongoing. Frankly, it is likely it will continue to be ongoing as things continue to move through the courts here in florida. They often wait until things are done in the state court. What about zimmermans phone calls in the years before the trayvon incident . Do you think he showed a pattern of profiling . Yes. It is pretty clear that he primarily called the cops, a young man of color, that he was worried about. When you put that together with the young men of color who lived in his own neighborhood who felt he was stalking them and harassing them, well, there you go. It seems every time he was worried the reality is, if an followedaid, hey, i that young innocent black kid and i confronted him and i was in plainnd i clothes so he did not know i was an officer, then i shot and if him, we would say we said, why . He would say, because there have been a lot of breakins in the neighborhood done by young black man and he was a young black man. That is not good enough. We dont accept racial profiling whenounds for our officers they do Something Like this, and we shouldnt accept it from citizens, either. Hardis why we pushed so for the Matthew Shepard james byrd hate crime because when citizens target each other because of their race, someone. Ets killed been that person should be held accounted for. What about eric holder saying it takes a very high bar to bring these charges . Look, it does, but the reality is, that high bar can be met. Whenever criminal charges are brought, it is should take a high bar. The reality is here, again, we have this young man whose parents will never even hear him breathe again. A boy, really, he was 17. He did nothing wrong. He was targeted by someone who frankly appear to be fixated on young men of color, overly fearful of young men of color. And we know this boy was telling his friend, this guy is creeping me out, im trying to get away from him. We know he got out of the car saying, what are you doing around here . We know he sought to engage in even though the cops told them to stay in the car. He pulled out a gun he intentionally selected because it had no shave safety and he shot and killed him. To reality is, if it happens one of our sons of any color in this country, we expect someone to be held accountable. Federal is why we have laws. Some people say, the courts have ruled, let that be it. You know what . We encourage people to put their faith in the Justice System, but that means you have to go through the entire sentence. You cannot stop at the comma. The full sentence includes a federal options wish to be utilized in this case. On monday, cnn Anderson Cooper did the first interview with one of the six woman jurys from the trial. She was identified only as juror b37. Talked about Trayvon Martins friend Rachel Jeantel who appeared as a witness. She was on the phone with martin just before he was shot dead. Cooper asked her specifically what she thought of the testimony. I did not think it was very credible, but i felt very sorry for her. She did not ask to be in this place. She wanted to go. She wanted to leave. She did not want to be any part of this jury. I think she felt inadequate toward everyone because of her education and her communication skills. I just felt sadness for her. You felt she was in over her head . Know, but she just didnt want to be there and she was embarrassed by being there because of her education and her communication skills that she just wasnt a good witness. You do find it hard at times to understand what she was saying . A lot of the time because much of the time she was using phrases i have never heard before and what they meant. So that term, creepy ass cracka that she said trayvon used, you are saying that simply how trayvon and rachel talk to each other. Sure. That is the way they talk. Did you see that as a racial or negative statement as the defense suggested . I dont think it is really racial, i just think it is everyday life. Andtype of life they live how they are living in the environment theyre living in. So you did not find her credible as a witness . No. That as juror b37 speaking about Rachel Jeantel. Your response . What were hearing, what were finding out about this jury is cause for concern. It appears the five white jurors made up their mind and winter of color tried to resist. And ultimately, went with them. The reality is, we are all guaranteed a jury of our peers andall the men were struck the black men were struck and perhaps all the black jurors were struck. Of color andror she was latino. Some say she was another race three at it is not clear Trayvon Martin had any peers on that jury. There could have been a racial has come into play. When i saw her on the show last night, frankly, it just raised more concerns. Ben jealous, it was quite astounding to see this, first time a juror spoke and were 65 of them white, one latina. She said when they went into the jury room, they were equally divided, three for acquittal and three to charge, two manslaughter, one seconddegree murder. Now they had to go down to acquittal, which alternately happened, which is astounding. This is another clip of juror b37 with Anderson Cooper who asks her if she feels sorry for Trayvon Martin. Sorry for Trayvon Martin . I feel sorry for both of them. I feel sorry for trayvon and the situation he was in and i feel sorry for george because of the situation he got himself in. That is pretty astounding, that her Immediate Response to, did you feel sorry for Trayvon Martin, was, i felt sorry for both, and in talking about George Zimmerman. The reality is, i think the defense did a very good job of moving the goal post really into the middle of the struggle. Not beginning with George Zimmerman state of mind, why it was he was doing what he was doing, but getting it to the place where he had already tracked and taunted and confronted a young man for no apparent reason other than his race and the fact george was concerned about young men of color in his community. They got it past all that and into the struggle where this young man was defending himself, from the the man with the gun. It all seemed to be about that, wrestling on the concrete. And the judge, quite frankly, kept at least half reality out of this trial by not letting folks talk about racial profiling. And the reality is only allowing them to use the word profiling. And those are different things. Criminal profiling is based on hatred, racial profiling is based on color, race. It appears George Zimmerman had a pattern of confusing color with grounds for suspicion. Would you say this is a failure of the prosecution . You could say or were racist response of the jury or you could say fill your prosecution. One thing this said was she was most impressed by seeing the ,ideo of George Zimmerman replaying what it happened he walked to the scene. At was not introduced by the defense, that was introduced by the prosecution. We canknow, i think monday morning quarterback this all day long. George most important is zimmerman needs to be brought to justice and the Justice Needs to move forward. There are other options on the table and we have to continue to move forward as a movement and make this country safer for our children. We have alread