Florida counties brace for violence in Zimmerman case

Law enforcement agencies in several Florida counties are preparing for the worst should the jury in the George Zimmerman case return a 'not guilty' verdict in a case that has divided the whole country. It is feared that if Zimmerman is not found guilty of murder, in the Trayvon Martin case, members of the public may become violent and take justice into their own hands. Authorities are making contingency plans should violence break out.

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?[We are] working closely with the Sanford Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies [to coordinate] a response plan in anticipation of the verdict,? the sheriff?s office said in a statement reported by Breitbart.com.

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Authorities in Broward County have released a video entitled ?Raise Your Voice, Not Your Hands? in the hope that it will quell outrage. The video urges viewers to focus on non-violent forms of protest rather than resorting to violence. In the video, a young woman and a young man appear. One of them advises, ?Let?s give violence a rest, because we can easily end up arrested.? Broward County lies some 200 miles south of Sanford, where the Trayvon Martin killing occured.

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Tensions are high not only in Seminole County, where the Zimmerman trial is still ongoing, but elsewhere in the United States. Protests followed the shooting of the 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2012 when thousands turned out in a number of cities wearing hooded sweatshirts in tribute to the hoodie-wearing boy who was shot to death by Zimmerman. Rallies have occured outside of the courthouse as media show real-time coverage of the trial.?

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The Broward County video features law enforcement officers, teenagers and James Jones, a Miami Heat basketball player. Advocating peace, the video asks viewers?

The clip encourages viewers "to stand together as one ? no cuffs no guns. Let's give violence a rest because we can easily end up arrested ? Don't lack composure because in one instance it could be over so let's make the choice and raise your voice and not your hands."

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Defense lawyer Mark O'Mara, told Piers Morgan of CNN recently that he is worried about Zimmerman's safety. "My client will never be safe because there are a percentage of the population who are angry, they're upset and they may well take it out on him," O'Mara said. "So he'll never be safe." People in the community are watching the case closely. Charges of racism have been hurled by disgruntled observers who fear that the Zimmerman verdict will not be considered fairly.?

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Trayvon?Martin was a 17-year-old black teenager, while George Zimmerman has been described as an Hispanic and the son of an American father and a Peruvian mother.?

Source: http://www.speroforum.com/a/TCXJXKVBMX27/74170-Florida-counties-brace-for-violence-in-Zimmerman-case

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