Reuters July 21, 2013 - 02:47 By Edward Upright and Zachary Faginson NEW YORK/MIAMI (Reuters) - Demonstrators took to the streets in dozens of U.S. cities on Saturday to vent their anger over the acquittal in Florida of the man who shot unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin to death and to call for federal charges in the racially tinged case. Hundreds marched in the summer heat to rally at federal courthouses in Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities, demanding "justice for Trayvon" and an end to racial profiling that they said was at the heart of the case. The rallies came one week after a Seminole County, Florida, jury returned verdicts finding 29-year-old George Zimmerman not...
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