'We cannot allow our country to be a place where an unarmed teenager walking to his own home can be shot with impunity by a self-styled neighborhood watch vigilante. The gun death of a teenager should not require the protests of thousands to get a proper investigation. Young people of color should not have to fear going out in public, walking down the streets of their neighborhoods, or sitting in their own cars. Racial profiling is a menace; we will not let the unsubstantiated -- and racist -- fears of some run roughshod over the rights and lives of people of color.
'NOW activists have added their voices to the groundswell demanding that the Department of Justice investigate George Zimmerman for violating the civil rights of Trayvon Martin. We will continue in our common struggle for equality and justice for all people.'
National Organization for Women (NOW),
is the country's largest organization of feminist
activists with 500,000 contributing members
and 550 chapters in all 50 states and the
District of Columbia.
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