ATLANTA — Protesters gathered in cities from Los Angeles to New York to press for federal civil rights charges against the former neighborhood watch leader acquitted in the death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin and to call for changes in the nation's self-defense laws. The Florida case has become a flashpoint in separate but converging national debates over self-defense, guns, and race relations. George Zimmerman, who successfully claimed that he was protecting himself when he shot Martin, identifies himself as Hispanic. Martin was black. The National Action Network, led by the Rev. Al Sharpton, a prominent civil rights activist, organized the "Justice for Trayvon" rallies a...
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