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The voices for justice were loud and clear as a rally held today by the members of the Black Law Students Association of FAMU College of Law, called for the arrest of George Zimmerman, the man who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in the night of Feb 26.

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Dozens of community members and law students from Florida colleges held signs outside the Seminole County criminal courts building chanting “Arrest Zimmerman now.”

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FAMU Law Student Ese Ighedosa said that-

“By refusing to arrest George Zimmerman, law enforcement has empowered a citizen to take the life of a child with no consequence.”

Inside that building is the State Attorney’s Office, where prosecutors will review the case and decide whether to file criminal charges against Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot Trayvon to death.

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An estimated 75 protesters, dressed in black, gathered near the building’s front door, singing, “We Shall Overcome” and chanting, “We want justice now!”

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They demanded a meeting with Pat Whitaker, chief of operations at the State Attorney’s Office and the person now in charge of the case, and they got it.         

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Whitaker sat down with four protest leaders for about an hour including Shelton Marshall, a student at Florida A&M University’s college of law.

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Whitaker told them the investigation would take weeks and that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is working with his office to determine whether Zimmerman’s claim of self-defense is viable.

On the night of the shooting, Zimmerman called police to report a suspicious person walking through his gated community, which was Trayvon.

Zimmerman then stepped out of his SUV, while still on the phone with police, and followed the teenager on foot.

The phone call ended, but the two somehow came face to face on a sidewalk; there was a fight, and Trayvon wound up dead on the ground, a single gunshot to the chest.

The community has been asking for Zimmerman’s arrest, Tiffany Castro, a protester at the rally said-

“I’m just an angry member of the community, because I feel like any of us can go to the store in a hoodie and get shot. Apparently in Sanford you can do it and get away with it,”

The Florida Civil Rights Association is expected to request Monday that the state of Florida take away Zimmerman’s concealed weapons permit.

On Tuesday, the NAACP plans a town hall meeting, and on Thursday, the Rev. Al Sharpton plans a rally in Sanford.

Sanford Mayor Jeff Triplett has met with local leaders, and has promised to do everything he personally can do to make sure the case of Trayvon Martin is handled fairly.

Triplett has also asked to meet with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder this week.