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alp227

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Thu Apr 12, 2012, 07:47 PM Apr 2012

Rodney King pleads for calm in Trayvon Martin case

Source: CNN

When Florida authorities announced they were charging George Zimmerman with second degree murder in the killing of unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, Rodney King told CNN he was not surprised.

"The justice system takes so long but it works and I am waiting, like the rest of us, to get to the facts and carefully, thoroughly, get to the truth without drawing conclusions," he said Thursday.

While many of the facts in the case are not yet clear, King said he's sure about one thing: the identity of the person whose screams were heard on a 911 call made by Zimmerman the night of the shooting.

"It's a death scream that I know very well and I have no doubt in my mind that it came from Trayvon Martin," he said.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/12/us/trayvon-case-rodney-king/index.html

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Rodney King pleads for calm in Trayvon Martin case (Original Post) alp227 Apr 2012 OP
Good on him. n/t tabasco Apr 2012 #1
isnt it something, that the man who took the beating, calls for peace? olderlib Apr 2012 #2
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