Documents Obtained by Judicial Watch Detail Role of Justice Department in Organizing Trayvon Martin Protests July 10, 2013

Rev. Al Sharpton (C) spoke at a 'Justice for Trayvon' rally along with Tracy Martin (R) and Sybrina Fulton (2nd L), parents of slain teenager Trayvon Martin, on March 22, 2012. It appears the U.S. Justice Department provided support for similar rallies

Judicial Watch announced today that it has obtained documents in response to local, state, and federal records requests revealing that a little-known unit of the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Community Relations Service (CRS), was deployed to Sanford, FL, following the Trayvon Martin shooting to help organize and manage rallies and protests against George Zimmerman.

JW filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the DOJ on April 24, 2012; 125 pages were received on May 30, 2012. JW administratively appealed the request on June 5, 2012, and received 222 pages more on March 6, 2013. According to the documents:

March 25 – 27, 2012, CRS spent $674.14 upon being “deployed to Sanford, FL, to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies related to the shooting and death of an African-American teen by a neighborhood watch captain.”

March 25 – 28, 2012, CRS spent $1,142.84 “in Sanford, FL to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies related to the shooting and death of an African-American teen by a neighborhood watch captain.

March 30 – April 1, 2012, CRS spent $892.55 in Sanford, FL “to provide support for protest deployment in Florida.”

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Revealed: How taxpayers paid for Justice Department unit to 'support protests after killing of Trayvon Martin'

By David Martosko In Washington

Documents published online Wednesday by a conservative watchdog group show that the Community Relations Service, an arm of the U.S. Justice Department, spent taxpayer dollars to help organize and implement plans for the initial string of rallies in Sanford, Florida following the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

The protests were openly hostile to George Zimmerman, the volunteer neighborhood watch organizer who killed Martin, 17, after a struggle. Zimmerman is currently on trial in a Florida courtroom, charged with second-degree murder.

The DOJ's Community Relations Service first entered the Trayvon Martin controversy March 25-27, 2012 when, according to the documents, its personnel were 'deployed to Sanford, FL, to work marches, demonstrations, and rallies related to the shooting and death of an African-American teen by a neighborhood watch captain.'

Days later, from March 30 through April 1, the agency re
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Comment by guest_blog on July 11, 2013 at 7:23pm: thanks for he updates Karen!

Comment by karen arsenault on July 11, 2013 at 7:04pm: from last year...http://12160.info/forum/topics/sanford-police-chief-bill-lee-fired-...

Comment by karen arsenault on July 11, 2013 at 6:56pm: yup that sounds about right as i said last April this was race baiting it was one big curcus around here I saw all the busses lined up and J.J. and Al marching down my street and poor Chief Bill Lee was realroad out of his Job we never had any race problems the last 13 years that I have lived here.

Comment by truth on July 11, 2013 at 6:01pm: Washington (CNN) -- A government agency long associated with efforts to mediate and diffuse tense situations in communities helped organize rallies over the killing of Florida teen Trayvon Martin last year, a conservative leaning legal advocacy group claims.

Judicial Watch circulated a press release and accompanying documents on Wednesday asserting that the Community Relations Service, a division of the Justice Department, sent a "secret team" of "peacekeepers" to Sanford, Florida, last March and April to work marches, demonstrations and rallies related to the explosive case that is now the subject of a murder trial.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/10/politics/peacekeepers-zimmerman/index...

Comment by karen arsenault on July 11, 2013 at 10:56am: Dear Patriot,

In the U.S. judicial system, a person is supposed to be innocent until proven guilty. That's not the case, however, in Obama's America when he needs to manipulate the people for his own political expediency. Who can he always rely on to be his hatchet man? None other than Attorney General Eric Holder. Do you stand with us in calling for Holder's resignation and prosecution?

Eric Holder and Barack Obama are race baiters. They pit people against each other based upon race in order to create division, hatred, and personal power for them. As if it wasn't bad enough that they condoned voter intimidation by the New Black Panthers back in 2008 by failing to charge them with that crime, yesterday we found out that Obama's DOJ, led by Holder, actually facilitated organized protests and rallies against George Zimmerman following the death of Trayvon Martin BEFORE Zimmerman was even brought up on charges! HOLDER MUST RESIGN AND BE PROSECUTED!

Holder and Obama used taxpayer dollars and government employees to aid and abet in the conviction of a man in the court of public opinion prior to any evidence being revealed, prior to any case being made! It is obvious that Holder, who is the highest ranking attorney in the country, does not believe in 'innocent until proven guilty'. His belief system rests in providing cover and support to a race baiting president who feeds the fear and anger within people in order to stay in power.

Comment by Elyag Reed...We are Legion on July 10, 2013 at 5:48pm: "EDWARDS FOR THE LAST TIME, WHERE IS THE BALANCE OF THE $2,709.53 YOU WERE PROVIDED FOR THE PROTEST PREPARATIONS IN SANFORD. THE FACT THAT YOU SPENT YOUR TIME IN THE COMPANY OF THAT CAN'T READ WITNESS IS WELL KNOWN TO US. THINGS ARE JSUT NOT ADDING UP.

What the heck will that small funding accomplish besides female companionship

PEOPLE WE ARE IN DISTRESS

We are Legion..

Comment by Nobody Will Observe on July 10, 2013 at 5:45pm: Race Riots are a REALLY BAD Idea!

Comment by RidgeWolf on July 10, 2013 at 4:57pm: Buys a lot of weed and wine.

Comment by truth on July 10, 2013 at 4:27pm

Revealed: How taxpayers paid for Justice Department unit to 'support protests after killing of Trayvon Martin'

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