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Community activists, Clevelanders rally locally for justice for Trayvon Martin, rally led by Community Activist Art McKoy of Black on Black Crime Inc., activist groups also include the Oppressed People's Nation, Imperial Women, Knowledge, the Carl Stokes Brigade, the Underground Railroad, the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, Revolution Books, ...137 bullets Cleveland police fatal shooting of two unarmed Blacks mentioned by activists at rally

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Led by Community Activist Art McKoy, activists in  in Cleveland rallied on July 15 at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center in the city's downtown area for Trayvon Martin and said that more rallies around the racially temperamental controversy are being organized. Protesters hold up a giant size poster of slain Black teen Trayvon Martin after a Florida jury on Saturday acquitted night watchman George Zimmerman of all charges,  including second degree murder. The jury verdict has sparked racial unrest across America, highlighting to some, community activists say, that a young Black life means little or nothing.  By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black  newspapers  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Kathy Wray   Coleman is a former biology teacher and a 20-year investigat...