Zimmerman Verdict: Clashes In Los Angeles

By Tom Parmenter, in Washington DC

Clashes have broken out between police and protesters in Los Angeles in the wake of George Zimmerman's acquittal, US media reports.

Police officers have fired non-lethal rounds at the demonstrators on one of the city's busiest roads, the reports said.

The LAPD said protesters were throwing bottles at the officers.

Protesters have been marching on I-10 highway in the Crenshaw area of the city, causing traffic chaos.

Mr Zimmerman, a neighbourhood watch volunteer, was cleared on Friday of the second degree murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida.

The decision sparked two nights of protests in towns and cities all over the US.

Protesters have been demonstrating on the I-10 highway

While many people believe the jury got it right in deciding that Zimmerman acted in self-defence when he shot Trayvon Martin, many others believe it has again exposed deep racial divisions.

Some of the biggest demonstrations were staged in New York where thousands of people gathered in Union Square and then later in the world famous Time Square.

New Yorker Stacey Ann Chin said: "I have a black child growing up in New York City.

Mr Zimmerman (R) was acquitted over Trayvon's death

"And I felt like I had to get out of my house today, and motivate the household and get everyone out to come and show a presence, some evidence of resistance, some evidence of our displeasure or our aghast, unbelief about what has happened. "

Carmella Alston, also from New York, said : "I just know that my ancestors, my great-grandmothers, my grandmothers all marched before with Malcolm, Martin, Reverend Jesse Jackson, and even marched with Al Sharpton.

"And I didn't think at this age I will have to be going through this as well."

US President Barack Obama has called for "calm reflection" in the wake of Mr Zimmerman's acquittal.

There have been protests across the US at the verdict

"The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America," Mr Obama said in a statement.

"I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict I know those passions are running even higher. But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken."

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