The special prosecutor’s press conference is over. Now Trayvon Martin’s family are having a televised press conference to discuss the decision to charge Zimmerman.
MSNBC is covering the press conference here.
3:36 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): Al Sharpton is speaking on behalf of the family.
3:37 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): The attorney for the family speaks now. “It is about justice, justice, justice and only justice.”
3:41 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): The attorney, Benjamin Crump, says it is because of the pressure from around the country that Zimmerman is finally being charged.
3:42 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): “Trayvon’s legacy cannot be tarnished based on people doing sick things.”
3:43 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): “You cannot be the aggressor and initiate a confrontation and then claim ‘Stand Your Ground.’ We have to change that aspect of that law.”
3:44 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): “The moral arc is long, and this has been a long journey, but it bends toward justice.”
3:44 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): Trayvon’s mother is speaking now. “We simply wanted an arrest.”
3:48 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): Several different friends of the family are speaking now, thanking the governor and the prosecutor their work.
3:51 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): “People across America found their confidence raised that the justice system in America really does work.”
3:51 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): “We stand with the middle school teacher in Michigan, Brooke Harrison, who lost her job for standing with us.”
3:52 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): “The marching is significant, the protesting is wonderful … but it is not enough … Every person must register to vote.”
3:53 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): “We are here because injustice is here.”
3:58 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): They’re now taking questions, which you can’t actually hear.
3:59 PM PT (Kaili Joy Gray): Press conference is over.