{"id":19364,"date":"2013-07-19T15:47:15","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T19:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=19364"},"modified":"2013-07-19T16:39:41","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T20:39:41","slug":"july-19-2013-religious-reaction-to-george-zimmerman-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/07\/19\/july-19-2013-religious-reaction-to-george-zimmerman-verdict\/19364\/","title":{"rendered":" Religious Reaction to Zimmerman Verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There were demonstrations all across the country in reaction to the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, which has prompted a national discussion about race, violence, and justice. Watch our discussion about the religious community&#8217;s reaction with managing editor Kim Lawton and Rev. Romal Tune, founder of the non-profit group Faith for Change and author of <em>God&#8217;s Graffiti: Inspiring Stories for Teens<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I think at the core of the anger, the root of it was sadness. The verdict really said to young African American males that you don\u2019t matter and so that sadness and that continued rejection by society then led to the anger that then led to some of the behavior we saw in the communities,&#8221; says Rev. Romal Tune, founder of Faith for Change. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2013\/07\/19\/july-19-2013-religious-reaction-to-george-zimmerman-verdict\/19364\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":19398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[17681,7167,4861,2786,10453],"class_list":["post-19364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-george-zimmerman","tag-gun-violence","tag-justice","tag-racism","tag-trayvon-martin","topics-culture-and-society","topics-law","topics-race"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>July 19, 2013 ~ Religious Reaction to Zimmerman Verdict | July 19, 2013 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch our discussion with managing editor Kim Lawton and Rev. 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