News12 Brooklyn News Brief - Brooklyn joins nationwide George Zimmerman protests in support of Trayvon Martin

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The Latest Top Stories From News 12 Brooklyn joins nationwide protests for Trayvon Martin Brooklyn residents are among those joining mass protests across the country in response to the verdict in the George Zimmerman murder trial. Protesters gathered for a peaceful rally at Borough Hall Sunday after a jury found the neighborhood watchman not guilty late Saturday of second-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman cleared in shooting of Trayvon Martin Jury finds George Zimmerman not guilty of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. Soldier from Brooklyn killed in Afghanistan A young soldier who spent most of his life in Brooklyn will be laid to rest after dying in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense says 18-year-old Private Errol Milliard was killed on the Fourth of July after enemy forces attacked his unit with a grenade. Human pipeline formed in protest of natural gas pipeline Dozens of activists formed a human pipeline on Flatbush Avenue today in protest of a natural gas pipeline that’s being built through parts of Brooklyn. Parts of the pipeline are already under construction to connect Brooklyn with a pipeline that goes up and down the East Coast. 126th Giglio Feast held in Williamsburg Brooklyn residents enjoyed the 126th Giglio Feast at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Williamsburg today. The street fesitival was brought to Brooklyn by Italian immigrants more than 100 years ago to celebrate the return of Saint Paulinus from captivity.

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