{"id":6955,"date":"2013-07-10T08:22:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-10T08:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=6955"},"modified":"2013-07-10T08:31:53","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T08:31:53","slug":"law-enforcement-prepares-for-riots-on-zimmerman-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=6955","title":{"rendered":"Law enforcement prepares for riots on Zimmerman verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"riotszimmerman\"<\/a>On Monday, the Broward County Sheriff\u2019s Office released a video calling on the public not to riot in the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict, expected this week or next in Florida. The Sheriff\u2019s Office released a statement explaining that it was \u201cworking closely with the Sanford Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies\u201d to coordinate \u201ca response plan in anticipation of the verdict.\u201d<\/p>\n

The video, titled \u201cRaise Your Voice, Not Your Hands,\u201d focuses on attempting to channel reaction into non-violent response. It depicts two youngsters, one black teenage boy, one Hispanic teenage girl. \u201cRaise your voice!\u201d says the girl. \u201cAnd not your hands!\u201d says the boy. \u201cWe need to stand together as one, no cuffs, no guns,\u201d says the girl. \u201cLet\u2019s give violence a rest, because we can easily end up arrested<\/em>,\u201d says the boy. \u201cI know your patience will be tested,\u201d says the girl, and then both conclude, \u201cbut law enforcement has your back!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s back up and choose not to act up, and deputies are with us, so no need to act up,\u201d says the boy. \u201cLet it roll off your shoulders,\u201d says the girl, \u201cit\u2019s water off your back, don\u2019t lack composure, because in one instant it could be over.\u201d Both conclude: \u201cSo let\u2019s make the choice to raise your voice and not your hands.\u201d Sheriff Scott Israel says, \u201cI\u2019m Sheriff Scott Israel, and law enforcement does<\/em> have your back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFreedom of expression is a constitutional right,\u201d the Sheriff\u2019s Department states. \u201cWhile raising your voice is encouraged, using your hands is not. BSO has created a public service announcement with the help of kids from the Jason Taylor Foundation, H.A.N.D.Y. (Helping Abused, Neglected, Disadvantaged Youth) and basketball star James Jones of the championship Miami Heat team urging young people not to let their emotions get the best of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sheriff Scott Israel said, \u201cWe don\u2019t have information about a specific event that might take place at the conclusion of the trial, but we encourage everyone to keep any protests peaceful.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Department says that it is keeping its channels of communication open with \u201ccommunity leaders, civic activists, members of the clergy, as well as local, state and federal agencies.\u201d – Breitbart<\/p>\n

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On Monday, the Broward County Sheriff\u2019s Office released a video calling on the public not to riot in the wake of the George Zimmerman verdict, expected this week or next in Florida. The Sheriff\u2019s Office released a statement explaining that it was \u201cworking closely with the Sanford Police Department and other local law enforcement agencies\u201d … Continue reading “Law enforcement prepares for riots on Zimmerman verdict”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[325,2807,324],"class_list":["post-6955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-united-states","tag-george-zimmerman","tag-race-riots","tag-trayvon-martin"],"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":false,"source_text":false,"source_url":false},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/riotszimmerman.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6955"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6962,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6955\/revisions\/6962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/praag.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}