The not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial drew some dramatic reaction in the African American community on Delmarva.
In Wilmington, the Reverend Sylvester Beaman, pastor of the the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Wilmington, did not wear his traditional robes yesterday.
Instead, he donned a black hoodie, the same apparel Trayvon Martin when he was shot and killed by Zimmerman in February of last year in Sanford Florida.
He told the told his congregation that he was doing so in solidarity with the Martin family.
Somerset County NAACP Branch President Kirkland Hall
In churches across Delaware yesterday pastors took time to address the sadness, shock and anger at the verdict.
The Reverend Derrick Johnson, pastor of Joshua Harvest Church, organized a rally in the evening…at Wilmington’s Rodney Square.
Reverend Donald Morton, president of the Black Clergy Consortium, told the Wilmington News Journal that many were saddened but not surprised, adding that he feared the shooting would set a precedent.
