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Reverend Al Sharpton organized a rally that drew thousands of people to the City of Sanford in the weeks before George Zimmerman was arrested for shooting Trayvon Martin. Now, Sanford is one of 28 cities where Sharpton's National Action Network is calling for rallies when the Ferguson, Missouri, grand jury decision is announced.

Mayor Jeff Triplett said the Sanford Police Department is prepared for protests, just as it was when the verdict came down in the George Zimmerman case.

"What we've seen in the past in Sanford and Central Florida is that people just don't want to see that," Triplett said.

There were marches, but Sanford made it through Trayvon Martin's shooting and the Zimmerman trial without a single act of violence.

Triplet said he attributes it to the community pulling together.

"Not only law enforcement, but City Hall, our pastors and preachers stepped up to form a main group to go out and say, 'This isn't who we are,'" he said.

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THE CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND POLICE THAT HAPPENED AFTER HIS SON'S DEATH. FERGUSON IS PREPARING IN SOME OF THE SAME WAYS THAT SANFORD HAD TO BE READY IN THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN TRIAL. PROTESTS NEVER GOT OUT OF HAND THERE. WHEN DID SANFORD'S MAYOR SAY TO YOU, LOUIS BOLDEN? GINGER, SANFORD IS ONE OF MANY CITIES WHERE A NATIONAL FIGURE IS TRYING TO ORGANIZE PROTESTS IN RESPONSE TO FERGUSON, BUT THE MAYOR OF SANFORD SAYS HE'S CONFIDENT IN HIS COMMUNITY. IT WAS REVEREND AL SHARPTON THAT ORGANIZED THIS RALLY THAT DREW THOUSANDS IN THE CITY OF SANFORD THE WEEK BEFORE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN WAS ARRESTED FOR SHOOTING TRAYVON MARTIN. NOW SANFORD IS ONE OF 28 CITIES WHERE SHARPTON'S NATIONAL ACTION NETWORK IS CALLING FOR RALLIES WHEN THE FERGUSON, MISSOURI GRAND JURY IS ANNOUNCED. YOU ALWAYS HAVE THAT IN THE BACK OF YOUR MIND THAT SOMEONE MAY WANT THEIR 10 SECONDS OF FAME. THE MAYOR SAYS THE CITY'S POLICE DEPARTMENT IS PREPARED FOR PROTESTS, JUST AS IT WAS WHEN THE VERDICT CAME DOWN IN THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN CASE. WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST IN SANFORD AND CENTRAL FLORIDA, PEOPLE JUST DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT. THERE WERE MARCHES. BUT SANFORD MADE IT THROUGH TRAYVON MARTIN'S SHOOTING AND THE ZIMMERMAN TRIAL WITHOUT A SINGLE ACT OF VIOLENCE. HE ATTRIBUTES IT TO THE COMMUNITY PULLING TOGETHER. NOT ONLY LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT OUR PREACHERS AND PASTORS AND EVERYBODY STEPPED UP AND FORMED A MAIN GROUP. I SPOKE WITH SANFORD'S POLICE CHIEF TODAY. HE TELLS ME HIS DEPARTMENT HAS HAD MEETINGS ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE ANY POSSIBLE PROTESTS.

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ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 13 (UPI) -- Nearly three years after George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin, a grand jury is considering whether he violated the unarmed teen's civil rights.

A federal grand jury convened Wednesday to consider whether there is enough evidence to indict Zimmerman, who was acquitted of second-degree murder last July. Zimmerman maintained he acted in self-defense.

One of Zimmerman's supporters from his first trial has turned against him, saying he wants to "make amends" with Martin's family. Frank Taaffe, Zimmerman's former neighbor, says he now believes Zimmerman's actions were racially charged.

"This is a young man who didn't deserve to die," Taaffe told reporters before he testified on subpoena by a U.S. Department of Justice attorney Wednesday.

Taaffe said the recent deaths of both of his sons changed his perspective on Zimmerman's actions.

"If there's a young man not doing anything but talking on the phone, in the rain, sauntering about, let it go," he said, of what Zimmerman should have done the night he saw Martin walking through a Sanford neighborhood. "You know, that's why they have law enforcement. Let them handle it."

Taaffe said he expected to testify about a phone call he received in the days before Zimmerman was arrested. The caller, who claimed to be Zimmerman, made a "racial comment," but the number was unregistered and Taaffe said he can't be sure it was Zimmerman on the phone.

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