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George Zimmerman will not face federal civil-rights charges in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday, citing a lack of evidence.

In a prepared statement, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said FBI agents and DOJ attorneys simply could not build a successful case that Zimmerman was motivated by race when he killed the Miami Gardens teenager Feb. 26, 2012.

Even so, Holder said, Trayvon's death requires that "we continue the dialogue and be unafraid of confronting the issues and tensions his passing brought to the surface."

The outcome came as no surprise to lawyers and people familiar with the case. It was met with resignation by Trayvon's family and prominent supporters.

Francis Oliver, founder of the Goldsboro Westside Historical Museum in Sanford, which houses a memorial for Trayvon, said the decision included "nothing that's surprising to us."

No local protests were planned, she said.

"We're not going to do anything to glorify George Zimmerman," she said. "As far as we're concerned, he doesn't exist. He's a character that we just have closed the book on."

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In the spring of 2012, Trayvon's shooting became a civil-rights cause clbre.

Sanford police investigated but did not initially arrest Zimmerman, something that led to rallies and brought Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and the national president of the NAACP to Sanford.

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