Russia Today: Minister Louis Farrakhan on Sunday urged the black community to unite along religious lines in order to liberate themselves, declaring the need for its own courts in light of the failure of the US judicial system.
Speaking in Detroit to approximately 18,000 people, the Nation of Islam leader used his group’s annual convention to deliver a blistering speech criticizing “stand your ground” gun laws, as well as the American legal system’s alleged bias against African Americans.
“How long must we let people stand their ground, shooting us and getting away with it while we don’t get justice?” Farrakhan said, according to the Detroit News.“We want justice. Equal justice under the law. We want the federal government to intercede to see that black people get justice in accordance with the law.”
Farrakhan was likely referencing recent trials in Florida, in which Michael Dunn and George Zimmerman shot and killed black teenagers Jordan Davis and Trayvon Martin. Neither man was found guilty of murder.
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