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Police in Washington, DC are investigating a robbery that occurred Saturday as a possible hate crime in retaliation to the not-guilty verdict in the trial of George Zimmerman. A Bethesda, Maryland man was beaten and robbed early Saturday morning by three black men who approached him as he was walking down Euclid Street in Adams Morgan district of Washington, DC. Police are investigating the robbery as a hate crime since one of the men yelled 'This is for Trayvon Martin' before attacking the man. The men threw the victim to the ground and kicked him before leaving with his wallet...

The demonstration for Martin came to a climax when the dueling protests met at the corner of Shepherd and Gray. Police crowded the street between both groups as each side erupted in shouts with signs waving and hands in the air. Some of the roughly 80 counter-protesters, who largely felt justice was served in the Zimmerman ruling, chanted, "Go home racists!"