Attorney for Trayvon Martin's parents in Tampa: Zimmerman shouldn't get bail

Earlier in the day Governor Rick Scott finally announced the formation of the "Citizen Safety and Protection" task force assigned to review the Stand Your Ground law, with the 17-member committee's first meeting scheduled for May 1. The one Tampa representative on the committee is Joseph A. Caimano Jr., a criminal defense attorney.

During the 90-minute panel discussion that preceded the news conference, Hillsborough County NAACP chair Carolyn Collins said it was crucial for those in the church on Thursday to show up when that task force comes to Tampa to hold a public hearing.

The forum was sponsored by the National Bar Association, the largest network of predominantly black judges and attorneys around the nation. Officials with the group urged the panelists to be measured in their comments, and in fact Natalie Jackson, another attorney for Trayvon Martin's parents, said people should not get bogged down to simplifying the case under a prism of race. "This is about justice, "she said.

But Otis Anthony, host of the Sunday Forum on WMNF-88.5 FM, would have none of that, saying that in fact institutional racism would be on trial in Sanford, when and if an actual trial is held in the case.

Although reporters wanted to ask questions of the parents, Crump said at this point they would not be speaking publicly. But he and others talked often of the Trayvon Martin Foundation, where funds are being generated to "support awareness of civil rights, social justice and the quality of life for young black men," according to their website.

Crump and others also talked about the "Trayvon Martin Law." When asked what that consisted of, Crump said the first part of it is "you can't be the aggressor and pursue and pick a fight and then kill somebody and say you were standing your ground. You simply can't have that. We'll be looking at those type of things."