Jesse Jackson Calls for Obama to Translate Sentiments into Policy

Rev. Jesse Jackson, who advocated boycotting Florida as an "apartheid state"last week, is speaking out again on the George Zimmerman case, this time calling on Obama to turn his personal comments on the death of Trayvon Martin into policy, specifically to repeal Stand Your Ground laws.

Jackson took to his Facebook pageon Sunday to post the following message to his followers:

Trayvon Martin was a gentleman. He was kind to his friend Rachel Jeantel. This information has been lost in the case. We have Benjamin Crump who states that 1) the Department of Justice has to answer whether people can be profiled by private citizens;2) Stand Your Ground laws must be amended;3) Trayvon's parents have started the Trayvon Martin Foundation. Please support and encourage people to join.

After posting the message, Jackson took to his Twitter account, tweeting that "President Obama's personal narrative must translate into policy" and that his "sentiments must be turned into meaningful solutions."

Jackson has said he believes there will be a civil rights suit brought by the Department of Justice. The NAACP and thousands of petitioners are calling for a new trial to convict George Zimmerman for violating Trayvon Martin's civil rights, but the stakes would be higher for a federal prosecutor, because it would have to be proven that Zimmerman killed Martin because of his race.