After two days of deliberations, the all-female jury delivered their verdict Saturday night as a nation waited with bated breath. Zimmerman stood trial for shooting and killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last year, and the local crime quickly gripped the nation. President Obama weighed in on the teen’s death and pundits such as Al Sharpton planned marches and rallies from Florida to Washington, D.C., pushing for ‘Justice for Trayvon.’

But as the jury announced Zimmerman had been found not guilty, riots and protests started, and a host of pundits, politicians and celebrities offered their sentiments.

Here are the 8 reactions sparked by the verdict you need to know:

1. The Department of Justice

Eric Holder’s Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation began looking into Martin’s death last year, but stepped aside to let the state’s prosecution proceed.

After the jury’s verdict, however, groups including the NAACP urged the DOJ to appeal, saying Zimmerman should be prosecuted on civil rights charges.

“The Department of Justice’s Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation continue to evaluate the evidence generated during the federal investigation, as well as the evidence and testimony from the state trial,” the DOJ said in a statement Sunday. “Experienced federal prosecutors will [now] determine whether the evidence reveals a prosecutable violation of any of the limited federal criminal civil rights statutes within our jurisdiction, and whether federal prosecution is appropriate in accordance with the Department’s policy governing successive federal prosecution following a state trial.”

2. The Nation

Just hours after the jury announced its not guilty verdict, blogger Aura Bogado wrote on The Nation that it was white supremacy that acquitted Zimmerman.

“But while the verdict came as a surprise to some people, it makes perfect sense to others. This verdict is a crystal-clear illustration of the way white supremacy operates in America,” Bogado wrote.

Bogado went on to note that the all-female jury consisted of five white women and one woman of color, and that though Zimmerman is Hispanic, he was acquitted because “he abides by the logic of white supremacy, and was supported by a defense team—and a swath of society—that supports the lingering idea that some black men must occasionally be killed with impunity in order to keep society-at-large safe.”

3. David Axelrod

President Obama’s former campaign advisor took to Twitter Sunday night to voice his disappointment with Zimmerman’s verdict. Axelrod did say, however, that Martin’s death wasn’t because of race but could be attributed to the fact that Zimmerman had a gun.

4. The Rev. Al Sharpton

It’s no surprise that The Rev. Al Sharpton has been an ardent supporter of justice for Trayvon, leading rallies and protests in Florida and devoting substantial amounts of time to the case on his MSNBC show, “Politics Nation.”

Sharpton has organized another march to honor Trayvon Martin and is leading the push for Zimmerman to face civil rights charges.

“When they’re telling you today, ‘I don’t know if they’re going to get a civil rights trial:’ We will. And we will get a civil trial,” Sharpton said on the “Tom Joyner Morning Show,” according to POLITICO. “What we’ve watched the last several weeks was not the system correcting itself, it was the people correcting the system. Now we’ve got to finish the job.”

Sharpton, through his organization National Action Network, plans to organize protests at federal court buildings nationwide to pressure the DOJ to press civil rights charges against Zimmerman.

5. Nationwide Protests

Though police in Sanford, Fla., — where the trial took place — were on high alert following Zimmerman’s acquittal, authorities from Portland, Ore., to Oakland., Calif., to Times Square were deployed as thousands descended on the cities to protest.

One speaker at a rally in Portland told the crowd, ““Every f**king cop is a f**king target.”

In Los Angeles, police shut down a portion of the 10 Freeway and fired rubber bullets to disperse the crowd. One protester was arrested for throwing rocks and bottles at an officer.

But in Oakland, things turned violent as protesters broke windows, vandalized cars and spray painted buildings. Others attempted to start fires in the streets and burned American flags, and police in riot gear were deployed to end the rally.

6. The New York Daily News

The newspaper unveiled a cover this morning comparing Martin’s killing to that of Emmett Till, Willie Edwards and Yusef Hawkins. The cover featured the headline, “When will it end?”

 7. President Obama

After President Obama commented on Trayvon Martin’s death last year, saying if he had a son, he would’ve looked like Martin, some argued the president politicized the shooting.

But Obama has decided to comment on the case again, this time assuming a more neutral position.

“The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher,” he said in a statement.

Obama continued, saying, “We should ask ourselves if we’re doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis. We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this. As citizens, that’s a job for all of us. That’s the way to honor Trayvon Martin.”

8. Zimmerman’s attorney against NBC

NBC News came under intense scrutiny after altering tapes of Zimmerman’s 911 call last March, editing clips together to make it sound like the shooting was racially motivated.

Zimmerman filed a lawsuit against the news organization for defamation because of the botched editing, and following this week’s ruling, his attorney, Mark O’Mara, said they would act swiftly in moving forward with the lawsuit.

The case was stayed pending a verdict in Zimmerman’s trial, and now that one has been rendered, O’Mara said they will move “in earnest ASAP” to proceed.