17 year old Trayvon was wearing a hoodie, carrying some candy, had a soda and was talking on a cellphone with his sister. Somehow, Trayvon used these dangerous ‘weapons’ to viciously attack a MUCH larger, heavily armed, muscular Neighborhood Watch guy, who had just called in to police to report that he was following a ‘suspicious’ character. They told him to stop following this guy. He persisted and confronted Trayvon.
Witnesses reported hearing calls for help and then shots fired. Trayvons body was found by police. There was no blood, bruising or other damage on the much larger ‘victim’ of a cruel and vicious life threatening ‘attack’ with candy, soda and a cellphone.
This heavily armed Trayvon was supposedly beating this Neighborhood Watch guys head on the concrete sidewalk and bashing in his nose, while talking on his cellphone, drinking soda and eating candy. WOW..
For more details on what happened, the issues involved and actual voice recordings, click on this link. http://motherjones.com/politics/2012/03/what-happened-trayvon-martin-explained
It seems the The Florida law that allowed this to happen was created by ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. Have you heard of ALEC yet?
http://movetoamend.org/exposed-corporations-behind-law-may-let-trayvon-martin%E2%80%99s-killer-go-free
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Last Friday, President Obama reminded the country how personal Trayvon Martin’s death feels to any parent of a Black child. He said, “You know, if I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.”[1]
There is no doubt that Trayvon — a 17-year-old boy armed only with Skittles and iced tea — was considered “suspicious” and subsequently killed because of the color of his skin.
We have reached a critical moment. Americans of all walks of life are talking openly and honestly about racial profiling, targeting and the dehumanization of Black boys and men. We can’t stand by while politicians who claim to want to lead all Americans play dumb and deny the racial realities surrounding Trayvon’s death.
Please join me in calling on the Republican National Committee — which leads the party and coordinates the GOP’s election strategy — to withhold its support from any candidate who uses Trayvon Martin’s killing to divide Americans and distort honest conversations about race for political gain. If the RNC refuses, it will send a clear message about the GOP’s willingness to lead on the most critical issues facing all Americans. Click here to take action, and please ask your friends and family to do the same:
http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/trayvon_gop?referring_akid=.281883.ICLthP&source=taf
Trayvon’s death had everything to do with what he looked like. But some conservatives are determined to deny the reality of racial prejudice in America and the mortal threat it poses.
It’s no great surprise that right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh responded to President Obama’s comments last week by saying, “It is the least important thing, what the kid looks like.”[4] But Americans have reason to expect better from the GOP’s presidential candidates, men who claim to be able to represent all of us.
Rick Santorum accused the President of trying to “drive a wedge in America.”[5] Newt Gingrich lashed out with: “What the president said, in a sense, is disgraceful. It’s not a question of who that young man looked like.”[6]
The Republican National Committee, chaired by Reince Priebus, has the power to rein in cynical, dishonest comments like these. The RNC develops and promotes the Republican political platform and coordinates its fundraising and election strategy.
Please join me in calling on the RNC to withhold its support from any GOP candidate who responds to Trayvon Martin’s killing by sweeping its race-related realities under the rug. If the RNC refuses, it will send a clear message about the party’s willingness to lead on the most critical issues facing Americans. And when you sign, please ask your friends and family to do the same.
http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/trayvon_gop?referring_akid=.281883.ICLthP&source=taf
References
1. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/23/obama-makes-first-comments-on-trayvon-martin-shooting/
3. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/23/newt-gingrich-trayvon-martin-barack-obama_n_1376659.html
4. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0312/74479.html
5. See reference 2
6. See reference 3
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