Community activist are up in the air, trying to figure out why an armed neighborhood bully has not been arrested for the murder of a youth carrying Skittles on his way home to watch the NBA All Stars game.
Trayvon Martin was gunned down by George Zimmerman. Zimmerman is claiming self defense.
We are going back in time. Perhaps 17 year old Trayvon Martin was "threatening" because he was a hoodie-clad black man walking around with snacks. What gave George Zimmerman the right to kill Trayvon? If he gets away with this, it will be just another example of genocide against blacks in America and will prove that no one is safe from hateful vigilantes, whether they are patrolling inner city streets or gated communities.
I must say, I'm truly concerned about this one because Trayvon could have been any young man walking down the street...it could have been any child killed this week in Iraq by a trained soldier from the 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat team. Stop the violence!
Should religious leaders be speaking out against this senseless death? Not only should the Florida Attorney General get involved, but call Eric Holder on this one. Call the director of Kony 2012 and the Pope. This is a moral issue. What does this say about violence in our land and our world?
Should we comply with Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law or Jesus Christ's "Turn the Other Cheek"?
Unfortunately, when you train people to kill, you get trained killers who can aim the gun at anyone. We MUST become a country which is truly PRO-LIFE by loving and protecting lives already present on planet Earth.
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Based on the accounts of the actions of this one person in FL, the sherriffs department, and County Atty, along with host of other organizations need to chim in on this one! Where's the NAACP? SCLC? And what about the parents of this slain child, has the media failed in its duty to report the news? We are all stake holders in this tragic loss to young person, doing nothing more than heading home to watch sporting event. But looses his life over foolishness!
ReplyDeleteIam completely besides myself having just read about this tragic loss to young person unarmed on the way home to watch sporting event! Where's the NAACP, SCLC,Church groups,more media people pressing for the facts, and need for justice. And we must not forget the parents of this child, who have lost not just son, but future father, husband, and good citizen. This cannot be overlooked. This is further call to action across America.
ReplyDeleteKDJ wrote: Quote from Thick face, black heart:
ReplyDelete"If Gandhi’s adversary had been Hitler instead of the honorable British, he said he would have employed a different strategy.
Gandhi said, 'I make no hobgoblin of consistency. If I am true to myself from moment to moment, I do not mind all the inconsistencies that may be flung in my face. There is consistency that is wide and a consistency that is foolish. A man who, in order to be consistent, would go bare bodied in the hot sun of India or the sunless midwinter of Norway would be considered a fool and would lose his life in the bargain.'” — P.243
TC wrote: You are aware that GA passed a law that you can get a gun if you are 18 or older. Keep off the streets this summer!!
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