Trayvon Martin Case Sparks Rallies Nationwide
I doubt George Zimmerman would have ever thought the actions of one night would have such a far reaching impact when he ended up shooting Trayvon Martin. The case has sparked a national uproar as thousands of people in cities all across the country have rallied in a call for justice in the memory of the slain teen this weekend.
Tampa Bay Times reported up to a thousand protesters marched to one of the city’s busiest intersections wearing hoodies and carrying bags of Skittles. Many were carrying signs saying. ” I am Trayvon” and “Justice for Trayvon.”
According to Wistv.com, in Columbia, South Carolina hundreds of people rallied in Finlay Park.
Event co-chair Chris Sullivan compared Martin to Emmitt Till, a Mississippi 14 year old who was beaten to death in 1955 for whistling at a white woman, stating:
“Trayvon is the Emmitt Till of our generation.”
Sullivan continued on saying:
“‘A threat to justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,’ those are the words of the great Dr. Martin Luther King and that’s why we’re here today.”
The Orlando Sentinel reported that in a protest in Sanford, Florida members of the New Black Panther Party offered a ten thousand dollar reward for the “capture” of Zimmerman.
Mikhail Muhammad, the leader of the New Black Panther Party, was asked if he was inciting violence. He simply stated:
“An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.”
City officials made sure to make a statement not condoning the activities of the group, saying:
“The city is requesting calm heads and no vigilante justice.”
There is an online petition urging that Zimmerman be prosecuted with over one and a half million people signing it.
More than 1.7 million people have signed an online petition urging that the shooter be prosecuted.
Do you think these thousands and thousands voices will be heard? Will justice be served?
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Posted: March 24, 2012
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Mar 25, 2012
I have spent the last few hours mapping out the times and events that happened that day using Google Maps. Looking at the record and the times that things were alleged to have happened, there is no way that the media portrayal of this incident is correct.
I suggest you do as I did and mark off where and when each event took place and then think about the timing of the calls. All of this info is widely available.
Here are some interesting facts:
- Trayvon ran away from Zimmerman and was lost to Zimmerman's view for 5 whole minutes. Trayvon's father's condo was only 100 yards away, why didn't he go and stay there?
- Trayvon's girlfriend talked to him for 4 minutes AFTER Zimmerman had already lost sight of Trayvon.
- How did the heavyset Zimmerman ever catch up to the athletic Trayvon? Especially since Trayvon had a 5 minute head start (Zimmerman lost Trayvon for 5 minutes).
- What does Trayvon's stepbrother say about that night? He was at the condo and the two kids were supposed to watch the All Star game together. Did he hear the gun shot?
- If Trayvon ran from Zimmerman for 5 minutes, how did he not cover the 100 yards to his house, and how did he end up only about 30 yards from where he ran past Zimmerman in the first place?
I personally think Trayvon ran away and then came back. I cannot otherwise explain the fact that he did not run straight home, 100 yards away.
Mar 25, 2012
I DON'T GIV A FLYN F**K WHAT U THINK. TRAYVON HAD THE RIGHT TO GO WHEREVER HE WANTED TO.
Mar 25, 2012
WHY DON'T U ATTEND ONE OF THE MANY RALLIES/MARCHES FOR TRAYVON SHARE YOUR CONCLUSIONS WITH US AT THAT TIME. U COWARD! DON'T HIDE BEHIND A COMPUTER. COME OUT,COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE!!!
Mar 25, 2012
no white person would want to attend that with a bunch of ghetto thugs.i see pictures of mostly thugs protesting.plus a few white race traders.i don't like most thugs because of how loud, entitled, rude, perverts etc.plus how they move to places and it turns into a ghetto within a year or less.if more thugs behaved themselves instead of acting like assholes I would not have issues with thugs.but most are assholes and I don't like them.
Mar 25, 2012
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Mar 26, 2012
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Mar 28, 2012
Why isn't anything being said about the 2 black kids that doused a white kid in gas then ignited it hhhmmmm so racial bias in the media.