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1 year ago on this day a young brotha lost his life to a senseless act of violence.
June can't get here fast enough.
Keep On Pushing: 5 Reasons We Can't Forget Trayvon Martin (PHOTOS)Posted 21 hours 47 min ago by Christina Coleman for Global Grind Staff
This week marks a year since Trayvon Martin, the Florida teen who was walking home in his gated community, was shot and killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman for being "su ious."
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When news of his untimely death hit news waves, the media covered the murder extensively. Communities gathered with candles and prayers, donning hoodies to represent the slain student. George Zimmerman's face was plastered all over our television sets. We cried. We cared. We were ready to fight.
But then Trayvon's name disappeared from CNN, Fox and MSNBC. George Zimmerman's hearings only appeared on local Florida news. Both of their names receded from headlines and got lost among the other deaths. Aurora. Jordan Davis. Newtown.
But what about Trayvon?
A Google report revealed that the interest of the George Zimmerman case/Trayvon Martin death went from full throttle to literally zero.
Did we forget just 11 months ago that we were trumping an important cause? Where was the tenacity that we possessed while screaming Trayvon's name and protesting to get the "Stand Your Law" ground repealed?
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As the one year anniversary of Trayvon's death rolls around, just two weeks after he was to turn 18, we must remember what we were fighting for. Believe it or not, it wasn't just for the slain teen. We were fighting for justice for not just Trayvon, but for an entire nation. Here's why...
Stand Your Ground Law:
Even if George Zimmerman is convicted of murder and spends time behind bars, we will still have to grapple with the fact that Florida's controversial and deadly "Stand Your Ground" law has yet to be repealed. The legislation states that if an individual feels threatened, they can shoot first. Even before Trayvon's death, the law resulted in self-defense claims tripling in Florida, which made it difficult to prosecute cases against people who shoot others. Trayvon is not the first innocent and unwarranted death by this law, (Zimmerman's defense is using the law in the June trial), and he won't be the last. If we fight for Trayvon, we have to continue to fight for this law. Justice for Trayvon isn't about putting Zimmerman behind bars...it's making sure this doesn't happen again.
Jordan Davis:
If we forget Trayvon, we forget Jordan Davis. Davis was the other 17-year-old Florida teen who was shot and killed by Michael Dunn for allegedly playing his music too loud. The similarities are eerie. Michael Dunn, the 46-year-old gunman, also called upon the Stand Your Ground Law. Both teens were 17. Both were black. Both were shot by men who are allegedly racists. If we forget Trayvon, we forget all little black boys who are senselessly shot because their skin presents a threat. If we forget Trayvon, the fight for Davis, kids on street corners in Chicago, there or anywhere, are trivialized.
Gun Control:
If we forget Trayvon Martin, we forget who killed him. But most importantly, we forget what killed him. George Zimmerman was a man who legally owned a gun. He was licensed to carry a firearm. It was not obtained illegally on a street corner or stolen from someone unsuspecting. What killed Trayvon was the system that is set up in America that makes it easy for someone with a vendetta, prejudice, or mental incapacity to use irresponsibly. And we have to change that.
Race:
If we are to examine not who killed Trayvon, but what killed Trayvon, we have to look at the myriad of historical incidents in America that got us here today. Why was Zimmerman "scared" of a teen boy walking home with a packet of Skittles in his hand? What made Zimmerman label him a thug and a punk? Why was he su ious? Trayvon was black, and holding that card is still the deadliest thing in America. If we forget Trayvon, we forget why he was targeted. We forget why he died. We forget that the post-racial world the media tries to convince us we live in is false. We remain blind to the violent and hateful climate of this nation. Arguably, Trayvon was killed because of his skin. And so are hundreds of little black boys in America. Black boys 15 to 19 years old are 28 times more likely than White boys the same age to be killed in a gun homicide. If we forget Trayvon's cause, we forget our children. We forget to secure our future.
George Zimmerman:
It's just this simple. If we do not continue to push for justice, the momentum behind George Zimmerman's June trial will dissipate. Who will be watching? Who will bear witness? And though we cannot determine the outcome of the trial, we have to let Zimmerman know that we haven't forgotten. We are still Trayvon. We are still pushing. And he will still have to pay. One way or another.
Trayvon Martin, we will never forget.
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1 year ago on this day a young brotha lost his life to a senseless act of violence.
June can't get here fast enough.
Damn, Zimmerman hasn't been late to the buffet line.
State has still been mum on it's case evidence.
That's what he gets for being senselessly violent to someone with a weapon.
The state doesn't have a case.
you fight when you're hunted down by a guy thats going to shoot you dead.
You don't even know what their case is. Personally, I think their battening down the hatches has quited the media storm and given the best opportunity for a fair trial
Wishful thinking doesn't make a counter argument nonetheless.
They are going to make all your know it all assumptions you've been making look real stupid come June. When they do, you should apologize for trying to demonize him but you aren't.
Comparing Trayvon to MLK Jr. is ridiculous and sad but that's America. Wearing hoodies and crying over the kid's death won't bring him back. Just sayin'.
LOL...
Are you suggesting that Martin knew Zimmerman had a gun?
We will see. I suspect it's you guys supporting Martin that will need to apologize.
Let's see... he:
smoked pot
stole
was late to class
spray-painted "WTF" on lockers
posted dumb misogynistic braggadocio on twitter
Prettymuch sounds like everybody I hung out with in highschool.
He did not:
assault a bus driver, (his 10 day suspension related to marijuana)
I love that you post this pointlessly shrill scurred old white guy paranoia that tries to put forth the claim that a dumb teenager's murder is at the heart of a vast negro conspiracy led by the "rabble rouser in chief" (atsa journalism!) and connected to the "2008 voter intimidation case" ().
You: a confessed cyber-stalking, crypto-racist, fringe right-wing pot smoker. See how easy that was? Heaven forbid your fool ass gets murdered, pal... the elite army of anonymous YouTube journalists would pretty much excoriate your creepy ass, I reckon.
Yep. Maybe he was the local thief.
What a punk.
Including the thing with the bus driver.
So...
You were a loser too...
Why does his friends think so?
I love that you post this pointlessly shrill scurred old white guy paranoia that tries to put forth the claim that a dumb teenager's murder is at the heart of a vast negro conspiracy led by the "rabble rouser in chief" (atsa journalism!) and connected to the "2008 voter intimidation case" (
LOL...
He was half Peruvian. Not white. This would have never happened if the initial reports were accurate.
Liar.
True
Too bad there was no eye witness. I guess those bruises, cuts, and broken nose appeared on Zimmerman magically, where as the only sign of confrontation on Martins body were his bloodied fists. Except for the gunshot wound, which it took to finally end the beating Martin was inflicting on Zimmerman.
I'm sorry. I have no remorse seeing any thug go down.
^ lol
Wild Cobra was a cyber stalker, so he had it coming.
The thing there is no proof of beyond a cryptic tweet? Why hasn't this poor bus driver stepped forward. Oh, right... Holder has sequestered him to advance the black conspiracy thing.
I had the advantage of getting an opportunity to grow out of it.
Why do you make so much of a tweet that says so little?
The pathetic paranoid white guy in question was the nitwit who compiled the video you posted (and you by proxy).
Why do your friends think so?
So shoot yourself -- nobody is forcing you to live amongst all these scary black teenagers and their revolutionary slogans of "WTF?"
The bus driver could lose his job if he came forward. Schools have such control over employees. Now court, that's a different matter. I'll bet he will testify...
I'm not going to respond to the rest of your nonsensical dribble.
"Drivel," by the way. Nonsensical dribble is what Stephen Jackson does when he crosses it over onto his foot after 10 years in the league. :rimshot
wc is relying on zimmermans word.......even though george already lied in court.
or it has to do with the color of martins skin.
"I sa- I sa- I say wha-what about his scratches and concussion that the ER staff ruled, respectively, 'minor' and 'absent' and completely consistent with self-inflicted wounds? Surely that terrifying negro teenage ne'er-do-well with the spray paint and burglary tool must have been responsible, as my poorly-substantiated, bias-informed foregone conclusion's deus ex VIA-bus driver will surely testify! Surely, I say!"
This is a tragic story, but I don't think that dude set out to murder a kid. Just my opinion.
He was told not to do vigilante work while armed, he was armed,
he was told always to call police and desist, he didn't.
He confronted the scrawny-kid-walking-while-black, the victim stood his ground in self-defense, and got murdered.
Didn't say the dude wasn't an idiot. I just don't think he's a murderer. Just my opinion.
Zimmerman certainly has not helped his case with his court room testimony and his Hannity interview. The case will really come down to his april hearing on self-defense. With the facts that have been released through the TV/Internet. I do not see how the prosecution can get a conviction. If they can get past the self-defense hearing then they stand a chance based on public outrage. I can honestly say that if I were the prosecutor, I would not prosecute him based on the facts/testimony that have come out. Then again, I do not have to answer to the people come November.
I have not seen any facts that show he confronted Martin. He was certainly searching for him, but no facts point to Zimmerman starting the actual confrontation. This case could very well come down to this issue.
"not seen any facts that show he confronted Martin"
his story was when he lost sight, he went searching for him, rather than follow Neighborhood Watch rules ONLY to call police.
Z searching for Martin obviously would have seen by Martin as a reason for Martin to "stand his ground"
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