Auction Of Gun Used To Kill Trayvon Martin Troubling To Boston Mayor, Police
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and police are "deeply troubled" about the auction of a gun that was used to kill 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida in February 2012.
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and police are "deeply troubled" about the auction of a gun that was used to kill 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Florida in February 2012.
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is getting criticized for comments he made on race and prejudice. "If I see a black kid in a hoodie and it's late at night, I'm walking to the other side of the street," he said during an interview with Inc. magazine at a business conference. "And if on that side of the street, there's a guy that has tattoos all over his face -- white guy, bald head, tattoos everywhere -- I'm walking back to the other side of the street."
One week after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty in the death of unarmed teen Trayvon Martin, people gathered for nationwide rallies to press for changes to self-defense laws and for federal civil rights charges against the former neighborhood watch leader.
Teens at the Dorchester Youth Collaborative felt like President Obama was speaking directly to them.
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The case was weak, the presentation was weaker, the prosecutors knew they had nothing (but they still sit back and call George a murderer) and the jurors come back unanimous....."NOT GUILTY" End of case? Not a chance..
When the jurors in the George Zimmerman trial first got the case, three voted not guilty, two wanted manslaughter and one thought he was guilty of second degree murder.
The issue of racial profiling is nothing new. But why has it been languishing for years?
Let's tune out the hate-peddlers, so the rest of us can work on building a society where a nothing beef between two strangers on the street hardly ever leads to violence anymore.
Given what you know about the case, do you agree with the jury?
Protests are planned in cities including Boston, New York City, Chicago and San Francisco on Sunday.
Neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman was cleared of all charges Saturday in the shooting of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed black teenager whose killing unleashed furious debate across the United States over racial profiling, self-defense and equal justice.
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Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank is apologizing for comments he made about the Trayvon Martin case at a weekend graduation ceremony.
Barney Frank referenced the deadly shooting of Trayvon Martin in Florida while congratulating Hubert Jones for his honorary degree.
Two shootings, two different reactions.
To see an unarmed kid shot to death is repulsive; if it was a racial hate crime, put me down for no mercy. But let's get the facts straight and act on the truth, not our reflexive outrage.
