Posted on 04/26/2012 8:01:38 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
A rally in the Crenshaw district is bringing together prominent black leaders, the family of Trayvon Martin and plenty of celebrities to keep the publics attention on the recent killings of young black men.
The Los Angeles chapter of the NAACP is hosting the family of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin at a rally at a South L.A. church. They're joined by the reverends Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson and they're joined by celebrities Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan and Magic Johnson.
The Martins were the first to come out to the audiences applause, holding signs which displayed the now-famous picture of Trayvon Martin staring straight into a camera with his hoodie on.
Its the two-month anniversary of Trayvon Martins shooting by a neighborhood watch commander, George Zimmerman. Zimmerman has now been charged with second degree murder and is out on bail.
Aside from Martins shooting, the organizers wanted to call attention to and demand justice for the killings of other young black men since last year. That list starts with Oscar Grant in Oakland, and goes on to include Kendrec McDade in Pasadena and Earl Anthony Dunn in Compton.
Wonder who paid for their plane tickets to the Left Coast?
Which works quite well for the strategery of certain politicians. Including, or especially, one whose father was a British Colonial citizen.
Note to self: Don’t take Skittles to a gunfight.
At rallies and church services, thousands of dollars in pledges have been made to help them pay expenses including travel to events.
Note to self: If your scared $hitle$$ of black kids with skittles, then you should stay home, and not follow them.
Too bad for them that people even in the "Crenshaw" district are working their asses off trying to support their families. Sometimes surviving is the priority - an under-reported story these days in Obamaville.
Bug off....
How many black males were shot and/or killed that night?
These rallies are just a prelude to what is going to happen when GZ walks.
They have this nonsense “blame deflection” rallies in St. Louis from time to time. They march a little bit, release some balloons, make garish memorials with stuffed animals tied on a street light next to where the decedant lay, and four blocks over, it’s the ever present sound of someone burning through a magazine.
This is going on in every major and minor city in the US.
It will NEVER end.
I was thinking they called it that because of the gates.
Then you are quite naive. The reason the loaded term “gated community” is featured in nearly every press account is that it helps them form a narrative. The fact that there’s a front gate isn’t newsworthy otherwise.
As usual, conveniently ignoring the fact that most violent crimes against blacks and within their community are committed by other blacks.
When will the National Association for the Advancement of Communist Principles hold a rally on violence BY black youth?
Yep - I wonder if it will ever strike them that they are capitalizing on their son's death. If it does, I wonder if it will bother them. I don't recall any stories about the "father" raising hell to find out where Cute-ums was while he lay in the morgue for over a week.
Any honkies there? How about Samoans? Did MS-13 sit in the audience? Any Vietnamese or Eskimoes there? If not, the NAACP is racist, LA is racist and the racist South L.A. church is racist.
Racist! Racist! Racist!
I'm sure that if gated was left out, you would have a conspiracy theory as to why the press failed to mention this is a gated community.
Endless possibilities for rallies for the next two years.
Leni
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