Posted on 07/06/2012 11:34:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The city’s first known Trayvon Martin mural is going up on a wall of an East New York laundromat - adding to a brewing campaign to make sure history doesn’t snub the slain teen’s image.
Teenage boys will start painting the 100-foot picture July 16 on New Lots Laundromat’s wall underneath the elevated tracks of the IRT No. 3 train.
The East New York mural will join a growing list of similar street art popping up in black neighborhoods across the country.
“We want him to become a martyr, and it’s sad that we even have to say that,” said Catherine Green, executive director of ARTs East New York Inc., who is overseeing the project.
“We want to see change coming out of this. People see a young man with a hoodie and they think he is a criminal.”
The seven young painters will show off the outline for the giant image in mid-July but are set on drawing Martin dressed in the his famed sweatshirt.
“It goes back to hip-hop and how people dress. When you see that hoodie, it signifies what people think about our young men in our community,” Green said.
Neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman gunned down the hoodie-clad Florida teen in February telling cops he thought the boy appeared suspicious.
Initially, authorities didn’t arrest Zimmerman, citing the state’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law. A national debate on racial profiling ensued and officials later charged Zimmerman with second degree murder.
Martin snapped a picture of himself in a gray hoodie before his death. The image went viral as buzz surrounding the case intensified and is now on countless t-shirts and posters.
State Sen. Eric Adams (D-Crown Heights) used the picture on a June 7 flyer inviting young Brooklynites to a rally against a floundering Stand Your Ground bill stalled in Albany.
“The story of Trayvon Martin will find its way into the history books,” Adams said. “It symbolizes the frustration and anger of young men of color losing their lives — by their own hands, by the hands of the police, and by vigilante groups.”
The Martin family copyrighted their son’s hoodie photo earlier this month, along with the phrases “Trayvon Martin,” “I am Trayvon Martin,” and “Justice for Trayvon Martin,” said Michael Hall, co-founder of the Justice for Trayvon Martin Foundation, an advocacy group tied to Martin’s legal team.
“We want to stop people from making a profit from [the image],” said Hall, explaining that while he was unaware of the East New York mural, he doesn’t have a problem with the plan.
Still, Hall was skeptical about whether street art will push history book authors to include the Trayvon Martin case.
“History will dictate what it wants to acknowledge. They will dictate what they want to pay attention to,” Hall said.
Yep. That’s definitely a culture that has no hero. What would we expect from a “people” who revere a commie whore monger?
“How much do you want to bet that this mural will be paid for with “stimulus” money.”
It would be interesting to know who is supplying the paint and skittles — SEIU or other Democratic Party operatives?
“A martyr to what?”
Skittles n’ purple drank.
From January 1, 2011 through February 26, 2012, police were called to The Retreat at Twin Lakes 402 times.[46] During the 18 months preceding the February 26 shooting, Zimmerman called the non-emergency police line seven times. On five of those calls, Zimmerman reported suspicious looking men in the area, but never offered the men's race without first being asked by the dispatcher.[74][75][76] Crimes committed at The Retreat in the year prior to Martin's death included eight burglaries, nine thefts, and one shooting.[77] Twin Lakes residents said there were dozens of reports of attempted break-ins, which had created an atmosphere of fear in their neighborhood. In one case a woman with an infant hid in an upstairs room until the police arrived and scared away the intruders, who had already entered her home and disconnected the television.[43]
In September 2011, the Twin Lakes residents held an organizational meeting to create a neighborhood watch program. Zimmerman was selected by neighbors as the program's coordinator, according to Wendy Dorival, Neighborhood Watch organizer for the Sanford Police Department.[4][78] Zimmerman "once caught a thief and an arrest was made...He helped solve a lot of crimes," said Cynthia Wibker, secretary of the homeowners association.[46]
Three weeks prior to the shooting, on February 2, 2012, Zimmerman called police to report a young man peering into the windows of an empty Twin Lakes home. Zimmerman was told a police car was on the way, and he followed protocol, awaiting their arrival. By the time police arrived, the suspect had fled. On February 6, 2012, workers witnessed two young black men lingering in the yard of a Twin Lakes resident around the same time her home was burglarized. A new laptop and some gold jewelry were stolen. The next day police discovered the stolen laptop in the backpack of a young black man, which led to his arrest. Zimmerman identified this young man as the same person he had spotted peering into windows on February 2.[43]
bttt
I used to teach in East Flatbush (Tilden High School) and one of my students, who I believe lived in East New York, was shot in the leg by a stray bullet while she was lying on her bed doing homework. That little girl had aspirations of being a track star, all ended by the insanity of “the streets.”
Another of my students invited me to her dance recital, which was to be held during the early evening hours on a weeknight in a place called The Pink Projects. I attended the event and afterward was given an escort to my car by some of the parents who were there so that I would be able to make it to my car and home in one piece. I remember them unwilling to take my “No, that’s all right,” for an answer.
I have always cautioned my students about life on the streets whenever they want to use that lifestyle as some sort of badge of honor. You don’t “live on the streets;” the streets are for dying.
The artist did it for free and the property owner allowed it. I don't see anything wrong as long as it's private money and property.
How about a Trayvon Martin Avenue?
Like MLK Ave, it can warn visitors what part of town to avoid...
“Have the ROBBERIES STOPPED in that neighborhood since he died??”
According to the link below, there were 3 incidents in the month prior and 3 incidents in the 5 months since. Smells like there has been a huge drop in crime. Just sayin’.
http://www.crimemapping.com/map.aspx?loc=sanford,%20florida
Check this out.
That poor little Trayvon............just a chiiiiiiiiild.
I’d bet 5 bucks that the mural will be vandalized by other local “yutes” within 24 hours of the painting being completed.
You cannot fix low IQ with generational victimhood which is State-sponsored with a lying media.
That was a weird response to me....You don’t think that Trayvon Martin COULD have been resposible for those burglaries???? Oh PLEASE...he was a THUG.
We already have Hanoi Jane for that. Now, Trayvon toilet paper, on a Qur'an background...
I wish it was a case of low IQ. Sorry to say, many of the minds being corrupted and rotted from the nanny-state/media are actually pretty bright and they might make some serious contributions to the restoral of our once-great Nation if they weren't spoon-fed the liberal pap from day one.
I'm wondering if this pic was taken at his mom's house or dad's girlfriend Brandy's apartment? It looks like it might be an apartment with the doorknob being handicap friendly. Also, the walls seem similarly painted as Brandy's. It looks like he and whomever, aka accomplice, was taking the pic came into some nice money. So, was the person holding the camera Brandy's son or the person he was supposedly holding the jewelry for or some other partner in crime. Z's attorney might want to have a little discussion with the guy who was arrested with jewelry from the apartment complex.
In the pic of him flying two birds (not posting that gesture) it looks like it could be her vertical blinds and tan leather couch as seen in her interview with Rivera - http://theconservativetreehouse.com/2012/06/16/chad-greens-dad-talks-then-chad-and-brandy-green-talk/. It may be that when dad had him, dad was more interested in Brandy than with keeping an eye on the budding thug and T-Ray knew he could get by with more there.
Gag me with a spoon~!
He probably set the camera to auto on top of a dryer or shelf.
Yeah, probably since he had to hide out in a locked (a larger img of that pic sort of looks like the door is locked) bathroom with his stash.
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