Posted on 07/16/2013 9:39:14 AM PDT by doug from upland
Stevie Wonder plans to avoid Florida at all costs following the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in a Sanford, Fla., gated community.
While performing in Quebec City, Canada, on Sunday, the 63-year-old singer said he wouldn't perform in the state so long as the Stand Your Ground law is still in existence.
"I decided today that until the Stand Your Ground law is abolished in Florida, I will never perform there again," Wonder told the crowd. "As a matter of fact, wherever I find that law exists, I will not perform in that state or in that part of the world."
The law allows people to defend themselves with force if they feel threatened in their home, business, car or a place where they "have a legal right to be."
In a video clip from the show, posted on YouTube, Wonder asked for fans' support: "The truth is that -- for those of you who've lost in the battle for justice, wherever that fits in any part of the world -- we can't bring them back. What we can do is we can let our voices be heard. And we can vote in our various countries throughout the world for change and equality for everybody. That's what I know we can do."
Watch Wonder's remarks below, and tell us what you think in the comments:
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Uhh, THAT might be cruel. Are there any braille maps? Anyhow...we’ll let you slide this time.
Who cares?
You said it better than I did.
Blind Trayvon Watermelon Drank ain’t gon play fo no mo Floduh crackas?
Can he boycott California too..PLEASE..we have enough maggots in this state
So many idiots out there it is scary...
what is Stevie Wonder’s freeper name
( sorry....had to )
Leave them; they are blind guides. If the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit.” - Matthew 15:14
Hey Stevie, we will be happy not to have your sorry @$$ in Texas again. I'd really like open carry, but you couldn't see the gun anyway.
I wouldn't go to one of his concerts if I got paid to go.
He’s boycotting Texas as well as any place that has a stand your ground law.
If Stevie Wonder was white and not blind, he’d be a bagger at Wal Mart. I hate his music.
Stevie Wonder opposes basic human rights of self defense.
I didn't hear that Stevie Wonder shoots smack. But here is John Lennon offering him a toot of cocaine
(0:15 "You wanna snort, Steve? A toot? It's goin' round")
Lennon/McCartney- A Toot and a Snore in '74 (Part 1)
Not like Stevie saw any racism here ..... Stay safe !
Not just blind; stupid too.
Hey, Stevie, you drooling moron, no one used SYG in ANY way regarding the Zimmerman case.
Slack-lipped idiot!
Meanwhile, he's probably had armed bodyguards for years following him around.
This is good news. The people of Florida don’t want him stumbling around down there anyway.
Ebony and Ivory - Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TZtiJN6yiik
I’ve got a dollar that says Stevie has armed bodyguards.
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