Posted on 06/23/2013 12:41:29 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
We didn't mourn with the family from the church pews when seventeen teen year old, Trayvon Martin, was sent to his homecoming with God. We had not yet heard of his name. We couldn't stop the one shot fired on that drizzling night in Sanford, Florida on February 26, 2012. We, too, were watching LeBron, Kobe and D. Wade on our television. We didn't raise our voices when the man who pulled the trigger was allowed to sleep in his own bed the night he ended the life of the young man from Miami. We hadn't yet heard the news. But, soon enough, we were awoken by emails and tweets, facebook posts and phone calls, petitions and calls for marches of a million hoodies, led by young people from around the world, who would not let the death of this young, black man become another statistic in the Sanford Police Department log book.
Over the next sixteen months, the rallying cries from our generation would lead a movement for justice and peace that has arrived at the Seminole County courthouse steps ready for the murder trial of George Zimmerman that will begin on Monday morning. The trial will be watched by millions and discussed by every news network in America, however if it wasn't for the work of young people, we might not have ever arrived at this day. From small towns to big cities, from elementary schools to law libraries, from intro-mural teams to professional athletes, the call for justice was deafening. Quieting the chatter that we had given up or no longer care or lost interest, we marched on. Silencing the critics of our generation, who believe we are lazy, entitled and narcissistic, we kept up the fight.
This is a moment of definition. A defining moment for our generation that is critical to who we will become. No matter what name a magazine, politician, or critic wants to label our generation, we know that we take care of our own. Whether it is gay couples who want to marry, undocumented students whose dreams should not be limited by their location, battled soldiers who deserve to come home from war to a country that embraces them or young black men who should be allowed to walk freely through any neighborhood in this nation, our generation will do everything in our power to make this America, the most beautiful. For our ugliness rained drops of death on Trayvon Martin the night he lost his life, we know that we failed him once, but we will never fail him again.
In his name and his memory, we will wear our hoodies to work, to school, to play on Monday morning and inspire our friends, relatives and enemies to keep the fight for justice alive. Traveling to Sanford, Florida Sunday night for the opening days of this trial, I promise to deliver all of the well-wishes to the family of our fallen comrade. I also promise to deliver the news of this trial in real-time, as the outcome of this case will forever be part of the history of our journey. Proud of our persistence and confident of our commitment, I know that my generation will stand with Trayvon until the very end. Our brother, Trayvon, rests in peace, but we will not rest until we find peace for all.
I call it the "Trayvon Martini." You start by shaking the crap out of it, bang it on the driveway a few times, and then throw it down as a shot.
LMAO!!!!
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This is a moment of definition. A defining moment for our generation that is critical to who we will become. No matter what name a magazine, politician, or critic wants to label our generation, we know that we take care of our own. Whether it is gay couples who want to marry, undocumented students whose dreams should not be limited by their location, battled soldiers who deserve to come home from war to a country that embraces them or young black men who should be allowed to walk freely through any neighborhood in this nation...
Hey , Mike, I haven’t seen you down at the courthouse this week. Do you know where it is??? Do you need directions??? or are you just satisfied to be an agent provocateur from a safe distance???
Russell Simmons Biography
http://www.biography.com/people/russell-simmons-307186
Are Global Grind’s Russel Simmons and Michael Skolnik RACIST
http://radionewz.net/2012/07/are-global-grinds-russel-simmons-and-michael-skolnik-racist/
Rush Limbaugh has an observation on things like this which should be kept in mind: The best and only way for this matter to be settled to have it out once and for all, to go toe to toe until only one side is left standing.
One side needs to win this decisively and overwhelmingly — no split decisions no hung jury. In that regard the judge should not be cherry-picking what comes into evidence but allow everything, and I mean everything, not just from the 7 Eleven forward. If that were to happen there would be no articles like this.
And when this is over, Michael Skolniks should be the next person taken on in the arena of his choice by someone willing to dismantle and destroy what will be left of his credibility. And that may already have happened because the blacks are staying away from the court and the courtroom in droves — embarrassment has already set it.
Oh, yeah.....
Leni
We look forward to your reports from on the ground. Make sure you sign up for the courtroom seat lottery.
They can’t fail him again - raising him up and not educating the coming generations about living a good lifestyle is a repeat of the failure that killed Trayvon.
The people who live in areas with large black populations are the ones at risk
You're right, he deserved to be shot. What a shame Zimmerman only killed one person before his vigilante reign of justice was brought to an end.
C'MON! Judge Excludes Audio Experts In Zimmerman Trial
Disappointed that the facts are getting in the way of their little lynching party.
Some folks can use sarcasm to great effect, unfortunately you’re not one of them.
The Race Card is alive and well in Amerika.
Here is more on Skolnik who certainly seems like a guy with a predisposed agenda, and a guy who knows who is paying his bills...
Michael Skolnik is the Political Director to hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons, and the co-President of GlobalGrind.com, an online resource for all things "Hip-Pop", founded by Russell. GlobalGrind is Pop, the "Hip" side of popular culture. Chronicling celebrities, lifestyles, entertainment news, fashion, music and politics with an authoritative voice, GlobalGrind reaches over 4.5 million people a month, predominantly serving a multi-racial segment of the 18-34 population.
n his role as Political Director, Michael oversees Russell's entire social justice, political and philanthropic endeavors.
Most recently, Michael has appeared on MSNBC's Melissa Harris Perry Show, CNN's Morning with Soledad O'Brien, CNN's Town Hall Special "Beyond Trayvon," CNN's Early Start, CNN with Don Lemon, CNN with Suzanne Malveaux, NPR with Michelle Martin, MSNBC's Tamron Hall Show, HLN's Dr. Drew Show, HLN's Jane Velez Mitchell Show, Current TV, Fox News, BBC, Al Jazeera's The Stream, and numerous other print and radio interviews.
Picture. Could I be the next Trayvon?
Sure if you are stupid enough to attack a man with a gun....
Now I get it. Michael Skolnik is Russel Simmons' boy Friday who dances to his hip hop tunes.
You have to admit, that is a rare and special kind of "stoopid." That said, it deserves to be noted that such seemingly obvious indiscretion is in fact somewhat less rare among our Negro-speaking neighbors.
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“Justice for Trayvon”? Duh. It has happened already. On the night of Feb 26 when the man he was brutally beating and trying to kill, shot him to save his own life. Try to keep up.
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