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Trayvon Martin’s Parents Heading to the Hill
rollcall.com ^ | March 26, 2012 | John Stanton

Posted on 03/26/2012 6:16:42 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

The parents of a Florida teen who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in February will attend a House hearing on racial profiling and Florida’s controversial “Stand Your Ground” law Tuesday.

According to a report by the Huffington Post, the parents of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin will attend a special forum hosted by Judiciary ranking member John Conyers (D-Mich.) on Tuesday. The forum, which will also include other members of the Congressional Black Caucus as well as other minority Members of Congress, will look into not only Martin’s death but also racial profiling and federal hate crime laws.

The forum will also discuss Florida’s Stand Your Ground law, a controversial measure that allows armed civilians to use deadly force when they feel they are in danger of imminent — but not necessarily lethal — harm, rather than attempting to flee.

(Excerpt) Read more at rollcall.com ...


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KEYWORDS: trayvon; trayvonmartin; zimmerman
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To: ASOC

It’ll be a circus, count on it!


41 posted on 03/26/2012 6:46:52 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Texas Fossil

Oh I have. This kid looks and writes like the typical drug dealing gangster. Got his gold capped teeth, tats, etc.

I see absolutely nothing about this Trayvon person to celebrate at all. He appears to everything you wouldn’t want to raise a child to be like.


42 posted on 03/26/2012 6:48:58 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: Anti-Bubba182

They should invite Tawana Brawley and Crystal Mangum.


43 posted on 03/26/2012 6:51:00 PM PDT by gusty
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To: Free ThinkerNY
This is Obama's latest diversion.

It wasn't a hate crime.

It was self defense and does not fall into the "stand your ground" category.

And since when do feds visit state laws??

44 posted on 03/26/2012 6:59:44 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is the business of Congress because???????


45 posted on 03/26/2012 7:03:16 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Black caucus acting stupidly. Again.


46 posted on 03/26/2012 7:08:18 PM PDT by lonestar (It takes a village of idiots to elect a village idiot.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Obama NEEDS more black kids to die, preferably at the hands of whites, though he’ll take the odd Hispanic now and then. White guilt got him elected once, and only white guilt will get him reelected.


47 posted on 03/26/2012 7:13:06 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Hope springs eternal - maybe the Bucs will break .500 this year)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

ABC News / Good Morning America identified a minor witness to a deadly shooting…do you think they might receive some intimidation? Do they care? Or, is it the goal?

Quote:

“In addition, an eyewitness, 13-year-old Austin Brown, told police he saw a man fitting Zimmerman’s description lying on the grass moaning and crying for help just seconds before he heard the gunshot that killed Martin.”

Link:

http://gma.yahoo.com/trayvon-martin-shooter-told-cops-teenager-went-gun-030349812—abc-news.html


48 posted on 03/26/2012 7:24:39 PM PDT by Fitzy_888 ("ownership society")
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To: Hoosier-Daddy
The whole thing is disgusting.

Whaddya mean?

There are votes to drum up.

There is a distraction to conjure up, to divert attention away from gasoline prices.

There is phony outrage to be expressed, all in the service of re-electing Jug Ears.

49 posted on 03/26/2012 7:31:48 PM PDT by bkopto (Obama is merely a symptom of a more profound, systemic disease in American body politic.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Now the House Rats have to get in on it. Do they think that by dividing the country even further along racdial lines they will fix ANYTHING.


50 posted on 03/26/2012 7:36:36 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Heading to The Hill...invited,no doubt,by Osama Obama Victory Headquarters.

well Obama personally gave each victim of the Afghanistan shooting $50,000.00


51 posted on 03/26/2012 7:38:33 PM PDT by molson209
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To: Free ThinkerNY
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52 posted on 03/26/2012 7:40:55 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: Free ThinkerNY

It’s more ammo from Wal-Mart time.


53 posted on 03/26/2012 7:48:03 PM PDT by gotribe
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To: capydick

Gonna be a long hot summer.


54 posted on 03/26/2012 8:00:16 PM PDT by Conservative4Ever (Waiting for the new tagline to download)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

This is getting way out of hand. Eventually people are going to get sick of this crap of the feds telling states what laws they can and cannot pass. That used to be up to the supreme court.


55 posted on 03/26/2012 8:11:19 PM PDT by Terry Mross ( "It happened. And we let it happen. - Peter Griffin, Family Guy)
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To: Fitzy_888
The media usually tries to conceal the identity of rape victims to avoid humiliation for the victim--but they are ready to publicize the identity of a 13-year-old boy who could be harassed or attacked as a result.

George Zimmerman's friend Joe Oliver, a black man, speaks as if he is uncertain if Zimmerman pulled the trigger. Zimmerman has been told not to speak out before the grand jury meets--and Oliver feels bound not to say some of the things he knows about what happened.

56 posted on 03/26/2012 8:45:36 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Anti-Bubba182
Never let the financial opportunity of a dead son go to waste.
57 posted on 03/26/2012 8:56:49 PM PDT by faucetman ( Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: cripplecreek

Is there a comparable law to Stand Your Ground in Michigan?


58 posted on 03/26/2012 9:00:56 PM PDT by kanawa
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To: Conservative4Ever
I'm afraid you're right but I hope this backfires on them bigger than the Duke incident.

The media also needs to be reminded of that farce and the role they played in hyping the incident.

59 posted on 03/27/2012 3:33:36 AM PDT by capydick (''Life's tough.......it's even tougher if you're stupid.'')
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To: kanawa

Yeah you can stand your ground in Michigan anywhere you can legally carry a gun.


60 posted on 03/27/2012 4:28:08 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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