Posted on 03/29/2012 10:20:32 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
LANGSTON, Okla. -- The death of a Florida teenager has some Oklahomans demanding justice and clarification of our own gun laws. The shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last month finds some questioning the state's own personal protection measures, both the ones already on the books and ones still being considered.
A rally held Thursday on the Langston University campus centered on the death of Martin who was shot by neighborhood watch volunteer, George Zimmerman.
Zimmerman claimed self-defense.
Thursday's rally at Langston held two messages.
One was a call for a review of Oklahoma's own "Stand Your Ground" law. The other was about justice and how this should not be a racial issue.
Students shouted, "We are Trayvon Martin" as they walked across campus.
One of the organizers, Dazhon Darien, said, "It's more than just a rally. We're calling for justice. Here at Langston we're not looking at it as a racial thing. It has absolutely nothing to do with race. It's a people thing."
Faculty, staff and students wore hoodies to represent unity and carried Skittles to show all the colors are together in the same bag.
The symbolism was drawn from the items Martin was wearing and carrying the night he died.
Vice President of Student Affairs, Angela Jones, told the crowd, "It was Martin Luther King, Jr. who said in his letter from the Birmingham jail that ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.’"
State Senator Constance Johnson also spoke.
She said, "The only way we are going to change the policies that we consider backwards, that we feel are trending at the state backwards, and open carry in my opinion is one, is by voting.
Student Darrel Strong said, "It is not the bullet that killed Trayvon Martin but ignorance, apathy and a lack of understanding that powered that 9 millimeter to shoot that young man."
Students held their breath and let the tears flow as they heard a portion of one of the 911 calls. One message was a constant at the rally; a call for the students gathered to be the generation that comes together.
Sen. Johnson said, "It does not matter that Trayvon was a 17-year-old African American male. Trayvon was a human."
The students chose to hold the rally on the steps of Sanford Hall since the shooting of Trayvon Martin happened in Sanford, Florida.
On a related note, the Oklahoma Senate has passed a measure allowing people who have a concealed carry permit to openly carry a handgun.
There are other similar measures moving forward as well.
“We are Trayvon Martin?” So, they’re all a bunch of thugs?
Pretty soon I expect to become a railroad tie because fellow decent people of any color are taking this BS story as fact. We don’t want to fight back, fine. Don’t bitch about it then.
Should say, "Students rally to help the fascist democrat party divert attention away from their destruction of religious freedom".
Funny how this became a "major issue" just when everyone was so focused on people resisting King Barry dictating an end to freedom of religion along with what is and isn't suitable religious belief.
Frickin’ morons. What is there not to get? Assault someone, get assaulted back. Next.
Athenian style democracy. Trial by Facebook. Indefensible willful ignorance is an art amongst the Langston pseudo intelligencia.
“The death of a Florida teenager has some Oklahomans demanding justice and clarification of our own gun laws.”
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Several examples of LeftMedia propaganda techniques all in one handy sentence.
Can you spot them?
So, how much was a dime bag at the rally?
The bottm line is that it is not up to the Government to determine your ability to defend yourself.
When that moment comes there is no police officer there, there is no politician there, neither Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton are there.
You either defend yourself and survive or you die.
Always remember that when seconds count the police are only minutes away..........
Somebody needs to tell these hoodie wearing morons that Martin was killed in Florida. Not Oklahoma.
Change to our Stand Your Ground law........ no duty to retreat, unless it’s a black person.
Well whenever race is involved: the myth-making factory goes into overdrive & “martyrs” are born.
again: will they apologize to zimmerman should the truth reveal tht he was right?
(crickets...)
All those Trayvon Martin supporters are played like a cheap violin by people smarter than they are. Just my .02 worth.
KFOR is NBC. When hundreds of Tea Partiers stood on the lawn of the state cap to oppose Commiecare in Nov ‘09, this POS “news team” wouldn’t/didn’t cover it. Instead, they ran the story of approx 23 people showing up inside the capitol to gripe about senior meal funding.
There are no black, brown, or white Skittles.
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