Posted on 04/30/2012 6:56:04 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson took to the pulpit and the classroom in Miami to sermonize and implore African Americans to vote and to turn the death of Trayvon Martin into action.
“There are lessons in this tragic matter of Trayvon Martin’s death,” Jackson said at 93rd Street Community Baptist Church on Sunday. “It defines white and black in this season -- that racism is alive and doing much too well.”
So are half-truths and distortions – if Jackson’s speech is any measure.
After mentioning the deaths and martyrdom of black activists and youths, Jackson brought up Trayvon’s death Feb. 26 at the hands of neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman, who claimed he was acting in self defense when he shot the unarmed teen in a Sanford gated community.
Jackson pointed out that Trayvon was from Miami Gardens. And he wondered why the teen was all the way in Central Florida staying with his father.
“How did he leave Miami?” Jackson asked, “cause he was suspended from school on some trivial notion that there was some marijuana dust in a bag. If that’s the case -- a child’s about to step in the wrong direction -- you call his mother. You say, ‘mother we need to have a meeting. Your son’s about to make a wrong step.’ And you convene him and his mama in the principal’s office. You don’t throw him away…..Ten day suspension for marijuana dust?”
The following day, at Miami Central, Jackson repeated the line – although he noted “that’s a mistake to have marijuana in a bag.”
If Jackson’s story of the suspension were the whole truth, it might be an outrage....
(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.typepad.com ...
Translation: “No matter what happens in this case, be ready to go all ‘Rodney King Riot’ at a moment’s notice.”
It's amazing how they only burn every four years.
“Civil rights icon Jesse Jackson “ Ha!
I can think of a lot of names for that buffoon, but that isn’t on the list.
How about Race baiting slave master? He’s done more to keep blacks down in this country than anyone I can think of!
If he was doing his job, they wouldn’t need him anymore.
And it wasn’t just his first disciplinary incident. It was his third and final. He had been suspended before that for repeated tardiness. And Trayvon also was busted in October when he was spotted marking up a door with “WTF.” A subsequent search of his bag showed he had 12 pieces of jewelry, a watch and a large flathead screwdriver
Martin’s actions validated Zimmerman’s suspicions of him.
Trayvon Martin, hoodies, & sagging jeans video 7:09
“It defines white and black in this season — that racism is alive and doing much too well.”
Stoopit Adled Old Man with drool driveling down the side of his dumb bell head...
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