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Senators wear 'hoodies' to decry Trayvon Martin's death
timesunion.com ^ | 3/26/2012

Posted on 03/26/2012 6:35:58 PM PDT by Altura Ct.

ALBANY - State Senate Democrats put on hooded sweatshirts to protest the death of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teen allegedly gunned down by neighborhood crime watch captain in Florida.

At an Capitol news conference, Sen. Eric Adams, D-Brooklyn, denounced the killing of Martin, who, he said, carried nothing but "Skittles and god-damned ice tea."

The Senators discussed the case as groups around the country, including members of the NBA's Miami Heat, have put on the sweatshirts or "hoodies" to decry the 17-year-old's killing.

Martin, who was black, was shot on Feb. 26, allegedly by a neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, 32. Martin was wearing a hooded sweatshirt as he walked through a gated community on the way to the home of his father's girlfriend.

Zimmerman, who is white and Latino, has claimed he fired on the unarmed teen in self defense. The killing, and the lack of criminal charges, have caused outrage in Sanford, the Florida community where the death occurred, an protests around the country.

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Senators-wear-hoodies-to-decry-Trayvon-Martin-s-3435567.php#ixzz1qHDeXcAv


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
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To: Altura Ct.

If you support traditional marriage, wear pants tomorrow.


41 posted on 03/26/2012 7:02:31 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: demkicker

What racist, ill-informed, embarassing, idiotic loons and moonbats. THESE MORONS ARE SUPPOSEDLY “LEADERS”??????


42 posted on 03/26/2012 7:02:39 PM PDT by hal ogen (1st Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Zimmerman isn’t Jewish, he’s Roman Catholic. I posted a link to Inside NOVA that had comments from members at the church he attended in Manassas when he was growing up. I have seen a couple other articles posted here that reference his Catholic upbringing as well.

http://www2.insidenova.com/news/2012/mar/23/7/former-neighbor-george-zimmerman-was-nice-respectf-ar-1789520/


43 posted on 03/26/2012 7:03:11 PM PDT by kalee (The offenses we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
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To: Altura Ct.

They should sell drugs too and assault a school bus driver. That would really show solidatary with Trayvon.


44 posted on 03/26/2012 7:05:11 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: Altura Ct.

Stupid and pathetic beyond belief.


45 posted on 03/26/2012 7:06:30 PM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops)
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To: Revolting cat!
Dudes, invest in the hoodie manufacturers! New spring fashion.

Standard cool weather wear around here. All these idiots are trying to do is claim a very common item of clothing as a social statement.
46 posted on 03/26/2012 7:06:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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Senators wear ‘hoodies’ to decry Trayvon Martin’s death

Do they protest violence against sweater-vests and khakis too?


47 posted on 03/26/2012 7:06:53 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Newt/Sarah 2012)
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To: Molon Labbie
It's not a prism, it's a funhouse mirror.

CC

48 posted on 03/26/2012 7:07:32 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Q: how did you find America? A: turn left at Greenland)
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To: Altura Ct.

Fine. Maybe they’ll don bowties when the next White kid is killed by Black guy, you know, just to show how ‘inclusive’ and ‘multicultural’ they all are.


49 posted on 03/26/2012 7:07:57 PM PDT by reagan_fanatic (2012 isn't an election - it's a restraining order.)
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To: 23 Everest
Does anyone have a picture of Martin Luther King in a hoodie? No. He would be appalled by the state of the black community today. Ho, bitch, nigga, fu*k, bla bla bla. Hollywood and the MSM have debased and ridiculed the black community. To all of the strong, hard working, family oriented Christian black men, you are needed.
50 posted on 03/26/2012 7:08:30 PM PDT by coon2000 (Give me Liberty or give me death!)
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To: Altura Ct.

Idiots..did any of them sport gold teef??


51 posted on 03/26/2012 7:11:11 PM PDT by rainee
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To: hal ogen

I feel so sorry for conservative blacks. They have to be horrified that clowns like Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton and the New Black Panthers are considered their “leaders” or “spokesmen” for all of them. They are the ultimate racists and I’m happy they are spotlighting their unreasonableness to the point that THEY will become the story - not George Zimmerman.


52 posted on 03/26/2012 7:12:06 PM PDT by demkicker (My passion for freedom is stronger than that of Democrats whose obsession is to enslave me.)
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To: Altura Ct.
Zimmerman, who is white and Latino, has claimed he fired on the unarmed teen in self defense.

And Obama, who is white and black...

Still waiting for the media to refer to Odumbo as "white and black."

Crickets.

53 posted on 03/26/2012 7:13:17 PM PDT by GnL
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To: coon2000
To all of the strong, hard working, family oriented Christian black men, you are needed.

Who in Washington speaks for them?

54 posted on 03/26/2012 7:13:22 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: JoeProBono

Back at ya Trayvon. Pardon my lack of sympathy. Yeah Zimmerman should have broke off his pursuit when the cops told him to, no question. But you didn’t break his nose with your Skittles, now did you?

This is what happens when you jump on and start beating an armed man.

Promise.


55 posted on 03/26/2012 7:14:23 PM PDT by West Texas Chuck (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. That should be a convenience store, not a Government Agency.)
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To: Altura Ct.

Hey dumbasses (not you Altura) those are called hooded sweatshirts. Morons


56 posted on 03/26/2012 7:15:30 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: TSgt
"How classy is this? The Obama election committee is selling hoodies with Obama's name on them." Obama 2012‏@Obama2012 Let everyone know whose team you're on for 2012 with today's merchandise steal: the college-style hooded sweatshirt.http://OFA.BO/QXiDgb 10:28 AM - 26 Mar 12via web · Embed this Tweet Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/03/obama_and_the_hoodie.html#ixzz1qHNLjEF7
57 posted on 03/26/2012 7:15:43 PM PDT by rainee
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To: coon2000

And say what you will about Malcolm X, but he definitely wouldn’t have encouraged this.....he was all about blacks becoming self-sufficient, through their hard work and taking care of their families.


58 posted on 03/26/2012 7:16:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Don't wake up in a roadside ditch. Get rid of Romney.)
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To: Altura Ct.

You are not an activist if you wear a shirt...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U5sPXSvFXY&feature=relmfu


59 posted on 03/26/2012 7:18:31 PM PDT by netmilsmom (I am Breitbart)
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To: demkicker
I feel so sorry for conservative blacks.

Just be ready to cover their backs when they need it.
60 posted on 03/26/2012 7:18:42 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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