Posted on 04/02/2012 1:44:11 PM PDT by Zakeet
Political leaders, sport stars and entertainers joined several thousand protesters on Sunday at a Miami rally calling for the arrest of George Zimmerman for the fatal shooting of an unarmed Florida teenager.
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Speaking at the rally Sunday, the Rev. Jesse Jackson said the case was about ending all types of racial profiling — not just in criminal cases, but by banks, insurance companies and in the job market.
"End profiling now," the civil rights activist said to applause.
Jackson also said Martin's case illustrated the high number of black students who are suspended from school. A report issued by the U.S. Department of Education last month found that black students are more than three times as likely as their white peers to be suspended or expelled. Martin had been suspended from school for having a baggie that contained marijuana residue shortly before he was killed.
"We must stop suspending our children," Jackson said, asking the crowd to repeat: "Invest in them. Educate them."
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The Rev. Al Sharpton led the crowd in circulating buckets to collect contributions that he said would help pay for the Martins' legal fees and travel.
"This is not a fit," Sharpton said. "This is a movement."
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he was found with women’s jewelry in his back pack when he was suspended from school.
was it costume jewelry or expensive jewelry? did they ask the cops if anyone could identify them as stolen property?
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