Posted on 07/26/2013 7:48:41 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Singer and entertainer Harry Belafonte on Friday called on Florida Gov. Rick Scott to listen to protesters who are asking for a special legislative session to examine the state's self-defense laws after the acquittal of George Zimmerman.
Protesters have occupied the Capitol since July 15 - or three days after a jury cleared Zimmerman of charges in the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The group wants Scott to call a special session so legislators can change the state's contentious "stand your ground" law but Scott has steadfastly refused.
Belafonte - who had never been to Tallahassee previously - joined the protest on Friday afternoon. The 86-year-old celebrity said the sight of the protesters "makes my autumn heart dance like it was spring."
Belafonte said Scott still has a chance to act before the protests intensify and the situation becomes "ungovernable."
"At the moment all of this is governable, all of this is in a place where it can be debated and analyzed and discussed in a very peaceful, calm, productive way," said Belafonte, who first rose to fame during the 1950s.
Belafonte - who has had a history of civic activism for several decades - said he was not predicting violence but said the amount of protests of the state could mount and make the state come to a "grinding halt."
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When day light comes, he will want to go home.
He said it not I. I’m not sure if he will even wait for day light. He’s a tool!
“Ayy-hole, an aaa-aaa-aaaayyy hole...”
If Belefonte’s there........... EVIL IS AFOOTE’
Someone should stuff a couple of bananas in Harry’s communist pie hole!
WHEN is the last time he "sang" or "entertained"?
1962?
harry buttfullaphony was never anything more than a rabble rousing black communist activist.
LLS
Apparently they are running out of celebrities to protest the Zimmerman verdict so now they are dragging out corpses?
Oh boy,I hope this makes the lines at Disney World shorter,maybe I won’t need any fast passes!
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