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Trayvon Martin’s mother organizes against racial profiling
MSNBC ^ | August 18, 2013 | Meredith Clark

Posted on 08/18/2013 5:46:38 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin’s mother, made it clear on Meet the Press Sunday that she has turned her grief over the death of her son into action to stop racial profiling and “Stand-your-Ground” laws around the country.

“We’re going to all 21 states with stand your ground laws to make some change,” Fulton said to David Gregory, and while it won’t happen overnight, “we’re in it for the long haul. This is part of my life now.”

Fulton appeared on Meet the Press after NYPD Chief Ray Kelly defended “Stop-and-Frisk,” a practice that a federal judge determined violated the constitution and discriminated against minorities, who make up 90% of the stops.

“You have to give, not only civilians, but police officers, the right direction,” Fulton said. “You can’t give the authority, whether it’s a civilian or a police officer, the right to stop somebody just because of the color of their skin.”

When it comes to changing policies related to how young people of color are treated in America, Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump called for people to vote in the midterm elections and to lobby legislators to amend Stand Your Ground laws.

“Trayvon voters have a clear cause: capturing the passion over the devastating verdict returned in the trial of George Zimmerman and transforming these feelings into actions that can and will make a difference,” Crump wrote in an op-ed in the Washington Post....

(Excerpt) Read more at tv.msnbc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Im profiling her as we speak...


41 posted on 08/18/2013 6:29:52 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

O my do I need glasses? Is this CHILD beginning to grow a beard?


42 posted on 08/18/2013 6:39:58 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Trayvon wasn’t racially profiled, but this propaganda campaign has been in the works far too long to let little things like facts stand in the way.


43 posted on 08/18/2013 6:45:21 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: Patriot Babe
And just what is that up his left nostril?


44 posted on 08/18/2013 6:47:56 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

You sure that is a he?


45 posted on 08/18/2013 6:51:40 PM PDT by sport
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The ironic fact is that profiling and tougher measures against young, black males would prevent many of them from getting themselves killed. There is a percentage of young, black males (20-30%) who are basically feral and have come of age with no traits or skills that can benefit society. They are a net drag on America. These feral, young males have to be shown, forcibly if necessary, that the country will no longer tolerate their criminal behavior. Tough measures now will leave the majority of them better off in the future.


46 posted on 08/18/2013 6:56:11 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The ironic fact is that profiling and tougher measures against young, black males would prevent many of them from getting themselves killed. There is a percentage of young, black males (20-30%) who are basically feral and have come of age with no traits or skills that can benefit society. They are a net drag on America. These feral, young males have to be shown, forcibly if necessary, that the country will no longer tolerate their criminal behavior. Tough measures now will leave the majority of them better off in the future.


47 posted on 08/18/2013 6:56:25 PM PDT by driftless2
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

$abrina has gone from a nobody to Big $$$$$$, all due to her son’s behavior. Her life from now on is ka-ching ka-ching, ka-ching. The $$$$ will keep flowing in. They turned her into a goldmine.


48 posted on 08/18/2013 7:23:30 PM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Remember Ty Woods? Glenn Doherty ? Forgot already?)
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To: driftless2

We just had a armed robbery not far from our home. Perpetrators were black and wearing hoodies!

What’s not to profile here?

Hey — stop robbing and wearing hoodies while you do it, and we’ll stop profiling!!


49 posted on 08/18/2013 7:46:22 PM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: driftless2

We just had a armed robbery not far from our home. Perpetrators were black and wearing hoodies!

What’s not to profile here?

Hey — stop robbing and wearing hoodies while you do it, and we’ll stop profiling!!


50 posted on 08/18/2013 7:46:27 PM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: LibsRJerks

sorry double post ...site acting weird.


51 posted on 08/18/2013 7:46:48 PM PDT by LibsRJerks
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To: sport

I was referring to my post #28 of Trayvons body and using Amy Winehouse as an example. Trayvon has cocaine up his nose as Amy does, he was doing drugs. This is why he was paranoid and attacked Zimmerman.


52 posted on 08/18/2013 7:58:23 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Someday our schools will teach the difference between "lose" and "loose")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What organization is paying for her travel? Follow the dinero!


53 posted on 08/18/2013 8:20:48 PM PDT by Rembrandt (Part of the 51% who pay Federal taxes)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
"Issa outrage!!!"
54 posted on 08/18/2013 8:22:54 PM PDT by headless_thompson_gunner
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To: Venturer
There is money in this somewhere, you can bet the farm on that. I don’t know who is supplying it...

That was the first thing I thought when I saw this quote:

“We’re going to all 21 states..."

I asssume that's not her version of Zero's 57 states.

55 posted on 08/18/2013 8:26:02 PM PDT by Steve0113 (I miss having a president who loves this country.)
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To: Steve1789

asssume=assume


56 posted on 08/18/2013 8:27:23 PM PDT by Steve0113 (I miss having a president who loves this country.)
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To: Steve1789

asssume=assume


57 posted on 08/18/2013 8:27:37 PM PDT by Steve0113 (I miss having a president who loves this country.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I think there needs to be a social movement to prohibit using one’s race to impede the enforcement of law and order.


58 posted on 08/18/2013 8:35:39 PM PDT by Cvengr (Adversity in life and death is inevitable. Thru faith in Christ, stress is optional.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Whatever. I’m all Trayvoned out.


59 posted on 08/18/2013 8:35:46 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She and the young man’s (No, Trayvon was no longer a boy.) father sent him 250 miles away from his home town, and the place of their residence, after he had been expelled from the Miami-Dade district’s high school. Now she wants to use her deceased son to push a notion to which his death bore no connection.


60 posted on 08/18/2013 8:57:46 PM PDT by Elsiejay
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