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“Assassinate” the narrative.

FLASHBACK:

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/03/24/142983/martin-familys-lawyers-no-strangers.html

Posted on Saturday, March 24, 2012

EXCERPTS

In Trayvon’s case, (Parks & Crump) alerted the news media more quickly. They phoned the Rev. Al Sharpton almost instantly, and organized marches with local civil rights activists. They also started pressing for federal involvement and alleging a cover-up from the get-go.

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“In court, you have the jury,” Crump says. “Our job is to get the case to a jury. We need to fight first in the court of public opinion. The jury is the American people.”

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https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=529274700424914&set=pb.100000271659972.-2207520000.1408143298.&type=3&theater

Orange soda, Sprite and cigars???

[ArmstedFragg]

They also pioneered the practice of releasing pictures that don’t accurately portray the current appearance of the deceased. In the Trayvon case, they immediately retained a PR guy. It’d be interesting to see if they’ve done that again.