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Posted on 07/20/2013 8:24:51 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Thousands of people filled Federal Plaza, participating in Chicago’s “Justice for Trayvon” vigil.
A series of speakers compared the death of the Florida teen, and the outrage in the African-American community over the acquittal of the neighborhood watch volunteer who shot him, to the 1955 murder of Chicago teenager Emmett Till, who was killed in Money, Miss., for whistling at a white woman.
Till’s killers were acquitted at trial, and then boasted about what they had done. The Till murder helped spark the modern civil rights movement.
Till’s cousin, Erica Gordon Taylor, said the verdict, in favor of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, “ripped open” old wounds in Till’s extended family.
“When I heard the verdict, I said, ‘Wow. This is what this must have felt like 58 years ago,’” Taylor said.
Many others equated Till and Martin.
“We are obligated to bring Trayvon Martin justice because we are the city of Emmett Till,” said the Rev. Gregory Livingston, of the Mission of Faith Baptist Church, who said race relations today in many ways are “the same old mess.”
Livingston and other speakers urged those outraged over the verdict to register and vote, and to write the U.S. Dept. of Justice demanding an exhaustive civil rights investigation.
“It’s not good enough to just come here and remember Trayvon,” said the Rev. Michael Pfleger, senior pastor at St. Sabina Roman Catholic Church in the south side Auburn-Gresham neighborhood. “We must come here and make up our minds that the bullet that killed Trayvon woke us up, and we ain’t going back to sleep till justice flows down.”
The Rev. Jesse Jackson said that the only way for Chicagoans to make Florida lawmakers realize the follow of “stand your ground” laws is to invoke a meaningful boycott of Florida attractions.
“Steve Wonder will not perform. Sororities, fraternities, conventions, spring breaks. We must all boycott Florida and stop stand your ground laws,” he said. “No more conventions. No more concerts. No more parties. No more spring breaks. Stand your ground on Florida’s laws.”
The rally was one of around 100 coordinated by the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network, which were scheduled to take place simultaneously in cities across the country, most occurring outside of federal office buildings housing Justice Department offices.
Afterward, about 200 people marched over Adams Street and up Michigan Avenue to Millennium Park.
please, please - keep your Chicago thugs out of Florida.
Thousands of people filled Federal Plaza
Thousands hmmm
was that One THousand 2? 30?
seldom do numbers get framed in terms of hundreds or thousands for such “events” unless those doing the framing are trying to be less than FORTHRIGHT
Im betting it was 1500!
they sure seem married to the idea that tray ought to have beaten down zimm. although none of them will ever come out and actually say it, for then it would look ridiculous. madness, thy name is human.
Perhaps they would be well advised to rally for the 600 plus that will be murdered in their own city, Chicago.
there werent even...thousands
the photos suggest that small chunks of people were photographed at close range for effect
ya can’t SHOW thousands if thousands didn’t SHOW...and the best way around that PROBLEMS is illustrated by ALL the photos of this CHI TOWN event Ive been able to locate on the web!
I don’t get these people. I really, really don’t.
Afterward, about 200 people marched over Adams Street and up Michigan Avenue to Millennium Park.
What will Obama say/do to try and step this crap up a couple of levels next week
Oh, the dastardly Zimm taunted Tray into a fight or something like that. And poor Tray, he cannot be expected to refuse such temptation because the white man has sooooo trampled the black man (who keeps on refusing to renounce their slavery to the white man). Wet grass told us so!
If nothing else, I’ll bet brothah Jesse and Weird Al are rolling in those bucks right now. Never let an opportunity go to waste when you can rake in the BIG dough. The Justus Bros. are at it again. Race pimping at its finest.
One word....sad.
Has anyone told these black people that they can now renounce their slavery? Quit asking the white people to give them room and board. Stand on their own two feet and regain dignity.
Trayvon Martin already got his justice.
You know, I think this is actually turning me racist. I really don't think I used to be. I know when I was younger, it was very important to me to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and believe the best of everyone. But I think now ... I don't like... an awful lot of people. I think I'm done.
WE MUST PROTESTS! THESE ARE OUR DEMANDS!
1. If a white man hispanic walk near us WE MUST BE ALLOWED TO OPEN A CAN OF WHUP ASS ON HIM!
2. If the white man hispanic fight back THE PRESIDENT MUST DECLARE US HIS SON!
3. If the white man hispanic say “No I don’t have a problem” after we ax him if he have a problem WE MUST BE ALLOWED TO OPEN A CAN OF WHUP ASS ON HIM!
4. Skittle an Ice tea MUST BE MADE LICENSE TO OPEN CAN OF WHUP ASS!
NO JUSTICE NO PEACE!
Good - let them boycott Florida and stay in Chicago, as they kill each other and scare off the tourist trade on North Michigan Avenue. And among the cities, the credit rating of Chicago is??? Somewhat close to that of Detroit? And they’re discussing cutting the pensions of the law enforcement personnel in order to stay solvent?
By all means, boycotting Florida is the magic elixir that will bring about a Chicago rejuvenation. Go go Jesse Jackson, the solutions guy.
Agreed, my family is going to visit my Dad (FReeper Ax) in Florida next week. We'd like to avoid white house manufactured, Chicago fostered, low information, race baiting, thuggery..
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