Trayvon Martin
Below is a new video to bring attention to the horrors of Stand Your Ground Laws which now exist in at least 26 states.. This is an eerie re-enactment of what took place the night Trayvon Martin was racially profiled and later shot and killed by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. It includes the infamous 9-11 call Zimmerman placed to police as well as words from witnesses after the shooting.
The PSA is from the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence which is urging Americans to “Stand up to ‘Stand Your Ground'” laws many of which are products of ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council ) efforts. ALEC in many places are heavily financed by the far-right wing Koch Brothers.
For more information visit http://www.csgv.org/standup to sign a petition to your state legislators calling on them to oppose “Stand Your Ground” laws.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUKzDANF6QU
WOW. Needed. This was needed.
Yes. Definitely needed….I know this is focused on the specific issue of Stand Your Ground laws, but a larger underlying issue is racial profiling and specifically of young black men. So, with that in mind, IMHO Cali should be in there as well. What happens in Oakland, what happened to Oscar Grant, what happens elsewhere around here, may not be under “Stand Your Ground” but is just as evil in terms of the outcomes and the larger impact of cultural, psychological, economic and social damage that is a result of profiling.