Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich appeared on the Sean Hannity Radio show today and said he found President Obama’s comments “if I had a son, he would look like Trayvon” “disgraceful” and “appalling.” Gingrich said Obama “trying to turn” the death of Martin “into a racial issue” was “fundamentally wrong.”
It’s amazing they’re still even alive?! Look at them, they’re totally asking for it. (via metafilter.tumblr.com)
LeBron James tweeted it, along with the message, “#WeAreTrayvonMartin #Hoodies #Stereotyped #WeWantJustice”.
After weeks of silence, candidates follow Obama’s statement. Santorum condemns law enforcement for dragging its feet, Romney calls it a tragedy.
If Geraldo Rivera thinks hoodies are dangerous, perhaps these people should be arrested?
Today, Geraldo brought the kind of victim-blaming language rape survivors deal with every day to the shooting of Trayvon Martin. Talk about the insight into this crime we’ve been waiting for!
The President spoke today. Romney ignored a question on the subject Tuesday, while Santorum and Paul haven’t commented. Gingrich praised the local authorities’ investigation of “tragedy,” called for justice. UPDATE: Romney and Santorum have commented.
“All of us have to do some soul searching to figure out how does something like this happen…” Obama weighs in on Trayvon Martin case. Silent on what should happen to Zimmerman.
Let’s check in with what’s going on on the largest white supremacist messageboard, stormfront.org. (via stormfront.org)
In solidarity with the slain Florida teen, people have been posting photos of themselves in a hoodie to Instagram. The quest for social justice found the perfect marriage to the desire to post cute pictures of yourself on social networks.
More than a thousand people marched from New York’s Union Square through the city tonight, chanting “We are all Trayvon Martin.” They demanded the arrest of George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Florida, who shot the unarmed teenager.
The death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teenager allegedly killed by a neighborhood watch captain while walking home from a store, highlights just how unfair justice in America can be.
