Obama, Others, Weigh In On Trayvon Martin Case

[The Hammer]

Pres. Obama asked about Trayvon Martin: calls it a "tragedy"; "when I think about this boy, I think about my own kids."

More POTUS: "every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative to investigate every aspect of this"

VIDEO: President Obama weighs in on the Trayvon Martin case -

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) on Trayvon Martin case: 'It is an incredible tragedy of huge proportions, and I'm glad that it's being investigated and we'll take a look at it as the investigation moves along.' - @NBCNews


Obama: 'If I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon'

President Obama weighed in Friday on the shooting of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, calling it a national tragedy - and saying that the young man reminded him of his own children.

"When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids," Obama said in Rose Garden remarks. "I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this. And that everybody pull together."

Obama has come under fire from some black leaders for failing to comment on a case that has become a major national story — and brought thousands of Americans into the streets for demonstrations calling for the arrest of Martin's shooter. One black leader even wondered why Obama called a Georgetown student who was attacked by Rush Limbaugh, but not Martin's family. Obama's comments Friday represent the first time the president has addressed the growing controversy.

"My main message is to the parents of Trayvon Martin. You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon," Obama said. "All of us as Americans are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves."

"Obviously this is a tragedy. I can only imagine what these parents are going through," Obama said. "All of us have to do some soul searching to figure out how something like this has happened."

More at:

http://www.politico.com/politico44/2...on-118439.html

[The Hammer]

Sharpton emcees racially-focused Sanford rally, warns against use of violence


SANFORD, Fla. — The Rev. Al Sharpton, an MSNBC host and liberal political figure, riled up a mostly-black Sanford, Fla., crowd on Thursday night in the wake of the killing of 17-year-old student Trayvon Martin.

“Some people said to me in the media — ‘Let me get this straight,’ they said. ‘Reverend, it seems like there’s a lot of people who are angry — are you afraid of violence?’” Sharpton preached to the central Floridian crowd. “I said, ‘No. I’m afraid of the violence you already had.’”

“Violence is killing Tray Martin,” Sharpton continued. “Don’t act like we are the ones [who are] violent. We didn’t shoot nobody.”

Despite his harsh rhetoric, Sharpton warned the thousands in attendance to avoid resorting to violence at all costs as the Martin case progresses. “I want our people to understand that how you behave is going to be a reflection on this case,” Sharpton instructed the crowd. “[No matter] how angry we get, don’t let them make you act in a way that they will say, ‘see, that’s what to think with Trayvon.’”

“We are going to act intelligent,” Sharpton said. “We going to act dignified. And, we’re going to be determined. We may be angry, but we’re not mad dogs. We’re too smart to fall for [that].”

Left-wing radio host Joe Madison — known as the “Black Eagle” — spoke about how he thinks the shooting of Martin is a sign of overt racism. “In America, we are culturally conditioned to believe that white is superior, black is inferior,” Madison said. “The manifestation of that cultural valuing is that black people are undervalued, underestimated and marginalized.”

Madison alleges that this incident was a “hate crime” and said that he, Sharpton, and the others who came to the rally, did so to “protect” other young men in Sanford and elsewhere. “And, let me say something to these Republican candidates, if I might,” Madison added with a hint of animosity in his tone. “Don’t you ever, ever say again that there aren’t any role models in America.”


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[The Hammer]

Karen Finney, filling in for Martin Bashir, flat-out blamed the words of Rush Limbaugh, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum for creating the environment that lead to the horrible shooting death of teen Trayvon Martin in Florida.

http://www.breitbart.com/Breitbart-T...Martin%20Death

Farrakhan Tweets: ‘Where There Is No Justice, There Will Be No Peace…Law of Retaliation May…Be Applied’

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan has been among the vocal voices weighing in on calls for justice for Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old who was gunned down last month while walking home in Sanford, Florida. On Wednesday, a march was held in New York City in support of the teen’s family, as federal and local authorities launch investigations into how the incident unfolded and why the state’s “stand your ground” law applied to the shooter in this case.

On Twitter yesterday and today, Farrakhan sent some curious tweets regarding peace, justice and retaliation that could be interpreted as a veiled threat.

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/farr...ay-be-applied/

[The Hammer]

More Trayvon Martin Walkouts at Miami Schools
Students at several Miami high schools stage walkouts for slain teen


Hundreds of students at several South Florida high schools staged walkouts Friday morning in a massive protest against the lack of an arrest in the Trayvon Martin shooting.

Students from Miami Central, Miami Edison, Miami Norland, American Senior and William H. Turner High in Miami and Blanche Ely High School in Broward held walkouts.

At Miami Central and Turner, students were seen pouring out of the school buildings and into the streets just after 9 a.m.

Miami-Dade Schools Police spokesman Sgt. Ivan Silva said there had been no incidents reported.

"Our job is to make sure the demonstrations are being run in safe and peaceful manner," Silva said.

Read more:

http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/Trayvon...962536.html?dr

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Last weekend in the city of Chicago alone, gangbangers slaughtered ten people and wounded another forty. The youngest fatality is only six years old. The youngest person wounded is only one-year-old. Many of the victim were pedestrians sprayed with bullets in drive by shootings. The national news has said nothing about this.
So why does one shooting in Florida warrant weeks of national news? Why has there been thousands of articles a day, for the last four days, about one single shooting?
Almost all of the news items about George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin contains a combination of false statements, opinions presented as facts, transparent distortions, and a complete absence of some of the most relevant details. Almost all news items are written soley from the point of view of the grieving family. The media also fills their articles with outdated baby-faced pictures of Trayvon. Very few include that he was a towering 6'2” football player. Is the media really reporting the news, or is this classic agitation/propaganda to advance a political agenda.


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[MsPaulRevere]

why don't they comment on things like this!!

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...a-Florida.html

[Milehimama]

Sharpton emcees racially-focused Sanford rally, warns against use of violence


SANFORD, Fla. — The Rev. Al Sharpton, an MSNBC host and liberal political figure, riled up a mostly-black Sanford, Fla., crowd on Thursday night in the wake of the killing of 17-year-old student Trayvon Martin.

You know something else that is tragic? Al Sharpton's mother died Thursday morning.

Notice what he's doing just hours after her passing. It's clear where his values are. I really didn't think I could hold "Rev." Sharpton in less esteem, but he keeps managing to sink lower.

[Thinwater]

I know a couple of Sanford officers. My gun shop is only about 20 miles from there. I just got off the phone with one.

95% of what the media is "Reporting" is a lie or highly twisted and spun. Several congress critters and at least one senator have already used this to call for more gun control.

There is no way the shooter in this case will be convicted of anything if he gets a fair trial. He should be the one that is reported as a "Victim" in this case, not the "Suspect" .

[Caregiver]

If this young man was staying with family/friends; Why did they not tell him that there was a Watch group for the area? They had to have known. There must have been some trouble in the neighbohood.

[Lenno]

It's all Bush's fault