NAACP Statement in the Acquittal of Zimmerman in the Killing of Trayvon Martin

[Cha]

NAACP Chairman Roslyn M. Brock:

“Today, justice failed Trayvon Martin and his family,” said Roslyn M. Brock, Chairman of the NAACP. “We call immediately for the Justice Department to conduct an investigation into the civil rights violations committed against Trayvon Martin. This case has re-energized the movement to end racial profiling in the United States.”

NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous:

“We are outraged and heartbroken over today’s verdict,” said Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP. “We stand with Trayvon’s family and we are called to act. We will pursue civil rights charges with the Department of Justice, we will continue to fight for the removal of Stand Your Ground laws in every state, and we will not rest until racial profiling in all its forms is outlawed.”

NAACP Florida State Conference President Adora Obi Nweze:

“We lost a young man due to senseless violence, but justice did not prevail,” said Adora Obi Nweze, President of the Florida NAACP State Conference. “Last year we pushed for the arrest of George Zimmerman and a thorough investigation and trial. Today, we are still called to act. No one should be allowed to use this law to commit a senseless crime again.”

http://www.naacp.org/press/entry/naacp-statement-in-the-acquittal-of-george-zimmerman-in-the-killing-of-tray

Our hearts are broken

[Cha]

1. Kicking this for Trayvon's Justice~

[AsahinaKimi]

2. K&R

agree.

[Cha]

4. Mahalo, AsahinaKimi

[AsahinaKimi]

7. Kimochi warui

Totemo.

[wellst0nev0ter]

13. Doukan da

[AsahinaKimi]

15. wakatta

shoganai na

[arely staircase]

3. recommended nt

[Cha]

5. Thank you, arely

[sakabatou]

6. I'm glad the case is still being pursued

[lumpy]

10. Justice !!!

n

[Cha]

11. Yes, it gave me hope in

these brokenhearted moments.

[sheshe2]

28. It's not over Cha. nt

[Cha]

32. Exactly, she.. just got

to get past our deep shock and sorrow for the senseless verdict and we'll collectively gather strength to do all we can to make sure of that.

Your poem from Maya Angelu helped.. mahalo, she

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Proud to recommend. n/t

[Cha]

12. Mahalo Peggy

[treestar]

9. Rec'd

Clearly a failure of the system today. That poor family.

[snappyturtle]

14. Thanks for posting the statement Cha....I'm numb...cannot believe the outcome.

Strength to the Martin family.

[Cha]

19. I feel the same, st..

Strength is crucial now to Martin's Family and loved ones.

Bless their hearts

[Scurrilous]

16. K & R

[Ohio Joe]

17. K&R - nt

[tavalon]

18. May some good come of the murder of this child.

[Cha]

20. that's what I keep hoping for, tavalon..

May we see that in time. This isn't over.

[Voice for Peace]

37. it's comforting to come here and connect again with everyone.

I too feel it isn't over though I have no idea what that
means. I do feel sure Zimmerman will be afraid and
unhappy for the rest of his life.

It's too important, the civil rights + the fucking
out of control guns. Not over yet.

[Cha]

45. I do dare say, Voice for Peace that Justice4Trayvon is not over..

PurpleShoesLA @PurpleShoesLA

We will MARCH. We will BOYCOTT. We will VOTE. We will NOT be silent. Welcome 2 the "post racial" civil rights movement. #Justice4Trayvon

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/07/13/if-i-had-a-son-hed-look-like-trayvon-pres-obama/#comments

It is comforting to be able to connect with other kindred spirits who only wanted justice for Trayvon.

[Voice for Peace]

52. not a moment's delay, and millions of people around the world

with one heart.

[sheshe2]

64. One of the tweets at your link.

eiresicilia
July 13, 2013 at 11:19 pm

Even in our sleep, pain which cannot forget
falls drop by drop upon the heart,
until, in our own despair,
against our will,
comes wisdom
through the awful grace of God. Aeschylus

No we will not be silent, Cha. We will rise.

[Cha]

70. Thank you for that, she~

Awful thing to remember waking up this morning. But, some good has to come out of this. The injustice in Sanford, Floridia will not rule our lives.

[rhett o rick]

21. k&r thanks for posting.

[RegexReader]

22. I always thought

that this was going to happen with a 'not guilty' verdict.

[Hoyt]

23. K&R.

[Number23]

24. Thank you, Cha.

[spanone]

25. knr...

[arthritisR_US]

26. Recommended for hope and strength, TY for

this OP

[BrotherIvan]

27. No Justice

No Peace

[another_liberal]

29. ". . . an investigation into the civil rights violations."

Exactly what should be done. Take it out of the incompetent hands of the Florida State authorities, and conduct a real investigation!

[CarrieLynne]

30. can he be brought up on other charges? like..

maybe assault with a deadly weapon, disobeying the 911 person or stalking or whatever....I mean he definately broke SOME law didnt he?

[exboyfil]

77. State has to present all other options at the trial

for any actions related to the crime. As far as anything he did in the Martin case, he is clear from any further Florida prosecution.

[ReRe]

31. Someone needs to hold the State of Florida accountable....

K&R

... and the place to start is the Sanford Police Department and their handling of GZ at the very start. They grossly mishandled the situation from the get-go. Had people across this country not protested, there would have not even BEEN a trial. That's the saddest thing of all. The whole thing was a travesty.

[John2]

38. They just angered

a lot of people tonight and they have the right to blacklist these people or doing any business with them. I'm 100 percent with the NAACP. Maybe they should all go to Peru.

[ReRe]

46. They sure did anger allot of people...

*Gave the National "Neighborhood Watch" program a black eye.

*Created a vigilante idol

*Gave "racism" a shot in the arm.

*Struck fear in the hearts and minds of all parents.

*Reduced faith, trust and respect in our judicial system and law itself.

*Brought crowds of people to the streets across the USA in the middle of the night.


I could go on and on until tomorrow afternoon, but I won't.

[tblue]

33. Send them a few bucks if you can

and if you care enough to support this effort. I adore Ben Jealous. If the NAACP is going out on a limb for this, I have to have their back.

[Voice for Peace]

40. ok. thanks. it's not hard to send a few $. it will send a message.

[Iliyah]

34. My father a Vietnam Vet

said today, we are going backwards. No way in hell this could happen in 2013, but it just did.

Alas, 2013. It appears its not safe for young boys especially of color and American citizens to have Freedom to walk the streets.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

35. kick. rec.

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[Voice for Peace]

36. this uplifted me, thanks for posting it.

“We stand with Trayvon’s family
and we are called to act.
We will pursue civil rights charges
with the Department of Justice,
we will continue to fight
for the removal of Stand Your Ground laws
in every state, and we will not rest
until racial profiling in all its forms
is outlawed.”

[Lifelong Protester]

39. I want real justice for the Martin family

and I want that smug face of Zimmerman wiped clean of any self-congratulatory smile. What a THUG.

[Voice for Peace]

41. he will never feel safe for the rest of his life.

his conscience will HAUNT him and make him
uneasy until his dying day.

[Lifelong Protester]

43. I am ashamed that I can't have more 'peaceful' thoughts for Zimmie,

I wish I was better than that, but I confess I am not. I hope he is haunted. I hope there is a Hell for him to burn in. I hope he spends the rest of his miserable life in pain and anguish, looking constantly over his shoulder.

There, I've said it. All the bad stuff I'm thinking about Zimmerman. He's a THUG, a loser, a zero trying to make himself a 'big man'. He makes me sick.

[Voice for Peace]

51. and the whole world knows he is a weakling..

I do believe in karma as a natural law.

I'm trying not to give a lot of fuel to
my thoughts and wishes but believe me
you are not alone.

It won't surprise me if his life is very
short. But even if it is long, it's not going
to be a happy one.

At some point, even if it's at the moment
of death, he will have to face himself, and
see and FEEL the weight of his actions.
That's what I believe.

[TorchTheWitch]

59. he has no conscience

He already made that clear when he said on national tv that he had no regrets, no remorse, would do it again and it was all just God's plan.

And if he's not going to feel safe for the rest of his life he WILL do it again.

[Voice for Peace]

60. Everybody has a conscience.

Some people learn to pay attention to it,
and it becomes their guide.

It is the communication link between our heart
and our brain.

It informs us, via feeling, about right and
wrong. Very young children can grasp it.

Some people learn/ are taught to ignore it.
ie, to ignore the information coming to
us from our own feeling self. They
trust the experts and authorities more
than their own feeling selves. If they
wound someone, they have learned
not to feel it.

But a healthy creature can feel the pain
they inflict on another creature.

"Unbidden shall it call in the night"

One way or another, one day, GZ will have
to face his crimes, and feel the sorrow
fear and pain he has caused. He will have
to feel all of it, and he will have to face
his lies as well. He will have to face himself.

All of us do. I absolutely believe this is a law
of Nature.

Is not remorse the justice which is administered
by that very law which you would fain serve?

Yet you cannot lay remorse upon the innocent
nor lift it from the heart of the guilty.

Unbidden shall it call in the night, that men may
wake and gaze upon themselves.

[sheshe2]

42. K&R!

[Cha]

50. Just saw this battle cry tweet on TOD, she..

PurpleShoesLA @PurpleShoesLA

We will MARCH. We will BOYCOTT. We will VOTE. We will NOT be silent. Welcome 2 the "post racial" civil rights movement. #Justice4Trayvon

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/07/13/if-i-had-a-son-hed-look-like-trayvon-pres-obama/#comments

No way is this over.

[mick063]

44. I beg of you folks of color

Please do not look at my white face with contempt.

My heart bleeds for not just the Martin child, but an entire history of injustice.

I thought we had crossed a reasonable threshold with this kind of crap in the 1960's. At least with respect to the law.

ALEC has set us (and I mean all of us) back about 40 years with this terrible law.

You absolutely should not be in a position where you must "educate" your child about mere survival.

I am appalled that this can take place in the year 2013.

I am sincerely sorry.

[Politicub]

47. K&r

[allin99]

48. really is heartbreaking.

[classof56]

49. +1

[Starry Messenger]

53. k&r

[billh58]

54. K & R

[coeur_de_lion]

55. Thanks for giving me some hope

Something good has to come out of this.

[Cha]

56. you're welcome, coeur de lion

[SoapBox]

57. K & R

[caseymoz]

58. K&R

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

61. K&R. Something must be done.

[Cha]

62. I think it will be fallout

from this unjust verdict on Trayvon Martin's killer.

[Kath1]

63. "We will MARCH. We will BOYCOTT. We will VOTE. We will NOT be silent."

This is how it must be if we really care. I am so disappointed.

[stevenleser]

65. I hope the Justice Department does as the NAACP asks and files federal civil rights charges against

Zimmerman.

[DLevine]

66. K&R. nt

[bvar22]

67. I STAND with the NAACP,

and support the prosecution of Zimmerman at the federal level as a violation of Treyvon's Civil Right to Walk while Black.
And it should also be pursued as a Racially Based Hate Crime.

Zimmerman:

*went hunting in his vehicle

*spotted his quarry

*stalked this Young Unarmed Black Youth from his vehicle

*grabbed his gun

*exited his vehicle against Police Orders

*continued stalking his victim on foot

*deliberately planned and set a confrontation trap by hiding in wait along his victims path

*shot and killed his chosen victim, an unarmed Black Youth,


...and its NOT his fault?

[napkinz]

68. the struggle continues

[Cha]

71. Yes it does, napkinz.

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/07/14/you-cannot-give-up/



http://theobamadiary.com/2013/07/14/rise-and-shine-553/

[bvar22]

69. Good Luck trying tio get Eric Holder to do ANYTHING besides Hippie Punching.

*

[Major Hogwash]

72. Kick and recommended.

Because this is NOT a local issue.

[blkmusclmachine]

73. .

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[love_katz]

74. Standing with the NAACP.

Couldn't connect through the link...seems very busy...I hope that means the NAACP.org is receiving lots of support and donations.

Injustice hurts all of us, no doubt at all about that.

Kicking

[Cha]

75. Aloha love katz Yes, "Injustice" anywhere hurts those

who care and even those who don't.

I just got through to the link but it's late on a Sunday in the Mainland.

Mahalo for

My daughter and her fam are in Portland, Ore.

[love_katz]

76. Back atcha.