Fear of the Black Man: How the Trayvon Martin murder is part of a much bigger trend...

[HipChick]

http://pleasecutthecrap.typepad.com/main/2012/03/trayvon-martin-and-the-state-of-freedom-in-the-united-states.html

I think everyone should be able to agree that freedom should include being able to walk down the street innocently without being shot. When it does happen, freedom should include authorities seeking justice for your death. While some are using the example of using drone strikes to take out people who are committed to mass killings of Americans (and it’s a valid question to be debated), few if any of those same people are using the same energy to confront a problem that is far more threatening to the freedoms of a great many more people, and which is far more common. Apparently, black men are so threatening to the (mostly white) populace that they are being shot with alarming frequency, and many are getting away with it. We all know “Driving While Black” is a crime in a number of jurisdictions. But “walking while black” apparently too often carries a death sentence.

One thing that bothers me most about the shooting of Trayvon Martin is that it doesn’t seem to bother enough people.

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I appreciate the work done by those who Occupy everything they can find. I also appreciate the energy expended on such activities as getting rid of misogynist Limbaugh. But I worry about the relative lack of anything other than empathy for the families of the families of these people? Where are the marches and the demands for justice? I see African American activists speaking out on some of these, but they can’t do it all themselves. Is it too much to ask that all Americans, and especially American progressives get at least as incensed about the maltreatment of completely innocent black citizens who are targeted for being black as they get about a Yemeni resident who was targeted based on his plans to kill Americans.

Is that too much to ask? I'm not saying don't be pissed that Awlaki's killed, if you feel that way. But pay attention to the massacre happening to innocents at home, too.

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[Baitball Blogger]

1. There was a college protest

And if the internet is any example, the tubes are burning hot on this issue, and it's not looking good for Zimmerman.

Someone told me that the word is that he's hiding somewhere.

You are getting the effect you're looking for. The black community has a lot of support.

[Enrique]

2. this blogger is saying that the story doesn't bother enough people

and yet, this is the first post on his blog in which he has said anything about it.

The shooting happened Feb. 26, and since the shooting, this blogger has blogged about: Rick Santorum, Jason Leopold, Rush Limbaugh, Rush Limbaugh again, Rush Limbaugh yet again, The real meaning of investment, Back to Limbaugh, criticism of progressives, more criticism of progressives, yet more criticism of progressives, still more criticism of progressives, government wealth and jobs, and then finally he gets around to talking about Trayvon Martin.

And now in his first post about Trayvon Martin, probably the last person on the planet to say something about it, he criticizes people for not caring enough about the case. Whatever.

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Wow, Enrique. Good catch.

Too bad the search engine doesn't work well, or he would have pages of threads to see that this issue has been followed on a daily basis once it came to the attention of DU.

[malaise]

3. Excellent read

Rec

[HipChick]

6. you got it..

[Zalatix]

4. Is this a comparison between the drone killings and the stand-your-ground shooting?

If your point is the common point of "I perceived that person as a threat and I killed him without any semblance of a trial" then that's just effin' nuts. Where do I cosign?