Thursday, April 5, 2012

Trayvon martin resolution

  • Several Congressional Black Caucus members have introduced a resolution that memorializes 17-year-old Trayvon Martin and calls for the repeal of controversial gun laws that allow shooters to claim self-defense.
  • (Politico.com)
  • Thirty-seven percent of the American public and 56 percent of Republicans are tired of hearing about Trayvon Martin, according to a Pew Research Center poll.
  • (BET)
  • Since the Trayvon Martin shooting, celebrities, civil rights activists and families have been using the case to push for the resolution of what they say is a string of other injustices and incomplete investigations involving minorities.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • A handful of Congressional Black Caucus members, still reeling from the death of Trayvon Martin who was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in February, unveiled a resolution today to honor the slain teen's life.
  • (Roll Call Online)
  • Members of the Congressional Black Caucus have introduced a resolution to honor slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin and condemn advocates of Stand Your Ground laws.
  • (Daily Caller)
  • "We are Trayvon Martin! We are Trayvon Martin but the realities are still the same," McKnight later told the MSR. "We just want a resolution," said Winnie Gregory of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
  • (Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder)
  • Omega offers a choice of an alternative way of behavior: Non-violent conflict resolution as a necessary condition precedent to young black men, with or without a hoodie, to remain Alive Free.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • On the evening Trayvon Martin was killed in a Sanford in the same way that conflict resolution programs do.
  • (New America Media)

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