[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by TonyB06

PM Mama,
Dr. Phil's posts 140, 141 answered you more ably than I would have so I'll let her words stand here, but I find it odd that you would castigate Trayvon's parents for "making the rounds." In the face of a police department whose behavior, based on what's known, has been shady from the jump, the parents should called for national help/exposure sooner.

I mean, why would the police let this boys' parents anguish for 3 days while they had his body in the morgue? They knew who he was because they put his name, address and cell phone number on the initial police report? That's foul. Add to it the already previously engendered mistrust of the police by this local community and why would any one trust them at face value?

You have no idea why they've copywritten his name/image. I trust you've seen the character-assassination he's undergone (his tweets, his private school records made public, ...gasp his tatoos?) none of which have anything to do with how he died. I commend his parents for not having slapped the isht out of somebody.

You're very quick to draw conclusions about his parents', Rev. Jackson and Rev. Sharpton's motives. That's fine. It's America. I'd be interested to read your thoughts on why Trayvon's public records made it so quickly to the public space?

I found great irony in PM_Mama's post.