The Murder of Trayvon Martin

[TonyB06]

Originally Posted by PM_Mama00

Tony, his parents obviously do care. They are making their rounds and getting his name copywritten so they can make money off the t-shirts. Anyone I know who's child was murdered would be too distraught to travel around and make appearances, but I guess people mourn in different ways.

I wasn't talking about GC drawing conclusions. Everyone is having a discussion and sometimes debating facts. I'm talking about the public as a whole, and when Al, Jesse, the New Black Panther party (everytime I think of it, it reminds me of Forrest Gump), Spike Lee's dumbass, and all these other celebrities speaking out and convicting someone before all the fact are out there. That brings it to a whole new level. For these celebrities and politicians, it's just something to make them look good. Something to "stand up for". If they really cared about young black men being murdered, then get your asses out there and DO something about it.

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?