In honor of Trayvon Martin, Berkeley City Councilmember Darryl Moore wore a hoodie at the council meeting Tuesday night.
The Feb. 26 killing of Martin, a black teenager from Florida, has been nothing less than fiercely controversial and has elicited nothing less than fierce outcry over the past several weeks.
Martin was fatally shot while walking home from a convenience store by George Zimmerman, a community watch coordinator for the neighborhood who claims he shot the 17-year-old in self-defense. Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law allows a person to use deadly force if he believes it will prevent great bodily harm or death.
Since Martin’s death, the circumstances surrounding the killing — including how the law applies to this case, what exactly transpired between the two that night and embittered allegations of racial motivation and police misconduct — have been hotly debated.
Because Martin was wearing a hoodie when he was killed, people across the nation — and now Berkeley City Councilmember Darryl Moore — have donned hoodies in honor of the teenager. Moore also asked to adjourn Tuesday’s meeting in Martin’s memory.
“A young man was shot just because they said he was suspicious, wearing a hoodie,” Moore said on Wednesday. “That’s unacceptable.”
Moore said that although the council took no official actions regarding the incident Tuesday, he thinks that, depending on how the investigation into the killing proceeds, the council could take an official stance in the future.
“Justice must occur in this instance,” Moore said.
Staff writer Adelyn Baxter contributed to this report.
Soumya Karlamangla is the city news editor.
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Both Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman are victims of the statistical probability that some one who looks like Trayvon and dresses like Trayvon is going to perpetrate a crime in that area tonight. I don’t like it any more than you do. I pulled up the Sanford Florida Police Website on the computer and looked at the career criminals and repeat offenders, mug shots, crime videos, etc. Then you can see why young black men get profiled so often. Pull up the police websites for every major City in the US and you will know who is going to be profiled and for what.
Stick this in your hoodie,
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The Orlando Sentinel is reporting that police sources say Martin was the aggressor on Feb. 26, knocking Zimmerman to the ground with a single punch and then climbing on top of the 28-year-old neighborhood watch captain and slamming the back of his head into the ground. Police say this account, given by Zimmerman, is supported by eyewitnesses, according to the Sentinel’s report.
One such witness reportedly told police that he saw Martin on top of Zimmerman, striking the man, while Zimmerman cried out for help. The attack left Zimmerman bloodied, police sources told the Sentinel, and led him to fire at Martin in self-defense.
Police say Zimmerman was bleeding from the nose, had a fat lip and confirm that the back of his head was cut. He received first aid at the scene but refused to go to the hospital and received medical treatment the following day, according to the Sentinel’s sources.
Oops, this doesn’t exactly fit the hate spewing from the black race baiters. Will Obama act stupidly and comment again or keep silent? Will The Lib media now stop referring to Zimmerman as a “white Hispanic”?
Stupidity knows no bounds with these people…