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Area vigil for Trayvon Martin planned
by Mary Katherine Murphy
Protestors make signs during a rally for Trayvon Martin recently in Chicago. The University of North Carolina at Pembroke will hold its own rally for the slain teen tonight.
Protestors make signs during a rally for Trayvon Martin recently in Chicago. The University of North Carolina at Pembroke will hold its own rally for the slain teen tonight.
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A fraternity at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke is planning a dedication walk tonight to “demand justice” for Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old slain in Sanford, Fla. in February. George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchman who shot Martin, claims he did so in self-defense. No charges have been filed against him. The walk, organized by Phi Beta Sigma, will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the amphitheater on Pembroke's campus. Participants will then walk to the University Center for a candlelight vigil and hear remarks by Robert Canida, UNCP director of minority and multicultural affairs. “I thought it could have been handled differently,” Phi Beta Sigma member Paul Marsh said in reference to Martin’s case. “The story is still unclear on what happened between him chasing Martin and shots being fired, but it seems that if the night watchman had done his job and stopped when police officers told him to, things would have turned out differently.” The fraternity hopes to bring awareness of the case to the UNC-Pembroke community as well as those living in the surrounding area. “When we talked about the case of Trayvon Martin, a lot of people on our campus were not aware of this situation, and they were not aware of the different factors that were involved with the case and how Mr. Martin lost his life,” said Lamar Courman, a UNC-Pembroke student and outgoing president of Phi Beta Sigma. Walk participants are asked to wear hoodies like the one Martin wore on the night of his death. “Mr. George Zimmerman thought that Trayvon Martin was suspicious because he was wearing a dark hoodie, but the hoodie was because it was raining that night,” said Courman. “He was going to the store and he bought Skittles and an Arizona tea.” Members of Alpha Pi Omega Sorority will pass out Skittles and bottled tea to walk participants. “Our biggest thing is to bring awareness to our campus – to let people know that this isn’t just happening in Florida, this is happening everywhere,” said Courman. “If you look in the news, you see a lot of big cities and big towns doing something for Trayvon, but you don’t see so much from the small towns.”
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March 28, 2012
Between the media sensationalization of this story and the never ending dribble from the mouths of race hucksters like Sharpton and Jackson, Mr. Zimmerman has already been tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death. A group identifying itself as the New Black Panther Party is offering $10,000 to anyone who makes a citizen's arrest of George Zimmerman, dead or alive. The fury over the racially charged case has even led President Obama to weigh in. “When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids . . . every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this,” he said. “We’re going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened.” Fully agree Mr. President. Then he went on: “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.” To all those acting as if they're judge, jury, and executioner, you need to pause for a moment in your rush to justice and reflect on another rush to convict, the Duke lacrosse team incident from 2006. Seemingly overnight one individual's accusation became the gospel truth, leading to the downfall of many individuals and a tarnished image for one of the nation's leading institutions of higher learning. Do you remember what happened when the "facts" became known? DNA evidence proved the accused were innocent. The accuser went to jail. The prosecutor, Mike Nifong, was dismissed, disbarred, and eventually jailed for his gross misconduct. Let law enforcement do their job and fully investigate what happened, lest we have another case of mob rule and justice run amok.
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