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“I Am Trayvon Martin” Outrage or Craze??

March 24, 2012March 28, 2012 The ReadyWriter

In support of Trayvon Martin, the 17 year old who was gunned down on February 26, 2012 in the gated community where his father’s lived, the internet is all a craze with people wearing hoodies in light of the details made known by his killers pursuit.

LeBron James and the Miami Heat team showed their full support for Trayvon Martin by wearing grey hoodies in a group photo LeBron uploaded to Twitter.com yesterday with the hashtags: “#WeAreTrayvonMartin #Hoodies #Stereotyped #WeWantJustice”.

Meanwhile, Fox News host Geraldo Rivera fanned the flames of controversy when he advised black and Hispanic parents not to let their sons leave home wearing hoodies.

Rivera denied that he was “blaming the victim” and called it “common sense” for minorities to avoid wearing hoodies. He said that he was “reminding minority parents of the risk that comes with being a kid of color in America,” according to the Huffington Post.

Trayvon was unarmed and carrying a bag of Skittles and a can of ice tea when he was ambushed and gunned down by a racist neighborhood watch captain as he walked home from a corner store. Because Trayvon was black and wearing a hoodie, the neighborhood watch captain thought he was a suspicious criminal, “up to no good”.

But… one of my loyal readers think it’s a craze, and when the flames are fanned, the outrage will subside. Why? Because we don’t stay informed, check out what she said:

Ok let me try and be tactful here. This horrible act occured on 2/26/12. In 7 day’s it will be a month that this baby’s life was taken AWAY and people are JUST NOW up in arms. Why? Because Facebook made you aware of this heanous act. (long sigh). The last time people were moved like this was the Troy Davis situaton every one was posting I AM TROY DAVIS. Month’s later I SEE NOTHING (another lo…ng sigh). PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FOR THE LAST TIME PLEASE (IM BEGGING (SOMETHING I HARDLY EVER DO) STOP LETTING THE MEDIA MAKE YOU AWARE OF WHATS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. IM FED UP ALREADY WITH THIS MEDEOCRICY SERIOUSLY. GET INVOLVED IN YOUR COMMUNITIES. FIND OUT WHO YOUR SENATE LEADERS ARE , SIGN UP FOR INFORMATIVE NEWSLETTERS NOT JUST MEDIATAKEOUT (OH YES I DID). YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY THERE IS NO CHANGE? BECAUSE THEIR IS NO CONSISTENCY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND BECAUSE AFTER THE MEDIA STOPS REPORTING, AND PEOPLE STOP POSTING EVERYONE FORGETS!!!!!!! STAY INFORMED, BUT BETTER THAN JUST POSTING ON FACEBOOK CALL YOUR SENATE LEADERS, I PUT MY HARRASING PHONE CALL’S THROUGH A WEEK AND AHALF AGO DID YOU?

Will you stay informed or make a difference? And how can tragic situations like this never happen again?

Crime, Law and order, News, Racist

Rev. Al Sharpton will hold rally for Trayvon Martin in Florida on Thursday

March 19, 2012 The ReadyWriter

The Rev. Al Sharpton will hold a non-violent rally in Sanford, Florida to demand justice for 17-year-old Miami resident Trayvon Martin, who was stalked and gunned down by an overzealous neighborhood watch volunteer on Feb. 26.

Sharpton announced through his social networking websites Twitter.com and Facebook that he plans to be in Sanford on Thursday to hold a rally to call for the arrest of Zimmerman.

The rally is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the First Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Sanford, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Many believe Trayvon was the innocent victim of a police wannabe who shot Martin in cold blood and then claimed self-defense.

On Friday, Sanford police chief Bill Lee released eight chilling 911 calls describing a scuffle, a man wailing and pleading for help, and a gunshot. The first call was made by Zimmerman, who said he spotted a “suspicious person” in his gated neighborhood. Zimmerman was told not to pursue Trayvon, but he ignored that order.

Another 911 call was made by a witness who stated two men were fighting on the ground. The caller stated “the guy on top” was wearing white. Zimmerman was wearing a white t-shirt that night. Trayvon wore a grey hoodie.

People with guns usually don’t plead for help.

Celebrity Kids, Dearly Departed, Law and order

Whitney Houston Left Everything She Had to Her Daugher, Bobbi Kristina…

March 7, 2012March 7, 2012 The ReadyWriter

Whitney Houston’s will was signed on Feb. 3, 1993, a month before she gave birth to her daughter Bobbi Kristina. The 48-year-old pop-star died on Feb. 11 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in CA.

Houston’s will was filed in Atlanta, GA today and she left all of her furnishings, clothing, personal effects, jewelry and cars to her surviving children and Bobbi Kristina was her only child.

Houston’s money will be put in a trust. Bobbi Kristina will get part of it upon turning 21, more of the money at age 25 and the balance at age 30. Houston’s trustees can give her money from the trust for various purposes, including tuition, to buy a home and to start a business.

Whitney made sure her child would be cared for, let’s hope her trustees will do the same.

Celebrity Justice, Law and order, What he said

Spike Lee Visits Wesley Snipes In Prison

March 7, 2012 The ReadyWriter

Spike Lee recently visited His friend Wesley Snipes at the McKean Federal Correctional Institute in West Hell, Pennsylvania.

Lee took to his twitter page to announce that he spent two hours with his pal who played pivotal roles in his movies, “Jungle Fever” and “Mo Better Blues”.