TIMES HAVE CHANGED, REALLY PEOPLE? Emmett Till- flirting with a white woman- 1941 Rev George Wesley Lee- wouldnt remove his name from the voters registration list-1955 John Earl Reese- dancing in a cafe- 1955 Medgar Evers- civil rights leader killed for his effort trying to end racism and injustice -1963 Jonathan Daniels- buying a soda- 1965 Martin Luther King Jr- civil rights leader killed just before the support of a strike for black sanitary public works started- 1968 Victor Steen- tazed, then run over, while riding his bicycle, by a cop- 2009 Steve Washington- autistic man (The initial news coverage of the incident shed little light on why lethal force was necessary when officers were not responding to any report of criminal activity and had no reason to suspect Mr. Washington of a crime just because they heard a loud noise as they were driving past)- 2010 Aaron Campbell- reaching to feel the pain on his side from being shot 8 times with bean bag gun- 2010 Ramarley Graham- chased into his home and shot in his bathroom-2012 Trayvon Martin- walking home with a bag of skittles- 2012 Jordan Davis- playing loud music at a gas sta.- 2012 When will it stop? There are MANY that have not been mentioned... SADLY, Trayvon will NOT be the last name added to this list.
Posted on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 05:42:59 +0000
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