HatTip Recovery. Article primarily written about Martin Family visit to NOBLE convention. Odd to see this article written, not exactly sure what the author was intending but the article is really odd, almost as if the author was trying to write on behalf of the Martin Family but unable to reconcile factual aspects. My editorial remarks are inserted within the article in red.
Scheme Team visits NOBLE Convention in Arkansas (left to right – Tracy Martin, Sybrina Fulton, Benjamin Crump and NOBLE President Jiles Ship.
LITTLE ROCK, AR – The parents of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed Florida teen shot and killed earlier this year, told a group in Little Rock on Tuesday that the problem of profiling extends far beyond their son’s case.
Apparently Tracy and Sybrina are still holding the opinion that “profiling” with “racial profiling” inferred based on audience? I thought the FBI and Federal DOJ investigated that aspect extensively and determined “racial profiling” had nothing to do with it.
Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton and his father Tracy Martin addressed the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives or “N.O.B.L.E.”.
Martin’s parents credit members of “NOBLE” within the Sanford Police Department in suburban Orlando, Florida from keeping their son’s shooting from going unnoticed.
“credit members of NOBLE within the SPD”? Huh? What? Who are they talking about. What members of NOBLE? And WHO are they? “within the dept”? Who would that be?
“At that time, we had no idea how big it was or how big it was going to be,” Fulton says. “At the time we were just fighting as parents for our children.”
How big WHAT was?
Today they say their focus is unchanged.
They are waiting on the criminal case against George Zimmerman, the man charged with second degree murder for shooting Trayvon Martin in February.
Waiting for what exactly?
“This could have been any of your kids,” Martin says. “This is not a white or black issue. This is about a right and wrong thing.”
“…not a black or white issue…” then why describe the entire framing as “profiling” ? This makes zero sense.
The incident set off a fierce national debate on vigilantism and profiling.
“vigilantism and profiling”? Huh? What? When did that debate begin/end… what the heck is the author talking about?
Zimmerman says he felt threatened by Trayvon and defended himself by shooting him. Martin, 17, was unarmed.
“Zimmerman says he felt ‘threatened'”? huh? When did that happen? Zimmerman said he felt in “fear for his life” when his head was being pounded on the concrete sidewalk. But unless I missed something I never saw one attributed quote to Zimmerman about him feeling ‘threatened”.
His father says he wants to turn his son’s death into a teachable moment.
“We’re talking about profiling in general,” Martin says. “Whether it be your gender, what you have on, what you eat. Profiling is profiling. It’s wrong.”
But the author just quoted Martin as saying this was not “a black and white issue”. “Profiling in general”? Isn’t that what people do every day when making determinations about personal safety. We all profile based on a host of topics. Again, this makes zero sense from Tracy.
Is Tracy just advancing a narrative he does not fully understand.?
It’s a message his parents will continue to spread around the nation to any audience that will listen. LRPD sergeant Cassandra Davis says Martin’s parents were not compensated for their appearance.
The Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump says the case is an important precedent for states with so called “stand-your-ground” laws.
Now, that finally makes sense. Yes, indeed this is exactly the reason for attorneys of all persuasions to be interested in this case. Eliminate Stand Your Ground and you eliminate the subsequent immunity statute. Cha-ching…..
A Florida law passed in 2005 doesn’t require someone to retreat if they believe they are in grave danger. That’s a key difference to the law here in Arkansas. (article link)
Read this article too. Odd stuff.