(Photo by Taylor Hill/FilmMagic) MSNBC is set to air a special at 9pm tomorrow hosted by Joy Reid and Chris Hayes, with special reporting from Trymaine Lee. It’s the same day Starbucks is scheduled to close all locations for racial bias training. This looks like a good and much-needed discussion… Hopefully, people of all races will tune in. And hopefully this will go a long way towards white people not calling the police on black people for just living their lives. Sidenote: Are you boycotting Starbucks still or do you think they are really doing something with their racial bias training?
Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton are the parents of Trayvon Martin, and the not guilty verdict of George Zimmerman for murdering their unarmed son left…
Thursday, July 18, 2013 (New York, NY)—Trayvon Martin’s parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin will stand with Rev. Al Sharpton and National Action Network for…
Trayvon Martin’s parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, spoke out this morning for the first time about last weekend’s George Zimmerman verdict . Tracy Martin told Today ‘s Matt Lauer: Trayvon Martin Parents Interview “We felt in our hearts that we were going to get a conviction. We thought that the killer of our unarmed child was going to be convicted of the crime that he committed.” Added Fulton, “I think (the legal system) failed Trayvon to a certain degree. I think we let the process take its course. We didn’t get the verdict that we were looking for.” “Our focus has continued to change. First it was for the arrest, then it was for a conviction. So now we’ve moved on to a different focus, but yes, I think we were disappointed.” Martin then added, “I just didn’t understand how can you let the killer of an unarmed child go free. What would your verdict have been had it been your child?” “There’s no winners in this case. It’s just I want them to put themselves in our shoes.” Fulton noted that the verdict sends “a terrible message to other little black and brown boys that you can’t walk fast, you can’t walk slow, so what do they do?” “How do you get home without people knowing or either assuming that you’re doing something wrong? Trayvon wasn’t doing anything wrong.” As for whether or not Trayvon’s parents can ever forgive Zimmerman, Martin simply said, “I think that the forgiveness is like a healing process.” “Forgiveness takes time. The Bible says that you have to forgive and forget, but the healing process is a long process and the forgiving process is a long process.” What do you think of the Zimmerman verdict? Did the jury get it right? Yes. The jury got it right. No. They blew it. View Poll »
The family of Trayvon Martin filed paperwork against the Retreat at Twin Lakes homeowners association , claiming monetary damages for the shooting death of the teenager, reports the Orlando Sentinel. Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, is named on the court documents filed last week by Travelers Casualty and Surety Company of America… Continue
While most Dads will be celebrated by their appreciative sons, daughters, and wives this Sunday, this Father’s Day, Tracy Martin, the father of murdered Florida…
Trayvon Martin’s Parents Outraged Over Zimmerman’s Courtroom Apology And Low Bail Can you blame Trayvon Martin’s parents for being pissed their son’s killer had the gall to address them at his bail hearing ??? “I am sorry for the loss of your son,” said Zimmerman, 28, who looked bulky in a freshly pressed charcoal-gray suit that tightly covered a bullet-proof vest. “I did not know how old he was. I thought he was a little bit younger than I am. I did not know if he was armed or not.” When he was pointedly asked by prosecutors if he was grandstanding for the media, Zimmerman said, “No,” that he was talking only to “the mother and the father” of Martin. Trayvon’s parents stared stoically from their seats. After the hearing, a lawyer for the family said the parents were outraged both by the “apology” and the fact that Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. granted a $150,000 bond, just a fraction of the $1 million bail prosecutors had requested. “This was the most disingenuous and unfair thing I’ve seen,” said lawyer Natalie Jackson. Benjamin Crump, another family lawyer, added that “it was devastating that [Zimmerman] got to give a self-serving apology to help get him a bond. Why is everybody protecting George Zimmerman?” The $150,000 bond means that Zimmerman’s supporters will only have to put up 10 percent, or $15,000, in order to spring him while he faces charges of second-degree murder for shooting the 17-year-old in an Orlando-area subdivision on Feb. 26. Zimmerman could be out in a few days, said his lawyer, Mark O’Mara. George’s dad is expecting to take out a second mortgage to raise the cash. Lester barred Zimmerman from keeping guns if he is bailed out, and set a 7 p.m.-to-6 a.m. curfew. Zimmerman also surrendered his passport, though he may be allowed to live outside Florida because of concerns for his safety. O’Mara said Zimmerman was speaking from the heart when he made his courtroom mea culpa yesterday. “He had always wanted to acknowledge what happened that day,” O’Mara said. “I was hoping that it could be accomplished in a private way. We weren’t afforded that opportunity.” O’Mara said Zimmerman decided to speak after hearing Martin’s mom, Sybrina Fulton, tell reporters she wanted to hear from him, according to CNN. “He didn’t want to defend himself. He didn’t want to discuss the facts of the case. He heard the request of the family, and he wanted to respond to it,” O’Mara said according to the CNN. Legal experts said that a suspect saying “sorry” at a bail hearing was highly unusual. But Zimmerman’s careful wording ensured that his apparent apology wasn’t an admission of guilt, they said. Yeah, he definitely ain’t admitting he’s sorry HE KILLED their son. What do you think? Could Zimmerman’s apology have been genuine? Was it inappropriate for him to speak to Trayvon’s parents in front of the public considering they declined his request to meet with him? And how insulting is that low azz bail??? Source AP More On Bossip! Dirty Dog Diaries: MORE Women Come Forward Telling Royce That Her New Boo-Thang Dezmon Briscoe Been Tryna Chop Them Down Too! Single And Ready To Mingle: The 10 Best Cities To Meet New People And Get Freaky! Cheaper To Chop Her: Men (And Women) That Got Caught Trying To Pay For That Poon Ain’t That A B–?! Dirty Dogs That Faced Bad Karma For Their Dirty Dog Ways
Trayvon Martin’s parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, and brother, Jahvaris Fulton, appeared on the Rickey Smiley Morning Show today to discuss the latest developments…
