Sharpton, families of Trayvon Martin, Jordan Davis, Emmitt Till leading rally in FL today

[Primetime21]

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Rev. Al Sharpton and the National Action Network will lead a march from the Tallahassee Leon Country Civic Center to the State Capitol to address 'stand your ground' laws. The parent's of Trayvon Martin, and their Attorney's Benjamin Crump and Daryl Parks, and the parent's of Jordan Davis, as well as the family of Emmett Till will join. The march will end with a rally at the Florida State Capitol building where Rev. Sharpton will be the keynote speaker.

A number of notable figures, including the parents of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis, are converging upon the Florida state capitol on Monday to protests that state’s controversial Stand Your Ground law.

The rally in Tallahassee will include remarks by radio entertainer Tom Joyner as well as the Rev. Al Sharpton, the head of the National Action Network. They will join Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Davis, the parents of Trayvon Martin, and Lucia McBath and Ronald Davis, the parents of Jordan Davis.

The protesters will also include the family of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old Black Chicagoan who was killed in Mississippi in 1955 by local white men for allegedly whistling at a white woman.

Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law enables citizens to use deadly force if someone feels he or she is in imminent mortal danger. Proponents of the law say that it is an important tool in self-defense legal strategies in the state’s court system.

On the other hand, critics of the law have complained that it amounts to little more than state-sanctioned vigilante activity.

Alan B. Williams, a state representative in Florida and the chairman of the Florida Conference of Black State Legislators, sponsored a bill last year to repeal the state’s Stand Your Ground law, but it was defeated in committee. Florida Gov. Rick Scott declined to hold a special session to discuss the law, explaining that he approved of it.

“I think that Monday’s rally will continue to shine the light on the inadequacies and imperfections of the stand your ground law,” Williams said, in an interview with BET.com. “It will continue to show the nation that, since Florida was the first to enact this law, it should be the first to repeal or repair the law.”

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Keep Al Sharpton away from public causes please...

 

[Drummage_EL]

I know that folks will say that blacks need to stop marching, but atleast these people are actually doing something about the "stand your ground law".

 

[tmonster]

Keep Al Sharpton away from public causes please...

Friend, all movements need rabble rousers
their job is not easy
they are highly specialized
their training is unique
they have a role few are willing to sign up for
please respect them

 

[Primetime21]

Keep Al Sharpton away from public causes please...

Who else is out here speaking for you?

 

[Primetime21]

Al Sharpton and the National Action Network led a march Monday from the Tallahassee Leon Country Civic Center to the State Capitol to address ‘stand your ground’ laws. The parents of Trayvon Martin, their attorneys Benjamin Crump and Daryl Parks, the parents of Jordan Davis, as well as the family of Emmett Till joined in the effort.

The march ended with a rally at the Florida State Capitol building where Sharpton was the keynote speaker.

“It’s a flawed law,” Sharpton said. “Because you don’t need an actual threat. All you’ve got to do is believe a threat and you can use deadly force.”

Sharpton told the crowd that polling Florida legislators in their districts would be the first step to repealing the laws nationally.

“Florida is the first state to enact the law in 2005,” he said. “We came back to where it started to begin where it will end.”

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Who else is out here speaking for you?

Not sharpton that's for sure

 

[No_bammer_weed]

Keep Al Sharpton away from public causes please...

Love him or hate him, Al sharpton has had the balls to confront white racism and stick up for the marginalized all his life. Thats some sucker sht to try to diminish him from the safety of the internet. What exactly is he doing wrong here for trying to raise awareness for the legalized justification of killing black kids?

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Love him or hate him, Al sharpton has had the balls to confront white racism and stick up for the marginalized all his life. Thats some sucker sht to try to diminish him from the safety of the internet. What exactly is he doing wrong here for trying to raise awareness for the legalized justification of killing black kids?

I might be wrong for saying it in here but he is also very much self serving and this has been proven.

Do y'all really feel that his involvement is effective in any way? Sucker shyt would be fear of speaking out or questioning "leaders" even your own. A march isnt a protest it doesn't disrupt and itsn't very effective in 2014. Its doesn't raise awareness far beyond those who already knew or were involved in it. Who exactly did he raise awareness to?

 

[No_bammer_weed]

I might be wrong for saying it in here but he is also very much self serving and this has been proven.

Do y'all really feel that his involvement is effective in any way? Sucker shyt would be fear of speaking out or questioning "leaders" even your own. A march isnt a protest it doesn't disrupt and itsn't very effective in 2014. Its doesn't raise awareness far beyond those who already knew or were involved in it. Who exactly did he raise awareness to?

Marches have been pivotal in the development of African American themed issues. Why do you refer to him as a "leader"? Why arent other black men stepping up to the plate and challenging these injustices? Whats the point of criticizing a man who is trying to do something right here?

 

[Im Kemet Rocky & I like penis]

my bro over there probably...

wish i could make it..

 

[Amestafuu (Emeritus)]

Marches have been pivotal in the development of African American themed issues. Why do you refer to him as a "leader"? Why arent other black men stepping up to the plate and challenging these injustices? Whats the point of criticizing a man who is trying to do something right here?

Because he is a leader but not one I choose or look up to. Plenty of people have spoken on this but they don't all use or rely on pain and suffering for profit as is the nature of his business. How many other people at that march will see any money directly linked to one of these tragedies or causes?

 

[Thoughts]

Only 11 replies since 10:44am? Bet you if this thread was titled " Brehs, the ultimate PAWG and she likes black men! Come in" ...shyt would be pn page 57 by now.

 

[tmonster]

I might be wrong for saying it in here but he is also very much self serving and this has been proven.

no, he has served others
if he gained something out of it, then so be it
but he has served others, over and over again
honor thy father

 

[tmonster]

Because he is a leader but not one I choose or look up to. Plenty of people have spoken on this but they don't all use or rely on pain and suffering for profit as is the nature of his business. How many other people at that march will see any money directly linked to one of these tragedies or causes?

his business has been to help other who have no voice
he has not brought on any pain or suffering to anyone
pain and suffering finds him at the same place it finds those he tries to help