Jul 15 2013
Trayvon Martin and Emmett Till, and How Concrete Became Martin’s “Weapon”
President Obama, who had stayed away from making any comments during the trial of George Zimmerman, made a statement on Sunday saying “we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken.”
He urged people to take action against gun control as one way to honor Trayvon Martin.
Last year, soon after the killing, the President had remarked, “If I Had a Son, He’d Look Like Trayvon Martin.”
GUEST: Mychal Denzel Smith, blogger at TheNation.com and a Knobler Fellow at the Nation Institute. He is also a freelance writer and social commentator.
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