Crime & Safety
Trayvon Martin Case Talk of Local Towns
The conversation is going on in Loma Linda and Redlands about the Florida teen killed in a racially charged shooting. Give us your thoughts.
The conversation over the racially charged killing of Trayvon Martin reached the Occupy Redlands general assembly Wednesday night.
The group’s members tried to draw a lesson from the shooting and spoke about the need to further address violence and race relations.
Martin, 17, an African-American, was shot and killed on Feb. 26, by George Zimmerman - identified as Latino - in Sanford, a suburb of Orlando, Fla. The shooting happened as Martin walked back to his father’s house after buying Skittles and an iced tea from a nearby convenience store.
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Zimmerman, 28, spotted the boy while patrolling the neighborhood as part of a neighborhood watch program. He called police to report the teen was in the area and then followed the teenager. Zimmerman claims self defense. Others insist the killing was a hate crime.
The conversation has already been ongoing on the local Occupy Facebook page.
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“So sad, in this supposed day and age, we are still openly allowing the slaughtering of others,” wrote Tim Holmes on the Occupy Redlands page.
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