The buzz in the news is about Trayvon Martin. Here we have an innocent child, yes child, MURDERED in an all American neighborhood. Why? Was it because he was suspicious looking? Was it his attire? Was it his race? These are all questions that plague Americans as we seek to hold a police department, city, and even state accountable for giving some answers to why anything like this can happen. I read recently that "people are killed daily in cities all across the nation". TRUE. But does that make this event any less important. Why has a nation shifted its attention to this young man's tragic plight when it is something that happens daily? Every social networking site has pictures, quotes, clips, and showings of support for Trayvon. People from age 8 to 80 have expressed their disgust at how anyone could do this and GET AWAY WITH IT. In 1954, Emmit Till was MURDERED in Mississippi, and once again only through the efforts of his determined Mother to not let her son's death be in vain, the nation was made aware of his tragic end. There was no facebook or Twitter for Mamie Till to use. Yet she was determined to let the world know the meaning of this statement: Slow Justice is No Justice. When we take our time to punish those who do wrong, it is just as bad as ignoring that an injustice has happened. It took years for the Till case to even be recognized as a lynching in America. It was a senseless killing of a young man who could have been a doctor, lawyer, teacher, preacher, politician ( let's hope not), or anything his young mind wanted to become...Trayvon's slow justice is no justice. Is it right? Can we make it right? You know the answer.
Dr. Sunshine68
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