Trayvon Martin Photos. Claim: Photographs document 17-year-old shooting victim Trayvon Martin was a muscular, 6'2" man.
Example:[Collected via e-mail, March 2012] Is this in fact a picture of the 17-year-old student who was shot last month? Origins: In March 2012 the web site Twitchy.com attempted to counter what they claimed was evidence of bias by the mainstream media in their reporting of the shooting incident involving Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman, claiming that news stories typically used a photograph of a glowering George Zimmerman which looked like a mug shot while consistently running a 5-year-old image of Trayvon Martin that pictured him as an innocent-looking 12-year-old child rather than the 17-year-old near adult he was at the time of the shooting.
The site's commentary on this image stated: Recognize these two people? However, Twitchy's "correction" was a spectacular fail. The kicker? Twitchy.com subsequently posted a correction, stating: We made a mistake. In reality.. " Martin.autopsy. Operation Ghetto Storm - Operation-Ghetto-Storm.pdf. PRESS STATEMENT from the Southern Poverty Law Center in Response to Verdict in State of Florida v. George Zimmerman.
"They always get away.
" These were the words George Zimmerman uttered as he followed and later shot Trayvon Martin -- words that reflected his belief that Trayvon was one of "them," the kind of person about to get away with something. How ironic these words sound now in light of the jury verdict acquitting Zimmerman. Trayvon is dead, and Zimmerman is free.
Who was the one who got away? Can we respect the jury verdict and still conclude that Zimmerman got away with killing Trayvon? The jury has spoken, and we can respect its conclusion that the state did not prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. Was race at the heart of it? We'll never really know, of course. Racial bias reverberates in our society like the primordial Big Bang. George Zimmerman probably saw race the night of February 26, 2012, just like so many of us probably would have. The jury has spoken. The Political Garbage Chute. Linda Robertson: Just Because He Breathes: Learning to Truly Love Our Gay Son. On the night of Nov. 20, 2001, a conversation held over Instant Messenger changed our lives forever.
Our 12-year-old son messaged me in my office from the computer in his bedroom. Ryan says: can i tell u something Mom says: Yes I am listening Ryan says: well i don't know how to say this really but, well......, i can't keep lying to you about myself. I have been hiding this for too long and i sorta have to tell u now. Mom says: Are you joking? NARAL Pro-Choice America. Lakota People's Law Project. Why Is It ‘Policy’ For Some States To ‘Flag’ Birth Certificates Of Children Adopted By Gay Parents? Why is it “policy” for some states to “flag” — to place a hold on — the birth certificates of children adopted by gay parents, when they don’t do that for adopted children of opposite-sex parents?
Why do some states think they have to review the actions of same-sex parents? Because in the eyes of many state governments, and the federal government, same-sex parents aren’t equal under the law, and that inequality allows, or even requires by law or policy, additional scrutiny. There are 650,000 same-sex couples across the country today, many of whom are raising 250,000 children. This week, one Nashville, Tennessee same-sex couple applying for a social security card for their adopted son, Micah, were told his birth certificate would be “flagged” until 2033 by the Georgia State Department Of Vital Records. “It’s the policy,” they were told. Brian, a Realtor by trade, was the first parent to adopt Micah, whom they’ve had since birth nineteen months ago. And more good news. “Ok.