Tag: Trayvon Martin
This week, George Zimmerman unleashed his latest painting — an ugly, heavy-handed rendering of Angela Corey, the special prosecutor on his trial. Much like his last “work,” which appropriated a stock photo of an American flag, this one liberally lifts from a preexisting image as well: an Associated Press photo of Corey taken by Rick […]
Forgive Ray Kelly if he’s feeling a little under attack lately. After President Obama suggested the NYPD Commissioner would make a good candidate for Secretary of Homeland Security, people have been coming out of the woodwork in protest–there have been demonstrations, editorials in major newspapers, and criticism from mayoral candidates. Now, Kelly is striking back […]
Over the weekend crowds of people gathered around New York City to rally around the memory of Trayvon Martin and protest a court decision that let a man who shot and killed an unarmed child walk away with no consequences. According to NBC News and the AP, the largest group consisted of over 1,000 people […]
The Broward County Sheriff’s Office has released a 37 second PSA called “Raise Your Voice, Not Your Hands.” According to South Florida Review, it was created over fears that riots or forms of violent protest will erupt when the jury reaches a verdict on the Zimmerman case and the slaying of black teenager Trayvon Martin. To quote […]
