Thursday, May 3, 2012
What can a child do to not become the next Trayvon Martin? Some Cobb parents try to answer the complex question.
The country, including South Cobb, continues to dialogue about the shooting death of Trayvon Martin and to watch the impending trial of George Zimmerman. Many parents are wondering what, if anything, they can do to prevent their children from becoming the next Trayvon, the 16-year-old boy Zimmerman admitted to shooting in what he said was self-defense. Martin was walking to his father’s home in a Sanford, FL subdivision from a local store. During the second Cobb United for Change Coalition meeting held Wednesday night, a child asked what he could do to prevent becoming “another Trayvon Martin.” The answers from parents in the crowd, made up of about 25 mostly African American and Latino individuals, varied. Several responded that because …
Monday, April 2, 2012
South Cobb's Rep. Alisha Thomas Morgan was one of the two representatives to propose a bill that would repeal Georgia's Stand Your Ground law in an effort to prevent more incidents like the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin of Florida last week
Several South Cobb residents, including Austell activist Rich Pellegrino, held a prayer vigil in the Marietta Square on Sunday. The vigil was held for 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla. on Feb. 26. The shooting has sparked demonstrations, rallies, vigils and several tough conversations about race in the United States. Martin was African-American and Zimmerman has a Hispanic and white racial background. State Rep. Alisha Thomas Morgan (D-Austell) and State Rep. Rashad Taylor, D-Atlanta pledged during a rally on the Capitol on Monday to introduce a bill that would repeal Georgia’s “Stand Your Ground” law. Many believe a similar Florida law has allowed Zimerman …
Monday, March 26, 2012
The rally will also protest Georgia's "Stand Your Ground" law.
Residents from Austell and Mableton plan to join a demonstration at 5:30 p.m. at the Capitol to protest the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin of Sanford, Fla. and to speak out against the Georgia “Stand Your Ground” law. Trayvon Martin, who was unarmed, was shot and killed by neighborhood watch captain, George Zimmerman, in his subdivision as he returned home from purchasing Skittles on Feb. 26. Zimmerman has not been charged, and said he shot Martin in self-defense. The tapes of 911 calls do not seem to line up with Zimmerman’s story of what happened. Here, a man can be heard yelling “help” repeatedly. Then he can no longer be heard after a gun is shot. On Zimmerman’s own 911 call, the 911 operators tell him not to follow …
Rich "The Equalizer" Pellegrino
1:59 am on Sunday, May 6, 2012
Many thanks to all who participated...a prominent friend once told me that racism and prejudice will be solved at the dining room table over coffee between neighbors who will find out that they have more in common than differences...these meetings are the public's "coffee table" where these perceived differences can be dissolved. more ›