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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMotorcyclists ride from Philly to Dover in support of Trayvon Martin
Motorcyclists ride from Philly to Dover in support of Trayvon Martin
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120409/NEWS/120409013/Motorcyclists-ride-from-Philly-Dover-support-Trayvon-Martin?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Home|p
The unlikely sounds of Harleys humming and street bikes revving raced through the Easter morning air, as bikers in hoodies hit the highways in memory of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teen slain in Florida.
George Zimmerman has told authorities he was defending himself from the teen in the dark, hooded sweatshirt, according to previous reports.
On a morning marked by the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, bikers from Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey made their own sacrifice by riding from Philadelphia to Dover in a tribute to 17-year-old Martin.
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Trayvon is my son and we are united as one. We are Trayvon, said Herbert Brick Burch, during a stop in Wilmington.
We are rallying around this cause because the violence has to stop. If it can happen [in Florida], it can happen anywhere. Thats why theres rides across the nation today for Trayvon.
http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120409/NEWS/120409013/Motorcyclists-ride-from-Philly-Dover-support-Trayvon-Martin?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Home|p
The unlikely sounds of Harleys humming and street bikes revving raced through the Easter morning air, as bikers in hoodies hit the highways in memory of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed teen slain in Florida.
George Zimmerman has told authorities he was defending himself from the teen in the dark, hooded sweatshirt, according to previous reports.
On a morning marked by the Christian celebration of the resurrection of Jesus, bikers from Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey made their own sacrifice by riding from Philadelphia to Dover in a tribute to 17-year-old Martin.
<<<<SNIP>>>>>
Trayvon is my son and we are united as one. We are Trayvon, said Herbert Brick Burch, during a stop in Wilmington.
We are rallying around this cause because the violence has to stop. If it can happen [in Florida], it can happen anywhere. Thats why theres rides across the nation today for Trayvon.
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Motorcyclists ride from Philly to Dover in support of Trayvon Martin (Original Post)
LynneSin
Apr 2012
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(50,001 posts)1. Cool
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(53,339 posts)2. Second Trayvon Martin rally planned for downtown L.A.
(This is the second downtown; there were two other marches in South L.A.)
Poster from the first downtown march:
April 9, 2012 | 10:59 am
Civil rights groups and protesters in Los Angeles plan to to hold a second Million Hoodies March Monday (today) in downtown L.A. to demand justice for slain 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Organizers say they expect at least a few hundred people to congregate at Pershing Square at 4 p.m. for a rally that will precede a march to City Hall at 6 p.m. Marchers will deliver letters demanding justice to representatives for U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), according to organizer Zsanaé Davis.
Bass and members of the Congressional Black Caucus had planned to accept the letters and deliver them to Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. in Washington, D.C. But with the announcement that Florida prosecutors will not send Martin's case to a grand jury, Davis said the effort will help keep media attention on justice for Martin.
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Davis, who initiated Mondays event, said this march will be different from the last because protesters will walk in silence behind the box of letters.
Officer Sara Faden with the LAPD said police have a permit on file for the protest and added that she was not aware of any problems arising from the event two weeks ago.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/trayvon-martin-rally-downtown.html
Civil rights groups and protesters in Los Angeles plan to to hold a second Million Hoodies March Monday (today) in downtown L.A. to demand justice for slain 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Organizers say they expect at least a few hundred people to congregate at Pershing Square at 4 p.m. for a rally that will precede a march to City Hall at 6 p.m. Marchers will deliver letters demanding justice to representatives for U.S. Rep. Karen Bass (D-Los Angeles), according to organizer Zsanaé Davis.
Bass and members of the Congressional Black Caucus had planned to accept the letters and deliver them to Atty. Gen. Eric H. Holder Jr. in Washington, D.C. But with the announcement that Florida prosecutors will not send Martin's case to a grand jury, Davis said the effort will help keep media attention on justice for Martin.
...
Davis, who initiated Mondays event, said this march will be different from the last because protesters will walk in silence behind the box of letters.
Officer Sara Faden with the LAPD said police have a permit on file for the protest and added that she was not aware of any problems arising from the event two weeks ago.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/04/trayvon-martin-rally-downtown.html
Poster from the first downtown march: