SCHENECTADY ‘Hoodie rally’ set to honor slain teen BY BETHANY BUMP Gazette Reporter
Young black men and boys who roam the streets of Hamilton Hill have felt the accusatory stare of profiling, said the Rev. Ted Ward. Middle and high school students have been harassed just walking through the streets, he said. And those are some of the reasons Ward, president of the Schenectady County branch of the NAACP, felt it was important to bring one of the many “hoodie rallies” occurring across the country to the city of Schenectady today. “Racial profiling does happen in Schenectady and in Hamilton Hill, from young black Americans to our Hispanic populations,” he said. “I personally have talked with young men in the streets and from various age groups who have been profiled whether they were just standing on the corner or walking down the street. So this hits home for many young African-American teenagers.” The rally, titled “Justice for Trayvon Martin,” will take place from 6 to 7 p.m. in honor of the slain Florida teen. Since Martin’s death on Feb. 26 in Florida, people across the nation have protested the failure of police to arrest his shooter, George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer. Zimmerman fatally shot the 17-year-old Martin, who was unarmed and wearing a hoodie, after calling 911 and telling an operator the boy looked suspicious. The incident spurred questions of racial bias, investigative incompetence and national doubt over the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which allows people to use deadly force if they feel a reasonable threat of death or serious injury, rather than withdraw. Beginning at Hulett and Albany streets, Schenectady organizers will march to Jerry Burrell Park at Hamilton and Schenectady streets. It’s a neighborhood that can identify with what Ward believes was racial profi ling in the case of Martin’s death. .........................>>>>..................>>>>....................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00101&AppName=1
SCHENECTADY Hamilton Hill rally protests Fla. teen’s death BY BETHANY BUMP Gazette Reporter
It was a deeply personal motive that brought many of the people to the marching line at Hullett and Albany streets on a cold Thursday evening. The man with the white hoodie knew many of the dozens who showed up to demand justice for slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin. They were a collection of hard-working American citizens, he said, who have faced racial profiling for no apparent reason. The man with the Skittles in his hand and the Arizona iced tea in his jacket pocket — none of which look like a gun, he pointed out — has seen friends denied jobs because their ZIP code is 12307. It’s otherwise known as Hamilton Hill. The one at the end, shouting “Hi” and giving hugs to friends on Hamilton Street, has had his trouble with the law. But he was in the wrong because of a negative lifestyle he has since abandoned, and the Florida teenager had just gone out for Skittles and an iced tea, he said. As the marching line moved further into Hamilton Hill and toward Jerry Burrell Park, a troubled neighborhood appeared united. “It’s called Neighborhood Watch,” shouted a passing driver. “You don’t need a gun to watch!” The line cheered. A woman told her two small children playing on the front lawn to wave at the grownups who were “doing a real good thing.” Two men come out of a front door, talking loudly. “What are they protesting?” one asks. “They shot my boy,” says the other. “They shot my brother Trayvon.” Martin, 17, was fatally shot the night of Feb. 26 by a Florida neighborhood watch volunteer. Since Martin’s death, people across the nation have protested the failure of police to arrest the alleged shooter, 28-year-old George Zimmerman. Martin was unarmed and wearing a hoodie while walking through a gated community to the home of his his father’s fi ancee. Zimmerman saw him and called 911, telling an operator the boy looked suspicious, and then began following him. A confrontation ensued that ended with Zimmerman shooting Martin. The incident spurred questions of racial bias and cast doubt over the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which allows people to use deadly force, rather than withdraw, if they feel a reasonable threat of death or serious injury. His doubts about the law were one of many personal reasons the Rev. Ted Ward, president of Schenectady County’s NAACP branch, organized the local rally. He led the marching chorus around the block to Jerry Burrell Park. The line, which had grown to more than 50 during the walk, gathered on wide steps facing away from the setting sun and toward a group of boys playing on the basketball courts. There were kids from the Carver Community Center, organizers from community suicide prevention organization Project HOPE, local NAACP board members and a handful of community offi cials. “We in Schenectady and across the nation have got to stand up,” Ward’s voice boomed over a microphone at the park. “We don’t want the 'Stand Your Ground’ law to happen anywhere. Imagine if there was a 'Stand Your Ground’ law in Hamilton Hill, in Mont Pleasant, in New York City. Well, it could be your son. It could be your daughter. So we’re standing against that today in solidarity.” .........................>>>>......................>>>>...............http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r00103&AppName=1
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
“It’s called Neighborhood Watch,” shouted a passing driver. “You don’t need a gun to watch!”
*Unless the person is beating your head off of the concrete
"Approval ratings go up and down for various reasons... An example is the high post 911 support for GWB even though he could be said to be responsible for the event." --- Box A Rox '9/11 Truther'
Melania is a bimbo... she is there to look at, not to listen to. --- Box A Rox and his 'War on Women'
Hey I saw I guy with a tee shirt down on broadway under the bridge. He had on a shirt that said TAYLOR GANG OR DIE
gee i wonder who is behind that. Who would want to start race wars. Gee, thanks for the jewsih media moguls for fueling this one. they will make a fortune and barack says he would have a son just like him if he had one I thought they dont all look alike hhehehehehehehehe
We didnt come this far to get this far. random 12 year old
A slave is someone that waits for someone else to free him. Ezra Pound
dirty rotten shame....where are the local leaders....oh wait, setting up for the next 'big save' they pretend to march to like warriors for the people...
hahahahahahahaha
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
left to our own agenda apparently us 99% 'ers can't even gel together. that's how it's done folks. those 1%'ers buy their way out of the barrel then enact laws that are to 'keep us' safe.....
the leaders picked a hoodie to stand in solidarity....how freakin' sad....how freakin' patronizing......
but I bet walmart loved it....their hoodies were pushed to the front of the stores......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
The KKK wore hoods too. Hides the identity when you are up to no good.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
yup.....you are what people perceive you are....even the hippies had a fight....they became yuppies....
...........and republicans and democrats and communists and conservatives and muslims and atheists and on and on and on...........it's the circle of life.......times change and so do people..........a good friend started as a democrat liberal hippie and became a neo-con guntotin' conservative 'til his boys went off to war and then became less neo-con but still conservative.............circle of life.............
...........and republicans and democrats and communists and conservatives and muslims and atheists and on and on and on...........it's the circle of life.......times change and so do people..........a good friend started as a democrat liberal hippie and became a neo-con guntotin' conservative 'til his boys went off to war and then became less neo-con but still conservative.............circle of life.............
yup....so that 'kid' had a perception problem and the 'man' had a fear problem.....
circle of life....
it just pisses me off there are no real leaders...just cliches' that keep getting elected....making laws that affect the pickles still in the barrel....so far they seem to be irrelevant...up-chuck schumer, ta-da tonko....
and the media moguls get to keep marching down this path all to help with votes....shame shame shame......
really? wearing a hoodie makes solidarity? really? sad sad sad......the leaders have become patronizing irrelevant idiots.....and here comes the slap from the other side.....
why is this guy in trouble? the hoodie could be a sign of terroists....maybe he thought he was being a patriot....maybe we all have to go around showing our papers out of solidarity....you know 'For the Country'.....AGAIN...the leaders sewed this into the fabric of America since 9/11.
it has NOTHING to do with race and everything to do with fear.....that guy was being 'a patriotic hero' ...... yay for the leaders supporters and replicators of the fear factor and creation of Patriot Act....
anyone feel safe? have your papers?
is this America?
have we come a long way baby? long enough for the pendulum to return.....everybody better duck......
the all encompassing patriot act/homeland security for the death(as bad as it was)of 0.0001% of the US population.....
dont we feel safer? now where did I put my gun and skittles?
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
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