Trayvon Martin Hometown Rally; Have The Heat Given Up?

Monday, April 2, 2012 PHOTOS: Thousands Rally In Trayvon Martin's Hometown MIAMI -- Political leaders, sport stars and entertainers were among several thousand people who gathered Sunday at a Miami rally to call for an arrest in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Florida teenager by a neighborhood watch volunteer. The rally in 17-year-old Trayvon Martin's hometown was one of the largest yet and drew basketball stars Alonzo Mourning and Isaiah Thomas, singers Chaka Khan and Betty Wright, politicians and civil rights leaders. 10 Bunnies And Lops Looking For Homes At Easter Have The Miami Heat Stopped Trying‎? Book Horizons Owner Dies At 89 PHOTOS: Inside Model Beach Volleyball 2 Fatally Shot, 12 Hurt Outside Miami Funeral Home BLOG POSTS Bill Santiago: English-Only? Has Salsa-Club Gentrification Gone Too Far? At the very least there should have been a sign outside, a courtesy warning in giant neon letters, announcing, however preposterously, "No Se Habla Español. English-Only-Salsa-Night." It might have spared me some psychological damage to know that's what I was in for. Rashad Robinson: The Trayvon Martin Tragedy: Pop Culture Plays a Role Movies routinely portray the American black experience as poor, violent and terrifying. When black men appear in the news, the stories are almost completely restricted to sports or crime coverage. Our society views young black men as inevitable criminals. Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Cheryl Sternman Rules Entices with Ripe Eat your vegetables, they're good for you. Really? That's the best slogan we could come up with? Wendell Potter: Hope the Supremes Strike Down ObamaCare? Get Ready for PanemCare Since Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia clearly isn't going to take the time to actually read the health care reform law before he decides whether or not it's constitutional, maybe he can catch a screening of The Hunger Games. Kami Chavis Simmons: Justice for Trayvon Martin and James Craig Anderson: Federal Hate Crimes Legislation and the Case for Cooperative Federalism The Martin and Anderson cases demonstrate the vital role the federal government can play in investigations when there are questions surrounding the local or state government's ability or willingness to initiate a prosecution.

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