For me, Trayvon's mother is such a role model of strength and grace and courage. And after all their unimaginable suffering and that mockery of a trial, there is Trayvon's family standing with the family of Emmett Till. Words cannot express how moving this photo is, and I hope somewhere in the world there is solace and justice for every one.

Not sure I'd have been able to given the injustice that family has suffered. She's an amazing woman.

Just one question: Why do you refer to "that mockery of a trial?" Seems to me that the trial was very fair. The prosecution may have sucked, but the trial itself was aboveboard.

And the prosecution was awful. So though I may have inferred I thought it was the trial itself that was the issue, I do believe that Zimmerman should be behind bars and the fact that he isn't indicates something wrong with our justice system.

But the prosecution left much to be desired. They were never able to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. Their witnesses seemed to mostly support Z's version of events.

I like the idea that a defendant is innocent until proven guilty. The burden should be on the prosecution. If they can't do the job they were hired to do, the defendant walks, guilty or not. If we convicted people based on public opinion polls, THAT would make a mockery of the whole concept of justice.

site just a little while ago. For exactly your reasons.. the incredible sadness of injustice of the killing and the trail but how they've come through this with "strength and grace and courage" and there will be Justice4Trayvon.

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Both...and the history between them

I am assuming his mother passed.

Is his cousin. He spoke beautifully!

I recall the elderly uncle of Emmett spoke out against the murder. So this is the cousin that Emmett was with? Emmett Till's story still strikes an emotional chord even these many years later.

There was a great "Eyes on the Prize" episode on Till:

Wonderful

shared history. Not what one desires to see as coming full circle. Not by any means.