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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsToday would have been Trayvon's 20th birthday..........
RIP, Trayvon. You deserved better from us.
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Today would have been Trayvon's 20th birthday.......... (Original Post)
lastlib
Feb 2015
OP
I think the DoJ said they were looking into this incident. I hope they come up with
rhett o rick
Feb 2015
#6
And while the media were poring over every dumb, typical teenage thing he ever did in his life
nomorenomore08
Feb 2015
#18
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)2. ditto.....
polly7
(20,582 posts)3. Such a horrible, needless loss of a beautiful young man.
I feel for his family today. So sad.
Thanks, lastlib, for this opportunity to remember Trayvon.
Cher
progressoid
(49,991 posts)5. ...
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)6. I think the DoJ said they were looking into this incident. I hope they come up with
something soon.
salin
(48,955 posts)7. It never should have happened.
And yet in variant forms... it keeps happening.
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)8. So very sad
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)9. A life lost way too soon.
Rest in peace, Trayvon.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)13. ...
vankuria
(904 posts)14. Rest in peace Trayvon
I'm so sorry our society failed you...you will never be forgotten.
barbtries
(28,798 posts)17. i said this last year and i'll always say it
as a bereaved mother: today IS Trayvon's 20th birthday.
lastlib
(23,244 posts)19. Fair dinkum.
nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)18. And while the media were poring over every dumb, typical teenage thing he ever did in his life
Zimmerman's actual criminal record and history of violent behavior somehow didn't matter.
Omaha Steve
(99,659 posts)20. K&R!