Wednesday, November 20, 2013

In the article "Justice Denied," the author Dan Barry discusses multiple "racially motivated killings," including one in 1965 when Frank Morris (African American) was murdered by 2 white men for unknown reasons, and they weren't charged. I chose this article because it shows one of the many brutal, racially motivated killings that continue even now. Just last year, 17 year old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, who was 28. Zimmerman claimed to have acted in self- defense, but Martin wasn't carrying any weapons. Zimmerman was found innocent, and wasn't charged. Many people thought that it was because George Zimmerman was white and Trayvon Martin was black, and if it had been the other way around, the shooter would've spent the rest of his life in jail. This is another one of the racially motivated killings that are still occurring today.

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