Archive

Trayvon’s Parents Head to D.C.

PROTEST

For House hearing Tuesday.

cheats/2012/03/27/trayvon-s-parents-head-to-d-c/Trayvon-Martin-parents-mourn-cheat_exevli
Red Huber, Orlando Sentinel /MCT via Getty Images

There will be hoodies around the House of Representatives Tuesday as Congress prepares to hold a hearing on racial profiling in light of the shooting of African-American teen Trayvon Martin last month. Martin’s parents are expected to be in attendance. Protesters have planned a march to the White House to coincide with the hearing as the cause continues to gain support among Americans. A new poll shows that 67 percent of white Americans and 86 percent of nonwhites believe Martin’s shooter, 28-year-old George Zimmerman, should be arrested.

Read it at CNN