Thank you Mr. President.
Obama: ‘The way to honor Trayvon Martin’
Meredith Clark, @MeredithLClark
3:19 PM on 07/14/2013
President Obama issued a statement calling on people to respect the verdict in George Zimmerman’s trial and the wishes of Trayvon Martin’s parents for “calm reflection.”
“The way to honor Trayvon Martin,” the president said, was for Americans to ask themselves what they can do “ to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis.”
“We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this.”
"The death of Trayvon Martin was a tragedy. Not just for his family, or for any one community, but for America. I know this case has elicited strong passions. And in the wake of the verdict, I know those passions may be running even higher.
"But we are a nation of laws, and a jury has spoken. I now ask every American to respect the call for calm reflection from two parents who lost their young son.
"And as we do, we should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can to widen the circle of compassion and understanding in our own communities. We should ask ourselves if we're doing all we can to stem the tide of gun violence that claims too many lives across this country on a daily basis. We should ask ourselves, as individuals and as a society, how we can prevent future tragedies like this.
"As citizens, that's a job for all of us. That's the way to honor Trayvon Martin."
It was the first reaction from the White House since Obama weighed in on Martin’s death in March 2012.
Zimmerman was acquitted Saturday of second-degree murder in the killing of Martin, a 17-year-old unarmed black teen in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman had pleaded not guilty and said he acted in self-defense after being attacked by Martin.
Obama’s remarks shortly after Martin’s death drew national attention to the case and gave voice to many African-Americans who saw a racial injustice in the case as they waited for police to make an arrest.
“If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon,” the president said then.
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/07/14/obama-the-way-to-honor-trayvon-martin/
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