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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 1189785" data-attributes="member: 12952">Ben Jealous, the president of the NAACP, said on Saturday that&nbsp; “Trayvon’s law” should be enacted across the United States in a speech&nbsp; at the “Realize the Dream March and Rally” in Washington.&nbsp;“Let us say, ‘Yes we will pass Trayvon’s law from coast to coast,’”&nbsp; Jealous said at the event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin&nbsp; Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.&nbsp;The NAACP recently released principles for what it would like to see in so-called Trayvon’s Laws at the state and local levels:&nbsp;Ending racial profiling;Repealing stand your ground type laws;Creating law enforcement accountability through effective police oversight;Improving training and best practices for community watch groups; andMandating law enforcement data collection on homicide cases involving people of color.Notice there isn’t any actual proposed bill on the table, just&nbsp; “principles” that should be in it. It’s not even at “we have to pass it&nbsp; so we know what’s in it” stage. Most of the “principles” of “Trayvon’s&nbsp; law” had no impact in his actual case.&nbsp;Yet many at the “March On&nbsp; Washington” were carrying “Support Trayvon’s Law” without having any&nbsp; idea of what that “law” would be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 1189785, member: 12952"] Ben Jealous, the president of the NAACP, said on Saturday that “Trayvon’s law” should be enacted across the United States in a speech at the “Realize the Dream March and Rally” in Washington. “Let us say, ‘Yes we will pass Trayvon’s law from coast to coast,’” Jealous said at the event commemorating the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech. The NAACP recently released principles for what it would like to see in so-called Trayvon’s Laws at the state and local levels: Ending racial profiling; Repealing stand your ground type laws; Creating law enforcement accountability through effective police oversight; Improving training and best practices for community watch groups; and Mandating law enforcement data collection on homicide cases involving people of color. Notice there isn’t any actual proposed bill on the table, just “principles” that should be in it. It’s not even at “we have to pass it so we know what’s in it” stage. Most of the “principles” of “Trayvon’s law” had no impact in his actual case. Yet many at the “March On Washington” were carrying “Support Trayvon’s Law” without having any idea of what that “law” would be. [/QUOTE]

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