Trayvon Martin: un représentant réprimandé pour son "hoodie"

Un représentant noir de l'Illinois, Bobby Rush, tentait de manifester son soutien à la défense de Trayvon Martin. "During one-minute speeches, when House members can talk on the floor on a topic of their choosing, Rush wore a gray hooded sweatshirt and sunglasses and spoke about Martin’s death.

 “I applaud the young people all across the land who are making a statement about hoodies, about the real hoodlums in this nation,” said Rush, whose son was gunned down in 1999. “Racial profiling has to stop … just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum.”

Hats are banned in the House chamber. The presiding lawmaker, Rep. Gregg Harper (R-Miss.), interrupted Rush to ask the House Sergeant-At-Arms to enforce those rules and said “members need to remove their hoods or leave the floor.” Rush said he was escorted off the floor by someone from the Sergeant-At-Arms office.

Several lawmakers in recent days have called for the arrest of George Zimmerman, who says he was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed Martin, an unarmed black teenager, in a suburban Orlando neighborhood. Martin’s parents appeared on Capitol Hill Tuesday to participate in a forum on racial profiling, hate crimes and Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” gun laws in connection with the shooting.

 In a later interview with CNN, Rush said he was “appalled” that Zimmerman has not been arrested.

“The assailant has not been charged. Something’s wrong with that. The police let him go … something’s wrong with that,” Rush said. “This is just a mere example, indication, protest about the failure of the judicial system as it relates to African-American males and the clothing that they wear.”"

http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-congress/2012/03/congressman-sports-a-hoodie-on-house-floor-118945.html