The last time we heard from Belafonte he was telling obama to act “like a third-world dictator” and throw Republicans “in jail.”
Via Washington Whispers:
A sit-in at the Florida Capitol nears its second weekend as protesters, including the “King of Calypso” Harry Belafonte, demand Gov. Rick Scott, R-Fla., call a special session to address the policies they say led to the death of Trayvon Martin.
In 2012, Martin was killed by George Zimmerman in what the defense said was an act of self defense. Zimmerman was acquitted by a Florida jury in mid-July.
Dream Defenders, a group that works for social justice, as well as religious leaders, youth groups and Belafonte are all asking the Florida legislature to consider “Trayvon’s Law,” a bill said to end racial profiling, repeal “stand your ground” laws, and remove zero-tolerance discipline policies in schools that Dream Defenders argues “funnel kids out of the classroom and into the criminal justice system.”