Emmett Till was a martyr, Trayvon Martin was a thug who jumped the wrong guy.
Via Mediaite:
In anticipation of President Barack Obama’s address on the 50th anniversary of the civil rights movement’s march on Washington D.C., MSNBC guest host Joy-Ann Reid asked her guest on Tuesday about problems in the black community including the killing of Trayvon Martin. Reid was interrupted when her guest insisted that Martin was this generation’s “martyr” to the cause of civil rights.
Reid’s guest, former United Nations Ambassador under President Jimmy Carter, Andrew Young, interrupted her when she asked about what kind of problem Martin’s killing represents for the black community.
“No,” Young said. “Trayvon is a martyr.”