{"id":1334,"date":"2013-07-29T10:27:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T15:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2014-04-16T13:42:36","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T18:42:36","slug":"justice-for-trayvon-martin-where-do-we-go-from-here-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/2013\/07\/29\/justice-for-trayvon-martin-where-do-we-go-from-here-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice for Trayvon Martin – Where do we go from here? (Part I)"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this three-part series, guest blogger David Anderson Hooker follows up on his earlier post, “Where will we find justice for Trayvon Martin?” \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Trayvon Martin. George Zimmerman.\u00a0 Dead. Alive. Dead! Not responsible. Like the President.\u00a0 Like Emmett Till.\u00a0 Like every other child that has been murdered senselessly by gun violence.\u00a0 It was reasonable to be afraid.\u00a0 Stand Your Ground. \u00a0Negrophobia and other reasonable racisms. \u00a0Nothing has changed.\u00a0 The President\u2019s speech was a game changer.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

In many ways this is such a fast moving story that it is hard to know when or where to jump into the conversation.\u00a0 And yet this is a slow moving conversation that hasn\u2019t changed tremendously since the days of Emmett Till, James Chaney, Micki Schwerner, and Andy Goodman.\u00a0 So many similarities: boys trying to do the right thing – or at least minding their very own business – get killed senselessly and the criminal adjudication system (fully distinguishable from a \u201cjustice\u201d system) does not hold anyone accountable.\u00a0 Some people are outraged while others think the situation is overblown.<\/p>\n

Although it seems that little has changed, there are some substantial differences between the Martin case and the others:<\/p>\n