NAACP Introduces 'Trayvon's Law'

Digital Journal -- The 2012 killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin has led to various rallies, boycotts, and even songs. Now, the NAACP is leading the way in an effort to force legal changes across the United States in an attempt to prevent another similar situation.

The NAACP created "Trayvon's Law," a series of legislative policies that aims to "end racial profiling, repeal stand your ground laws, form effective civil complaint review boards to provide oversight of police misconduct, improve training for community watch groups, mandate law enforcement to collect data on homicide cases involving non-whites, and address the school to prison pipeline," NAACP President and CEO Benjamin Jealous explained in a statement according to AllHipHop.

"What happened to Trayvon Martin must never happen again," Jealous said according to Jet Mag "Trayvon's Law will serve as the foundation for community advocates as they work to end laws and practices that contributed to his death and to create new policies that will prevent further tragedies."

The NAACP will push "Trayvon's Law" at the local, state, and federal levels. The organization's Florida State Conference will be working to immediately enact the law in Florida, AllHipHop reports. The organization is also urging states across the US to adopt the law.

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Blog author's comments - The NAACP and their fellow race baiters are going to milk Trayvon Martin's death for all it’s worth as long as they can. Maybe they should teach personal accountability instead. The case never was entirely about George Zimmerman...he was used to advance the agenda of some people. What happened will happen again. New policies won't change it.

So will they enact a series of legislative policies instructing black teenagers and young men to not commit crimes? Not join gangs? Not impregnate women and if they do to help raise the child? I don't think so. They should attempt to impress upon them the advantages of staying in school so they can get a job and be a productive member of society. This won't happen because that would require the NAACP populous to accept some responsibility.

What Mr. Jealous has outlined won't change anything but that's what his base wants to hear and he is going to pretend to provide it…instead of doing the hard work of addressing the real problems in the black community.

The NAACP and the Obama administration along with their leftist base could not believe that George Zimmerman was found to be not guilty of any crime so this will continue. The AG Eric Holder's DOJ along with Martin's parents are pushing for a civil suit against Zimmerman. I don't believe Holder or the parents are doing this as 'Justice for Trayvon.'

Holder Defends His Fight Against Voter ID Laws at NAACP Convention

NAACP meet goes wild for Eric Holder
Politico -- In a rousing speech at the NAACP convention in Houston, Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday strongly defended his efforts to block controversial voter ID laws in some states - including Texas - saying the Justice Department “will not allow political pretexts to disenfranchise American citizens of their most precious right.”

“The arc of American history has always moved toward expanding the electorate. It is what has made this nation exceptional. We will simply not allow this era to be the beginning of the reversal of that historic progress,” Holder told the assembled delegates.

Holder further suggested that the Texas voter ID laws were passed for political reasons rather than a genuine desire to prevent voting fraud.

“In our efforts to protect voting rights and to prevent voting fraud, we will be vigilant and strong. But let me be clear, let me be very, very clear: we will not allow political pretexts to disenfranchise American citizens of their most precious right,” the attorney general said to uproarious applause.

It was an appropriate venue: Monday was the first day of trial in a case that Texas has filed against the Justice Department over approval of its voter ID law, and the NAACP convention was set in Houston.

Holder, who said he brought greetings from the First Family and members of the president’s cabinet, also outlined other successes that the Justice Department has achieved, including its work in combating hate crimes - over the past three years the DOJ has prosecuted 35 percent more hate crimes than the three years prior - and the aggressive use of the Civil Right’s Division authority.

“Over the past three years, the Civil Rights Division has filed more criminal civil rights cases than ever before, including record numbers of police misconduct, hate crimes, and human trafficking cases,” Holder noted.

Holder, the first African American attorney general of the United States, was received extraordinarily well by the delegates at the NAACP. After he finished his prepared remarks, the NAACP delegates assembled in Houston passed an “emergency resolution” that resolved the organization and its members to “strongly support” the attorney general’s efforts, especially with regards to voting rights.

The resolution also called Holder one of the best attorneys general ever.

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Blog author's comments - It should really be quite simple. If you are a legal citizen and registered to vote and have a photo ID you are eligible to vote. Those who do not have a photo ID can acquire one at no charge in most states. I would like Eric Holder and other Democrats along with the NAACP to produce a single eligible voter that has been disenfranchised by voter ID laws.

I would find it hard to believe that most people would not understand the Obama administration's problem with voter ID laws. The laws help to prevent voter fraud and to have fair and honest elections. A fair and honest election is not what the Democrats care about in November. Their only concern is to gain a second term for Obama.

NAACP Requires Photo I.D. to See Holder in State Being Sued Over Voter ID
Earlier today, Attorney General Eric Holder addressed the NAACP National Convention at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, Texas. What did media need in order to attend? That's right, government issued photo identification (and a second form of identification too!), something both Holder and the NAACP stand firmly against when it comes to voting.

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