REMEMBER JORDAN ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH:
Gone too soon. Another senseless killing.
REMEMBER JORDAN ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH: One year ago today, 17-year-old Jordan Davis was shot to death in Florida by a stranger who felt he was playing his music too loud. His killer will use Stand Your Ground laws to defend himself in court next year. Jordan’s mother, Lucy McBath, is on a mission to roll back Stand Your Ground laws in honor of her son: http://fcnews.tv/I6OyOk
Help Lucy get these laws off the books. Sign the petition against Stand Your Ground laws now: http://bit.ly/H2HdhX
Posted on 11/23/2013, in Jordan Davis and tagged Jordan Davis, Michael Dunn, Stand Your Ground. Bookmark the permalink. 32 Comments.
We Hold These Truths To Be Self-Evident 
The months have flown by. One good thing is that Michael Dunn is still in jail.
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has it really been a year already? let’s remember and never forget.
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It doesn’t seem possible. Trayvon and Jordan are forever in my heart.
Hopefully, the fact that Dunn has been held all this time speaks to the probability that he will continue to do time for his crime.
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Sorry that your comment was held in moderation. It happened to two others as well. Word Press must have indigestion.
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What a beautiful child. The hopes and dreams of him and his parents that will never be realized as they have their first Thanksgiving without him. Jordan was slain by a self proclaimed sovereign citizen who felt insulted when Jordan reached up to the front of the car and turned the volume back up after the driver, Tommie Stornes has complied with Michael Dunn’s request to turn it down. While sitting peacefully at a gas station in a very ‘good’ part of town shortly before 7 pm on the biggest shopping day of the year, the day after Thanksgiving.
Michael Dunn will not walk away from this here in Jacksonville. He was denied bail and sits in a protected (ugh) status in the Duval County Jail.
This man fired between 8 and 10 shots, at least 7 while the kids were attempting to flee the gunfire. Our fire department created a water arch the plane carrying Jordan’s body home taxied through on take off.
Please remember Jordan by turning your music up on Fridays One local DJ committed the song Strawberry Letter 22 by the Brothers Johnson as ‘Jordan’s song’ My heart cries out for all the parents of murdered children who seek justice for their children’s deaths. And for the love and hugs and kissed they will never share with these children again, here on this earth. RIP Jordan Davis and Thank You to everyone who remembers Jordan.
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Thank you for your beautiful post, mindyme2.
Here is a youtube posting of “Jordan Davis – Attorney Joins Nationwide Turn The Music Up Tribute”–
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This guy is never getting out of jail. This case is very different from Trayvon’s. First, cameras at Gate Station captured shooting! witnesses wrote down Dunn’s tag number, there was no gun found, killer left scene, returned to hotel, ordered pizza and left next morning to return home. Swat surrounded his home next morning. Bullet holes in car as kids were fleeing away from Dunn! There is no SYG. Dunn’s attorney just kind of threw that out to try anything. He even tried ” well, Mr. Dunn up holstered his gun ” as any responsible gun owner would do”. Even the gun nuts on the jax. Blog went ” wait..what.?”
The Kendrick killing is much murkier..the Dunn case is done ( kind of a play on words there)
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News4jax here allows the most horrible comments on their comment board. We still have our share of neanderthals who see this as a matter of ‘respect’. The driver of the car the kids were in was on probation for, ironically, having stolen a set of speakers. The haters blame Tommie Stornes for Jordan’s death. “he shouldn’t have been out with a convicted felon’ even though adjudication has been with held for Tommie’s charges. Anything, blame anything except the White guy, for this child’s death.
When the swat team/police picked up up Dunn the next day at his home, they found numchucks (sp) and a silencer in his vehicle.
I can’t help but be reminded of the letter Emmitt Till’s Mother had written to him, begging him to ‘keep his head down’ when dealing with Southern Racist.
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It’s the logic of rapists. Their dysfunctional minds say that the girl in shorts walking to the store minding her own business is responsible for leading the man on, resulting in rape. Just as rape is not about sex, neither is firing a gun at an unarmed person about fearing great bodily harm or death. It’s the same psychological dysfunction that abusers use to excuse their lack of self-discipline.
Ultimately, in the scheme of White Supremacists and sovereign citizens, it’s their method of attempting mind control to oppress others by using fear as the qualitative means to violate the civil rights of others.
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I like that. 🙂
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2dogsonly: The Kendrick killing is much murkier..the Dunn case is done ( kind of a play on words there)
I disagree. I don’t believe that it will be easy to get a jury of 12 to return a unanomous guilty verdict on first degree murder charges and maybe they will settle on something like manslaughter and three counts of attempted manslaughter if the jury isn’t outright deadlocked.
Of Angela Corey has decided to replace John Guy as the lead prosecutor so who knows what type of schemes are going on behind the scenes especially since 2014 is an election year for statewide offices including governor.
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I don’t see the FB link icons
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Mindyme, you would have to go to the blog, http://socialawareness2013.wordpress.com/2013/11/23/remember-jordan-on-the-anniversary-of-his-death/ for the sharing links.
Since that blog originally posted it, Word Press honors attribution and copyright to that blog. The program doesn’t provide sharing for reblogs.
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Oh dear, I used the url on this blog to post it on my FB, should I delete it and re post it from there? (2 of my comments here are ‘awaiting moderation’)
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@mindyme62. I caught the comments in moderation and approved them. It’s okay to use the link on Facebook because visitors will see the link to the blog that originally posted it.
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https://twitter.com/JohnPhillips/status/404028806815416320
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This is what Dunn’s first lawyer had to say about any relation to the Zimmerman case.
“But Dunn’s attorney said her client’s action should not be compared to George Zimmerman, the volunteer neighborhood watchman who is charged with second-degree murder in the February 26 shooting death of Martin in Sanford, Florida.
“That’s ridiculous. Michael is not a vigilante,” the attorney said. “He’s a brilliant software developer. It was never his intention to kill anyone.”
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For those of you who might not have clicked onto the article that Xena reblogged, there is a link under that post to a petition. (“Jordan’s mother, Lucy McBath, is on a mission to roll back Stand Your Ground laws in honor of her son.”)
I just signed it.
I will bring the petition link here with the words of the petition:
Link to petition:
http://bit.ly/H2HdhX
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Yahtzee, Petition signed! Too bad we can only sign it once… Thanks for posting the link..
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You are wonderful to sign it, crazy1946!
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My four legged child wanted to sign it as well, but I wouldn’t allow him to! He’s laying on the couch glaring at me… 🙂
Now on a serious note, the stand your ground aka feel free to murder a black child law needs to go!!!! We can only get it overturned if we stand together…
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You are too funny, crazy1946! Have you seen that talking dog video?
Yes, we CAN!
Here is a youtube video I just found that was posted by the author of the poem he recites, FromMewithAmor, on October 7, 2011.
Here is his poem about standing together to bring about change:
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Yahtzee, Once again you post some thing full of inspirational words that keep us moving forward in the quest to change this nation to benefit all or our fellow citizens… Thank you… Your soul is like a beautiful yellow rose blooming in garden full of hope and love for your fellow traveler thru these stressful times… We are indeed lucky to be able to follow in your steps…
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Crazy1946,
You and everyone here who are involved in the cause of justice and equality have the same quality you have attributed to me.
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Yahtzee, You young lady are far too modest…. You are truly a blessing for all you come into contact with. Keep the faith, we will prevail and bring change to this nation because it is the correct thing to do…
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To ALL sisters AND brothers HERE and on ALL other blogs who stand up for the cause of justice and equality as we advocate for Trayvon, Jordan, Renisha, Kendrick, and all who need our support:
It IS because we stick together as FAMILY that we CAN be strong in standing up to the hateful racists and the Zidiot-type people.
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“Terry Mak-Mutual Friend(RIP Jordan Davis)”
Published on Feb 1, 2013 by Terry Mak with the following words:
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Let’s listen to Melissa Harris Perry again:
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http://www.firstcoastnews.com/topstories/article/336183/483/Jordan-Davis-mothers-mission-1-year-later
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