{"id":5338,"date":"2012-05-13T13:24:50","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T18:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freethoughtblogs.com\/xblog\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2012-05-13T13:24:50","modified_gmt":"2012-05-13T18:24:50","slug":"targets-that-look-like-trayvon-martin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2012\/05\/13\/targets-that-look-like-trayvon-martin\/","title":{"rendered":"Targets that look like Trayvon Martin?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This target was intended to resemble the murdered young man, Travyvon Martin. The manufacturer of the target has stated that Trayvon is a "Thug" and therefore should be depicted on a target like this. However, the real thug is the manufacturer of the target, because using a person's image without permission is illegal in Virginia. Plus, the guy is an unmitigated ass for doing this. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Apparently, a person described as a “George Zimmerman Supporter” (read: Person who likes persons who shoot black kids in cold blood) is selling targets, for target practice, meant to resemble the young Trayvon Martin, who was murdered early this year. The targets show a person wearing a hoodie and carrying iced tea and Skittles, as Trayvon was the night he was gunned down in cold blood. (Details here<\/a> and here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Apparently the targets, available at Gun Broker Dot Com,<\/a> sold out very quickly. (Gun broker has taken down the page, but you can probably contact them through their customer service department<\/a>.) <\/p>\n

The unidentified producer of this target has indicated that is main motivation is to “make money off the controversy.” <\/p>\n

(Kudos to gun lovers who have taken exception<\/a> to this target.) <\/p>\n

There is a petition to sign to encourage the Virginia Attorney General, Ken Cucinelli, to take action against the Hiller Armament Company, in Virginia. Click here<\/a> to read the petition and consider signing it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Apparently, a person described as a “George Zimmerman Supporter” (read: Person who likes persons who shoot black kids in cold blood) is selling targets, for target practice, meant to resemble the young Trayvon Martin, who was murdered early this year. The targets show a person wearing a hoodie and carrying iced tea and Skittles, as … Continue reading Targets that look like Trayvon Martin?<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[290,331],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-1o6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5338"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5338\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}