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Trayvon Martin: A Bullet in the Heart of Racial Justice

With this example, what message are vigilantes like George Zimmerman supposed to take away?

George Lois

July 19, 2013

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Law enforcement officers (whose standard operating procedure is merely to stop a suspected perpetrator, rather than shoot to kill) practice on this target silhouette of a human being. If this is the example coming from our authorities, what message will vigilantes like George Zimmerman take away?

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George LoisGeorge Lois is an art director. His covers for Esquire magazine have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art.


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