It's Watch!... Neighborhood Watch. Not shoot.

Eminem

 

LeBron James has now taken more public stands on important issues than Michael Jordan did his entire career.

 

Racist, paranoid, gun-toting, self-appointed neighborhood watchmen buy shoes, too.

 

Nike also makes hoodies. Man, what a terrible marketing dilemma.

 

I await Belichick's solidarity tweet.

 

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/03/hoodies-on-the-hill-congressional-staffers-rally-for-trayvon-martin/

Capitol Hill staffers.

 

MSNBC with the obligatory Twitter roundup, one part of which I found slightly amusing:

Reaction to his comments was fast and furious.

"i didn't even know geraldo still did stuff ppl listened to. damned if i listen to him now. but #BEATEMDOWNhoodies ARE on sale for $25," media personality Bomani Jones tweeted.

"Dear Geraldo Rivera: I'll use small words so you can follow me, okay? Hoodies don't kill people. Paranoid racists with guns kill people," tweeted Wil Wheaton of Los Angeles.

“That's like saying Martin should not have left the house while being Black. As the Million Hoodie marches emphasize, there is nothing inherently devious about hoodies. It's our culture's racist stereotype for "suspicion" that makes hoodies worn by people of color -- not soccer moms or Anderson Cooper -- an act that could be met with violence,” journalist Kristen Gwynne wrote on AlterNet.

I guess the fact that "Wil Wheaton of Los Angeles" has 1.9 million Twitter followers didn't prompt them to wonder who he might be or why he might be slightly more noteworthy than the other two.