A congressman was removed from the House floor Wednesday after giving a speech about Trayvon Martin while wearing a hoodie.
Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Illinois, told House members, "racial profiling has to stop."Rush, a former Black Panther who was active in the civil rights movement in the 1960s, then took off his suit jacket, pulled a gray hoodie on over his head and put on sunglasses."Just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum," he said.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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Interesting. A former Black Panther no less. I wonder if he has been asked to contribute to the $10,000 bounty on Zimmerman Dead or Alive.
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