The “Justice For Trayvon” marches, with or without hoodies, are necessary. Society would be remiss to let this ongoing outrage pass without push-back. A Skittles-armed black kid is dead, and the NRA paean that is Florida’s Stand Your Ground law is in play with leverage.
But what’s with those “No Justice, No Peace” placards? That’s more than calling the court of public opinion into session. A lot of us can remember “NJNP” as a rallying cry in the aftermath of the notorious Rodney King case in 1991. But the ensuing Los Angeles riots, property destruction and murders were disproportionately outrageous.
“NJNP” is disturbing rhetoric. Perhaps most of today’s marchers don’t have that infamous police brutality-and-acquittal frame of reference and are merely adamant in conveying outrage–not threat. Hopefully.