Dwyane Wade, Heat players offer 'hoodie' support in Trayvon Martin case

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"On the day President Obama commented for the first time on the fatal shooting of unarmed Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Miami Heat players, including Dwyane Wade and LeBron James, injected themselves into the conversation with powerful visual statements.

Martin, 17, was shot a month ago after a confrontation in a gated community with neighborhood-watch captain George Zimmerman, with the youth's body discovered Feb. 26. Zimmerman, who has claimed he shot Martin in self-defense, has not been charged.

Martin was wearing a "hoodie" hooded sweatshirt when he was shot, which has added to the debate about racial profiling.

To that end, Wade on Friday posted to his Facebook page a picture of him wearing a hoodie. On his Twitter account, he simply posted, "#hoodies #stereotype #trayvonmartin" with a link to the photograph of himself wearing a hoodie.

Later, James posted a picture on his Twitter account of the Heat team in hooded sweatshirts, taken at the team hotel following Friday morning's practice, with the Twitter post, "#WeAreTrayvonMartin #Hoodies #Stereotyped #WeWantJustice."

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-heat/sfl-miami-heat-dwyane-wade-s032312,0,7470128.story

[pinboy3niner]

1. The PHOTO:

[frylock]

2. do yourself a solid and don't read the comments..

wall to wall racists.

[TNLib]

3. I didn't follow your advice. Nice to know Florida hasn't changed much since I lived there.

It's still filled with some of the most racist assholes on the planet. I live in TN now. Even the racist around here are no were near as fucked up and scary.