Event: Carson to Hold Rally for Justice for Trayvon Martin and Kendrec McDade

Tuesday, April 3, 2012
5PM
Rally for Justice for Trayvon Martin
Donation Collections to Help Bury Kendrec McDade
Carson City Hall, 701 East Carson Street, Carson, CA

Carson, Calif. – Carson City Councilmember Mike Gipson will lead a rally calling for justice for Trayvon Martin Tuesday, April 3 at 5 p.m. at City Hall.  Rally participants include California State Assemblymember Isadore Hall III, Minister Tony Muhammad and members of the Nation of Islam, local area clergy, students, and residents.  Over 200 participants are expected to participate in the demonstration in front of City Hall calling for the arrest of George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida.  In addition, the Councilmember will help collect donations to help bury 19-year-old Kendrec McDade, who was shot and killed in Pasadena on March 24 after a false 911 report.  McDade’s family has asked for donations to help cover the unexpected $10,000 expense of burying their son. Carson City Hall is located at 701 East Carson Street.

“My 14-year-old son asked me what I was doing to help Trayvon Martin’s family,” explained Councilmember Mike Gipson.  “I tried to explain to my son that I was in California and that the Martin’s were in Florida and he told me that never stopped me before.  My son is right.”

Gipson, who lost his 3-year-old son in 1987 in a hit-and-run accident says that he knows the pain of losing a child.

“The driver who killed my son was never caught.  I am standing in solidarity with the Martin’s and the rest of America, not as an elected official, but as the father of two sons and as a grandfather.”

In addition to calling for justice for Trayvon Martin, rally participants will also be calling for the immediate repeal of Florida’s Stand Your Ground law.