Death Of Trayvon Martin Brings Hundreds To Detroit's Hart Plaza
DETROIT (WWJ) - Hundreds gathered in Hart Plaza for a peaceful protest over the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Gwen Thomas says the death of the teen gunned down by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated community has illuminated the problem of racism in the suburbs, especially metro Detroit.
Thomas is the president of the NAACP's South Oakland Chapter and says Martin's death has touched a nerve.
"The children are racially profiled, African Americans we can't, just exhale when we move to the suburbs - is a whole different set of circumstances, first of all, they don't want them there. African American boys - the issue goes deep," said Thomas.
"I don't want to see this country move toward a racial unrest throughout this country and it feels that - that may happen," said Thomas.
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