,,iv  #aac? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #ee  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(      
,,repres5tatives  ,febru>y #e1 #bjac    
,ms4 ,wilson ( ,florida 7= h]self1 ,mr4 
,cleav]1 ,mrs4 ,*ri/5s51 ,ms4 ,sewell ( 
,alabama1 ,mr4 ,ru%1 ,ms4 ,lee (        
,cali=nia1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4     
,ri*mond1 ,ms4 ,*u1 ,ms4 ,br[n (        
,florida1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,cony]s1 & 
,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis ( ,ill9ois7      
submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ! ,judici>y   
,,resolution  ,honor+ ! life ( ,trayvon 
,m>t91 urg+ ! repeal ( ,/& ,y\r ,gr\nd  
laws1 & call+ on ! ,unit$ ,/ates        
,gov]nm5t to address ! crisis ( racial  
pr(il+4  ,:]eas ,trayvon ,m>t9 w\ld h   
celebrat$ 8 #ah? bir?day on ,febru>y #e1
 #bjac2 ,:]eas on ,febru>y #bf1 #bjab1  
,trayvon ,m>t91 an ,african-,am]ican    
y\?1 0 horrifically %ot & kill$ :ile    
walk+ f 8 local #g-;,elev5 9 ,san=d1    
,florida1 because he 0 view$ z suspici\s
 by ,george ,zimm]man2 ,:]eas ,zimm]man1
 a self-appo9t$1 untra9$ neighborhood   

wat* volunte]1 admitt$ to police t he   
%ot ,m>t9 9 ! *e/2 ,:]eas ,trayvon ,m>t9
 0 racially pr(il$1 /alk$1 *as$1 made to
 fight = 8 life1 & ultimately murd]$2   
,:]eas ,zimm]man rais$ a self-def5se    
claim & ,m>t91 z ! deceas$ victim1 0    
unable to rebut su* claim2 ,:]eas a     
police (fic] is held acc\ntable = e     
bullet he or %e dis*>ges1 & a private   
citiz5 %\ld be held to ! same /&>d )    
reg>d to ! use ( deadly physical =ce2   
,:]eas ,trayvon ,m>t9's brutal dea? & ! 
inconceivable fact t 8 kill] rema9s free
 %\ld n be ignor$2 ,:]eas ov] #b1bjj1jjj
 signatures h be5 collect$ on an onl9e  
petition dem&+ ju/ice = ,m>t9's family2 
,:]eas ,zimm]man's unf\nd$ assumptions &
 racial bias l$ to ! use ( deadly =ce2  
,:]eas ,travyon ,m>t9 0 a victim ( !    
prejudice & societal isolation ( ,black 
boys & m52 ,:]eas ?is case sets a       
horrific prec$5t ( vigilante ju/ice &   
compromises ! integrity ( ! legal sy/em2
 ,:]eas ,florida's ,/& ,y\r ,gr\nd law  
has be5 criticiz$ by bo? ! legal & law  

en=cem5t communities2 ,:]eas ,john ,f4  
,timoney1 ! =m] ,miami police *ief1     
,philadelphia police commission] &      
deputy police commission] 9 ,new ,york1 
has decl>$ ,/& ,y\r ,gr\nd laws to be a 
recipe = disa/]1 :i* give citiz5s       
unfett]$ p[] & discretion ) no          
acc\ntability2 ,:]eas ov] #bj ,/ates h  
pass$ & implem5t$ ,/& ,y\r ,gr\nd laws2 
,:]eas ,/& ,y\r ,gr\nd laws dramatically
 & recklessly exp& ! "r ( citiz5s to use
 deadly =ce1 & h be5 ! subject (        
national scrut9y 9 ! wake ( ,trayvon    
,m>t9's dea?2 & ,:]eas ,/& ,y\r ,gr\nd  
laws 7 draft$ by organizations1         
corporations1 & individuals t ignor$    
advice f exp]ts expla9+ t su* laws w\ld 
compromise public safety1               
disproportionately impact communities ( 
color1 & w\ld result 9 (f5d]s circumv5t+
 prosecution3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x  ,t !    
,h\se ( ,repres5tatives--  7#a7 condemns
 unf\nd$ reliance on ,/& ,y\r ,gr\nd    
laws to protect actions t ext5d f>      
beyond hi/orical use ( self-def5se2     

7#b7 urges any ,/ate legislature to     
reject or repeal ,/& ,y\r ,gr\nd        
legislation2  7#c7 commits to develop+  
inc5tives = ,/ates to f9d alt]natives to
 ,/& ,y\r ,gr\nd legislation su* z      
grants = community polic+2  7#d7        
enc\rages ,/ates to create p5alties =   
individuals f\nd to h caus$ sub/antive  
h>m ?r\gh racial pr(il+2 &  7#e7 urges !
 ,unit$ ,/ates ,commission on ,civil    
,rights to seek to elevate ! social     
/atus ( ,black m5 & boys by und]tak+    
/udies to und]/& & correct ! und]ly+    
causes ( high] rates ( s*ool expulsions 
& susp5sions1 homicides1 inc>c]ation1   
pov]ty1 viol5ce1 drug abuse1 z well z   
income1 heal?1 & educational disp>ities 
among ,black males4