,,iv  #aae? ,,congress  #b;d ,session   
,h4 ,,res4 #igh  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,june #bh1 #bjah,ms4  
,wilson ( ,florida 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 #bcrd bir?day 
on ,febru>y #e1 #bjah2 ,:]eas1 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       
,trayvon ,m>t9's brutal dea? & !        
inconceivable fact t 8 kill] rema9s free
 %\ld n be ignor$2 ,:]eas ov] #b million
 signatures h be5 collect$ 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 ,trayvon ,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]1 &     
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