Obama : « Il y a 35 ans, j’aurais pu être Trayvon Martin » | L’affaire Trayvon Martin
▻http://www.lapresse.ca/international/dossiers/laffaire-trayvon-martin/201307/19/01-4672423-obama-il-y-a-35-ans-jaurais-pu-etre-trayvon-martin.php
Toujours aujourd’hui, « il y a très peu d’hommes afro-américains qui n’ont pas vécu l’expérience d’être suivis (par des vigiles) dans un grand magasin où ils faisaient leurs courses. Cela a été mon cas », a-t-il révélé.
If Trayvon Were Pakistani… - By Micah Zenko | Foreign Policy
▻http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/07/22/if_trayvon_were_pakistani_signature_strikes_profiling?page=full
It is striking to compare Obama’s deliberate and thoughtful commentary about the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin with the military tactic that will forever characterize his presidency: killing people with drones. The president posits that it is wrong to profile individuals based upon their appearance, associations, or statistical propensity to violence. By extension, he believes that, just because those characteristics may seem threatening to some, the use of lethal force cannot be justified as self-defense unless there are reasonable grounds to fear imminent bodily harm. But that very kind of profiling and a broad interpretation of what constitutes a threat are the foundational principles of U.S. “signature strikes” — the targeted killings of unidentified military-age males.