Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm is
joining a chorus of voices calling for further action following the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.
Martin's death has
prompted outrage nationwide. The black teenager was shot dead by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a Sanford, Fla., gated community last month.
The shooter, George Zimmerman, a light-skinned Hispanic man, has not been charged in the shooting and says he was acting in self-defense. Martin was unarmed, and was returning to the community after buying candy at a convenience store.
The incident has led to
sobering discussions about race and prompted calls for Zimmerman's arrest and the ouster of the police chief in the city, which is a suburb of Orlando.
Since Martin was wearing a hooded sweatshirt when he was shot, people angered by the incident have posted photos of themselves wearing hoodies as a show of solidarity. Granholm posted the above photo to her Facebook page Wednesday night. A "Million Hoodie March"
took place in New York.
Granholm, who hosts "The War Room" on Current TV, also posted a video in which she said "my heart breaks" for Martin's parents.
"I have a wonderful teenage son too and he wears hoodies and he carries his cellphone and he likes skittles and if this were my son, my God," she said. "But let's face it. This is not something that would happen to my son or many other sons. This happened because Trayvon was black."
Here's the video:
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