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Shooting death of Trayvon Martin 'hits home' as father
MIAMI - Dwyane Wade and LeBron James were only a few kilometres away from Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], participating in the NBA all-star game on the night the unarmed black teenager wearing a hooded sweatshirt was shot to death by a neighbourhood crime-watch volunteer.
They never knew the teenager, but on Friday they decided it was time to speak out - as did many others around the NBA.
Wade posted a photo of himself from a previous photo shoot wearing a hooded shirt,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], otherwise known as a hoodie,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], to his Twitter and Facebook pages on Friday morning.
A couple hours later, James posted another photo - this one of 13 Heat players, all wearing team-logo hoodies,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], their heads bowed, their hands stuffed into their pockets. The photo was taken at the team hotel,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and Heat coach Erik Spoelstra called it "a powerful statement."
"As a father, this hits home," said Wade,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who has 10- and four-year-old sons.
Among the hashtags James linked to the team photo: "WeWantJustice." The National Basketball Players Association issued a statement saying it was saddened and horrified by the killing, demanded an arrest and accused the police department in Sanford, Fla. - where Martin was shot - of "racial bias."
"It really is a tragic story," Spoelstra said. "And the more you learn about it, the more confused you get."
Martin was killed as he was returning to a gated community, carrying candy and iced tea. The neighbourhood crime-watch volunteer,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], George Zimmerman, said he acted in self-defence. "So when I heard about this a week ago, I thought of my sons. I'm speaking up because I feel it's necessary that we get past the stereotype of young, black men and especially with our youth."
Protests have popped up nationwide in recent days, with thousands of people - many of them wearing hoodies - calling for action.
"Our hearts go out to the family and loved ones of Trayvon Martin for their loss and for everyone involved in this terrible tragedy," the Heat said in a statement Friday afternoon. "We support our players and join them in hoping that their images and our logo can be part of the national dialogue and can help in our nation's healing."
Wade and James decided Thursday to make their reactions about the Martin situation public, and James felt the best way to do that was the team photo with everyone wearing hoodies.
"It was very emotional, an emotional day for all of us," James said. "Taking that picture, we're happy that we're able to shed light on the situation that we feel is unjust."
The Heat tributes did not end with the photos that Wade and James attached to their social media accounts. Several Heat players, including Wade and James, took the floor Friday night with messages such as "RIP Trayvon Martin" and "We want justice" scrawled on their sneakers.
"I couldn't imagine if my son went to a store just to get some Skittles and a pop or iced tea and they didn't come home,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," Heat forward Udonis Haslem said. "We've been following the story individually very closely. It's just unfortunate. We just feel like something needed to be done about it. It's only right. It's only fair. . I think it's at least a start in the right direction."
Other tributes were going on in NBA arenas on Friday night. Carmelo Anthony tweeted a photo of himself in a grey hoodie,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with the words "I am Trayvon Martin!!!!!" over the picture, and his New York Knicks' teammate Amare Stoudemire - a central Florida native - arrived for his team's game in Toronto wearing a hooded sweater. Stoudemire also wore a grey hoodie while working out long before tip-off.
"That's not too far from where I grew up in Orlando," Stoudemire said of Sanford,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], where Martin was shot. "So it's really a touchy situation because you want to have positive community leaders."
Earlier Friday, Fox News Channel commentator Geraldo Rivera said on "Fox Friends" the hoodie Martin wore when he was killed was as much responsible for his death as the man who shot him. Rivera later said his comment was "politically incorrect."
Separately,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a Florida state lawmaker, Rep. Alan Williams,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a Democrat from Tallahassee, called upon the Heat stars and other NBA players to wear hoodies during pre-game warmups. Such a move would not be permitted under the NBA's uniform policy,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], though the tributes such as messages on sneakers are allowed.
"When you see Trayvon, when you see that image,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he could be anybody's kid, black or white, Hispanic,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Asian, what have you," Williams said in a telephone interview.
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