Is Invoking Emmett Till a Disservice To History?

From Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Jacob Blake, and Kyle Rittenhouse

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In 2012, Trayvon Martin, a black 17-year-old, was fatally shot by George Zimmerman, a Hispanic neighborhood watchman, in Florida. Zimmerman said he was ambushed by Martin and claimed self-defense. The media labeled Zimmerman a white man, then showed a picture of a…