DEAR NATION

Dear Nation:

You are no doubt very familiar with the Trayvon Martin tragedy in Sanford FL.  What most people are not aware of is what happened just a few miles south of Sanford, FL and did not get into the headlines. Young Rodney Mitchell was a recent college grad who had come home to Sarasota to begin his career in Education and to raise his 2-year old son.

Due to profiling or (DWB-Driving While Black) poor Rodney Mitchell was wrongly stopped and subsequently killed by 2 Sarasota Deputy Policemen. The story is attached. It happened in 2012 and we have been trying since to get national attention and justice on this case because like Trayvon another African American youth has been slain senselessly due to the color of his skin. We MUST stop this open season on our youth and it must be brought to the attention of the nation to put an end to these murders especially at the hands of Law Enforcement. 

This young man could easily have been a role model for so many young men in the Sarasota/Bradenton, Florida community. He was a well educated, athletically gifted young Christian father who could be my son or yours, very likable as well. The Bible tells us those things done in the dark shall be brought into the light. This was a good kid who did not deserve to be cut down just as he was beginning his journey in life. It would never have happened had he not been profiled to start with but this time it led to this fatality.

We are helping Rodney's mother pursue justice and we were led in your direction for a reason we pray that you and our fellow Americans will help us seek justice not only for this child's family but, for all parents who pray that when their babies walk out of the house, God will watch over them and we can trust that our children will not be harmed by the hands of evil, racial hatred and be returned to our homes each day.

Please help our cause we have to raise money and sign petitions to bring Rodney's case into the public hearts and find justice through our legal system.

Respectfully,

Natasha Clemons

President of The Rodney Mitchell Foundation, Inc.

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