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March 29, 2012

Go Bobby! Go Bobby! Rep. Bobby Rush Wears Hoodie on House Floor

WASHINGTON - Rep. Bobby Rush, a prominent member of the Congressional Black Caucus, donned a hooded sweatshirt on the House floor this morning, breaching decorum to make a blistering statement about the killing of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.

"Racial profiling has to stop," the Illinois Democrat said, removing his blazer to reveal a gray sweatshirt, pulling up the hood, and donning sunglasses. "Just because someone wears a hoodie does not make them a hoodlum." (Read more)
See also: 
'Million Hoody March' For Trayvon Martin In NYC

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