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Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman Halloween Costumes Couldn't Be More
Offensive (PHOTO)
The Huffington Post | By Ryan Grenoble
Posted: 10/28/2013 2:22 pm EDT
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Some Halloween costumes tend to toe the line between "offensive" and "
provocative," but these George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin costumes leave
that line so far back in the rearview mirror it might as well have never
existed.
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A group costume features a man dressed as Martin, wearing blackface and a
blood-stained hoodie, and a man portraying Zimmerman, wearing a shirt that
reads "Neighborhood Watch." In a photo uploaded to the Facebook account of
Caitlin Cimeno, the woman in the picture, the man portraying Zimmerman has
fashioned a gun out of his right hand and has pointed it at the man dressed
as Martin.
Cimeno's Facebook account has since been deleted, but the photo has gone
viral and elicited widespread condemnation. (Per Gawker, one of the men
chose to set the photo as his Facebook profile picture before then swapping
it out and setting his profile to "private.")
According to the Smoking Gun, the men in the Martin and Zimmerman costumes
are residents of Florida, where the Zimmerman case took place.
The Stir's Lisa Fogarty takes particular issue with the pair "choosing to
make light of the murder of a 17-year-old child." She also adds that the men
, aged 22 and 25, aren't naive children who made a regrettable choice: "[T]
hese men are too old to not know or understand that it's also disrespectful
to the family that is grieving for Trayvon."
The outrage also spilled onto Twitter:
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istariwizard
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2 minutes ago (10:45 PM)
Tasteless. No point in bashing them, it's just a prank in bad form.
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thepeddler54
2 Fans
5 minutes ago (10:42 PM)
i am black.. its Holloween.. too many cameras.. this has been going on for
50 years..
My father wore balloons in his chest for Holloween.. He was an educated
engineer..
lighten up..they were pink
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missmixing
"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."
2141 Fans
2 minutes ago (10:46 PM)
We know you are not Black.
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maxfax
Taa - dah!
2061 Fans
7 minutes ago (10:40 PM)
The height of ignorance or is it something else?
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chantesalgado
Yes I want my cake and eat it too DUH!!
39 Fans
8 minutes ago (10:39 PM)
How is this in ANY way funny?
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lostbucsfan01
21 Fans
9 minutes ago (10:38 PM)
As offensive as it is; they didn't violate any laws. Just poor taste.
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infinitestealth
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10 minutes ago (10:38 PM)
Bet they know where NOT to wear that. No doubt in my mind!
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Yes This Is Dog
23 Fans
10 minutes ago (10:37 PM)
So in other words, that's Obama's son in the picture.
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Mausinn
My cat is an Anarchist
779 Fans
3 minutes ago (10:44 PM)
Golly, aren't you something special.
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Thaddeus Jude
Veteran of Occupy An Office Chair
188 Fans
11 minutes ago (10:36 PM)
Yeah they can. I went as an envelope addressed to a congressman... Complete
with white powder on it back in 2001.
I'm pretty sure that's way worse than this.
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philipmemm
6 Fans
11 minutes ago (10:36 PM)
we should ban this!! its just the worst thing ever! (sarcasim) 1st amendment
tools, im going as johar sarnievv and my twin friends are going legless,,,
move on and stop getting offended... youre just giving the offensive person
what they want.
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swtsumit
4 Fans
12 minutes ago (10:35 PM)
Where are their parents? Totally immature!!!
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Digijedi569
71 Fans
13 minutes ago (10:34 PM)
I hope if I ever get murdered, that black kids/teens all over the world
dress up as me, for me that would be pretty cool, I wouldn't find anything
racist about it. I'm sure Trayvon would laugh at this too. Just stop with
the political correctness..
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Marcella Proctor
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17 minutes ago (10:30 PM)
so sorry for the ingornants of other may god bless the martin family
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thepeddler54
2 Fans
17 minutes ago (10:30 PM)
lighten up.. I went as President Kennedy in 1964
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swtsumit
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3 minutes ago (10:44 PM)
You're probably from Highland Park
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ugotabkidnme
947 Fans
18 minutes ago (10:29 PM)
Those pathetic excuses for human beings, are not only denigrating the tragic
death of a teenage boy, they are denigrating the core of all Americans:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,
that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
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altdottruth
114 Fans
16 minutes ago (10:32 PM)
What does that quote have do with this photo?
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Paul All1313
...even the Mona Lisa is falling apart.
180 Fans
15 minutes ago (10:33 PM)
While it is in poor taste, whose rights are they violating?
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MerthinBuff
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477 Fans
18 minutes ago (10:29 PM)
Much ado about nothing. These people are not public figures they went to a
Halloween party. Most like held by friends. Way for the media to try and
ruin peoples lives. Really if you want to be outraged be mad about something
that actually matters.
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