Celebrities Wear Hoodies in Support of Trayvon Martin

LeBron, Diddy and Chris Brown support the murdered teen.

Jay "Young Jeezy" Jenkins and Algernod "Plies" Washington\r - Young Jeezy and Plies both made big statements to raise awareness and bring support to the cause of the senseless killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida. In the one month since Martin's death, millions have organized protests across the nation by wearing hooded sweatshirts, like the one that made Martin a target on February 26, 2012, and using social media to spread the message of justice like wildfire.\r\r\rRapper Jeezy told MTV VJ Sway during an interview, "As a community leader and a part of our culture, I feel like we all gotta get together and stop this. I have a son his age, and I feel like that could be any of our children.… I feel the racial line and the tension of it. I get it, but we’re gonna stand strong on the black and the brown side on this one. We’re gonna stan...
Amar'e Stoudemire\r - @Amareisreal: I got my Hoodie. Stand up! #RIPTrayvonMartin, #justicemustbehad.\r(Photo: Amar'e Stoudemire via Twitter)
Carmelo Anthony - A Twitpic from @CarmeloAnthony: http://pic.twitter.com/FarNsjq3(Photo: Carmelo Anthony via Twitter)Jamie Foxx - @iamjamiefoxx: My hoody will be on forever http://t.co/QypNgODm(Photo: Jamie Foxx via Twitter)

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Jay "Young Jeezy" Jenkins and Algernod "Plies" Washington\r - Young Jeezy and Plies both made big statements to raise awareness and bring support to the cause of the senseless killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Florida. In the one month since Martin's death, millions have organized protests across the nation by wearing hooded sweatshirts, like the one that made Martin a target on February 26, 2012, and using social media to spread the message of justice like wildfire.\r\r\rRapper Jeezy told MTV VJ Sway during an interview, "As a community leader and a part of our culture, I feel like we all gotta get together and stop this. I have a son his age, and I feel like that could be any of our children.… I feel the racial line and the tension of it. I get it, but we’re gonna stand strong on the black and the brown side on this one. We’re gonna stan...

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