Aaron Klein has publicized further evidence that Dream Defenders — the so-called “student group” that supposedly emerged as a spontaneous grassroots reaction to the death of Trayvon Martin — is a bogus “astroturf” front group created and funded by the law firm representing the Martin family, and/or ultra-left-wing ideological allies.
In an article posted early this morning on WND.com, Klein focused on an interview of one of the Dream Defender ringleaders — Vanessa Baden — published on YouTube in December, 2012. In it, Baden talks about her work as “Head Activist” at Parks & Crump, the law firm representing Trayvon Martin’s family. Specifically, she talks about her work organizing “astroturf” campaigns in racially charged cases, most recently in the Trayvon Martin case.
The full video is here. Here is a screenshot of the video summary, noting that Baden “worked with the Parks & Crump law firm on the Trayvon Martin case.”
And here is a video with the key excerpts from Baden’s interview, followed by audio from a recent interview of her mentor at the firm, in which he attempts to distance him and his firm from her account of how she headed up the creation of “astroturf” campaigns to aid the firm’s cases.
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Enjoyed your Dream Defender video and your interest in the Zimmerman hoax. I found this article from March 8, 2012 while researching Tom Joyner and his foundations generous offer to stash Rachel Jeantel in the black college of her choice along with the minders, er, tutors she will need to get her all expense paid education underway. Probably a nice new car to get to class as well because nothing is too good for a shaky witness who might spill the beans.
http://wzakcleveland.com/3273142/shocking-teen-killed-by-neighborhood-watch-over-bag-of-skittles/
Anyway, besides the fact this isn’t an AP or Reuters or newspaper sourced article but seems to be a story generated by the Parks and Crump law firm or its public relations firm Ryan Julison ( note the now famous Hoodie picture that prefaces the story) and was sent to WZAK which is owned by Radio One. Radio One is the largest blackowned media company in the US with sixty some radio stations and a majority stake in TV One which it owns with Comcast ( which owns NBC, MSNBC, CNBC etc). Radio One also owns the Al Sharpton Radio Show and handles at least the ad sales for the Tom Joyner Radio Show. Also of note is that this story seems to indicate that the Parks and Crump law firm was privy to information from within the Sanford PD ( specifically Zimmerman’s first call to police) that had not yet been made public.
I think there is more to be learned about this ‘scholarship’ offer by the Tom Joyner Foundation ( Jesse Jackson’s boy was on its board of directors) and Crump and his problem with keeping his ‘star witness’ under control but maybe I just imagining things.
[…] enforcement community. Thomas Battles coordinated several groups to assist in the campaign. Local Organizing for America (OFA) leaders were paired with local NAACP leaders, and the Community Relations Service led, fully indoctrinated […]