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My "Personal" Trayvon Martin Story

Please let me start by saying Condolences to the Family and Parents of Trayvon Martin . I am deeply troubled by the reports of the shooting death of this young man. I also feel the sentiments of President Obama, as I have a teenage son named TreyVonne and I can't imagine this happening to our family, and would not wish this horrible tragedy on anyone.  My name is Christopher Seymore, and here is my story. At the age of 17, I was riding what was then the 3K Metropolitan Transit bus on 3rd Street in St. Paul Minnesota. While riding in the back of the bus I was listening to music on head phones. Two white men whom I did not know were talking loud, and looking at me. I removed my headphones as I thought they were talking to me, and ask if they were. I got no response, shrugged, and put the headphones back on.  The next thing I knew I was being beat by the two men with pool cues (sticks). No one came to my aid, or even said stop beatin...