In an ironic twist, an anti-violence protester who had held up a sign reading “I am Trayvon Martin” was arrested for kidnapping and beating up his ex-girlfriend. As Lancaster Online in Pennsylvania reported, Akeem Johnson said that he listened to the 911 call: “I listened to it on YouTube. I damn near cried listening to him and then the shot.” Lancaster Online continued:
As a black man, Johnson said, he could easily put himself in Martin’s situation. Just the other day, he said, he was walking with his girlfriend and a dog in an area just off campus when a man came outside and asked them what they were doing in the area. Johnson said he felt afraid, even though it was daylight and he was doing nothing wrong. “It made me feel less of a man,” he said.
Apparently Johnson had other ideas of how to act like a man. After the anti-violence rally, Johnson went to his girlfriend’s dorm, waited there all night until she returned in the morning, then followed her into the elevator and punched her in the face and head over and over. He then forced her into his car, drove to his home, and dragged her out. Fortunately, she escaped. A neighbor, hearing her screams, called police.
Johnson is being held on $200,000 bail at Lancaster County Prison.
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