TALLAHASSEE - The Rev. Jesse Jackson's surprise appearance Tuesday at the Capitol sit-in was enough to take some protesters' breath away.

"Whoa," said Kaylee Rodall, who will be a senior at Sandalwood High School in Jacksonville. "I mean, he is the civil-rights movement."

The 71-year-old Jackson, a confidant of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., said he came to Tallahassee because he shares the concerns of protesters. His visit came soon after an appearance by singer and rights advocate Harry Belafonte this past weekend.

Dozens of students and others have occupied the Florida Capitol around the clock since the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the February 2012 shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in Sanford. The sit-in is beginning its third week.

"These students are so morally right, they have such outstanding discipline, that they deserve support," Jackson said. He wore a black T-shirt with the logo of the Dream Defenders, the student group organizing the sit-in.

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He saw a spotlight and flew right in to grab it.

Olivia "TALLAHASSEE - The Rev. Jesse Jackson's surprise appearance Tuesday at the Capitol sit-in was enough to take some protesters' breath away.

"Whoa," said Kaylee Rodall, who will be a senior at Sandalwood High School in Jacksonville. "I mean, he is the civil-rights movement.""

Which goes a long ways towards explaining what is wrong with it.

"The 71-year-old Jackson, a confidant of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.,"


The truth is that MLK Jr despised Jackson,and wanted nothing to do with him. JJ slipped in to where MLK Jr was shot after he was shot in order to get Kings blood on his shirt and give them impression he was a close confidant with the "martyr" when he was killed.

Not that MLK Jr was anything special,himself. A professional liar and thief that liked to beat white whores so he could feel like a man.