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In my mind, what is most important about the contest in Illinois â€" and which most certainly will affect the general election â€" is that not one of the Republican contenders for president uttered a word about the apparently racially motivated murder of Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., last month.
 
On Feb. 26, a white Neighborhood Watch volunteer shot and killed Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old African-American. By all accounts, Martin, the victim of this crime, was walking in a gated community after purchasing a bag of Skittles and can of iced tea at a nearby 7-Eleven. Protests have erupted over the failure of the police to arrest the killer, George Zimmerman, even though he has confessed to killing Martin and there was no apparent justification for the shooting. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced that it would investigate the killing.

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