Geraldo Rivera hoodie comments spark prominent people to wear hoodies

Geraldo Rivera may not have anticipated this response.

In the days following the Fox News Channel commentator's comments that hoodies were to blame for the death of Travyon Martin in Florida last month, hoodies have been donned by political figures, athletes and celebrities who say that the piece of clothing is not the problem.

Rivera later apologized for his remarks, calling them "politically incorrect." But the hoodies kept showing up — on Senate floors, in churches, on TV interviews and at rallies.

The hoodie had become a symbol of Martin's death even before Rivera spoke out. Last week, hundreds of people took to the streets of New York City in a "Million Hoodie March" to call for the arrest of Martin's shooter, George Zimmerman. In a call to police just before the shooting, Zimmerman said he saw a "suspicious" man wearing a hoodie.

See prominent people who donned hoodies this week, after the jump.