Remembrance & Memorials : Trayvon Martin
source: 4WardEverUK
published: 25 February 2024
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From all of our hundreds of Remembrance Calendar entries, we particularly feature certain cases that were of notable historical significance.
Trayvon Martin
This was the statement made by Trayvon Martin’s family on the Change.org
petition website – March 2012:
On February 26, our son Trayvon Martin was shot and killed as he walked to a family member's home from a convenience store where he had just bought some candy.
He was only 17 years-old.
Trayvon's killer, George Zimmerman, admitted to police that he shot Trayvon in the chest. Zimmerman, the community's self appointed "neighborhood watch leader," called the police to report a suspicious person when he saw Travyon, a young black man, walking from the store. But Zimmerman still hasn't been charged for murdering our son.
Trayvon Martin's older brother has spoken of his grief at the teenagers death, and admitted: "I kind of still don't believe it."
Jahvaris Fulton also said that the fact that George Zimmerman has not been charged for killing Trayvon "sends the wrong message", and insisted that "there should be an arrest" in the case.
The group added that; “the fight for justice continues.”
Trayvon was our hero. At the age 9, Trayvon pulled his father from a burning kitchen, saving his life. He loved sports and horseback riding. At only 17 he had a bright future ahead of him with dreams of attending college and becoming an aviation mechanic. Now that’s all gone.
When Zimmerman reported Trayvon to the police, they told him not to confront him. But he did anyway. All we know about what happened next is that our 17 year-old son, who was completely unarmed, was shot and killed.”
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