Trayvon Martin

Have you heard his name lately in the news? The innocent death of this innocent African American 17 year-old has become the headlines of news sources nationwide. It all started on February 26th in Sanford, Florida. It was a rainy day, and Trayvon was on his way back from a convenience store with skittles for his brother and an iced tea. He was on the phone with his girlfriend with his hood up to shield himself from the rain when he noticed he was being followed by a slowly moving car. He started walking faster to get away from this suspicious character by returning to his step father's house.

This man following him is a 28 year-old white man George Zimmerman. He is the volunteer neighborhood watch of Trayvon's gated community and saw Trayvon as a suspicious character in a particularly "hot" part of the neighborhood for crime. He dialed 911 to report his suspicions and continued to follow Trayvon despite the receptionist’s plea for him to stop. The 911 call tape revealed him saying that these ones always get away and some racial/prejudice slurs towards Trayvon. He then got out of the car, confronted, shot, and killed Trayvon for he thought his life was “threatened”.

Other 911 calls from neighbors revealed that the two were wrestling a bit and that during one of the calls, blatant cries for help from Trayvon were heard were called in by multiple neighbors as well as a gunshot. Please listen to all the 911 calls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8rws30uASw and hear what happened for yourself, because then you will find the real truth: They all saw Trayvon, lying innocently on the ground. Dead.

What caused this brutal murder? Some say it was racial profiling because of Zimmerman’s harsh racial slurs and derogative explanation of the color of Trayvon’s skin. There’s no other reason, because a boy that size with skittles and an iced tea walking home from a convenience store is in no way threatening. He was completely scared of Zimmerman, and he ran to try to get away from him. He ran screaming and begging for help and for his life, but Zimmerman took it away too quick. It’s absolutely terrible that an incident like that should ever happen, just due to racism and suspicion that the skittles were a weapon. Seriously?

Now Trayvon and his family and friends mourn while Zimmerman walks the streets as a free man. He used the “Stand Your Ground Law” to his side because it allows deadly force to be used if you feel your life is threatened. The law states that one must take any action possible to avoid the danger and Zimmerman obviously didn’t. He’s not a cop. He went after an innocent Trayvon and killed him. Please join in the petition for Zimmerman to be caught and bring

JUSTICE FOR TRAYVON

http://www.change.org/petitions/george-zimmerman-arrest-him-for-shooting-a-unarmed-teenager

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