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An undated personal photo of Trayvon Martin wearing a hoodie was displayed by protesters and sold by merchants on hoodies, T-shirts, and keychains, prompting the family to trademark slogans using his name. [7] Trayvon Benjamin Martin was the son of Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, who were divorced in 1999.
Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton at an event in 2012. Martin was born in 1995 in Miami, Florida, to Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, who divorced in 1999.At the time of the shooting, Fulton was a program coordinator for the Miami Dade Housing Authority, and Tracy Martin was a truck driver; they lived near each other in Miami Gardens.
Two 9-1-1 telephone calls are released that were placed by Tracy Martin, Martin's father, on the morning after the shooting. [56] Mark O'Mara, Zimmerman's attorney, releases a round of discovery evidence on his client's web site. It includes audio, video and written statements that Zimmerman gave to police. [57] [58] [59]
A decade ago, the shooting death of Martin in Sanford, Florida, sparked a national debate over the value of self-defense laws that authorize citizens to "stand your ground."
The killing of this baby-faced, hoodie-wearing, unarmed Black teenager at the hands of a stranger in a suburb of Orlando still reverberates 10 years later.
ORLANDO, Fla. — In the weeks following Trayvon Martin’s shooting death a decade ago, hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Sanford demanding that the city reform its police department ...
The Retreat at Twin Lakes, north entrance. The Retreat at Twin Lakes is a gated community in the US city of Sanford, Florida.The community initially consisted of 1,400-square-foot (130 m 2) townhouses which sold on average for $250,000, but had values below $100,000 by February 2012 due in large part to the financial crisis of 2007–2008.
George Michael Zimmerman (born October 5, 1983) is an American man who fatally shot Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American, in Sanford, Florida, on February 26, 2012. On July 13, 2013, he was acquitted of second-degree murder in Florida v. George Zimmerman. After his acquittal, Zimmerman was the target of a shooting.