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A Mothers Day Message from Trayvon Martin's Mom, Sybrina Fulton. (Original Post)
trumad
May 2012
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maddezmom
(135,060 posts)1. ....
pepperbear
(5,648 posts)2. rec it hard, rec it fast, rec it often.
Irishonly
(3,344 posts)3. My heart breaks for her
maddezmom
(135,060 posts)5. same here
I can not imagine what Sunday will feel like for her.
Irishonly
(3,344 posts)6. You know, I cry when I think about it.
A friend of mine recently lost her son and all I could do was cry with her and hold her. She kept saying a parent should not live longer than their children. for all moms.
Baitball Blogger
(46,703 posts)4. She will move mountains.
May the message go far.
Those eyes are very expressive.
Amerigo Vespucci
(30,885 posts)7. I saw that earlier on MSNBC. Heartbreaking.
Especially when you know that she's aware of the asshole who sold the "Trayvon Martin hoodie, Skittles & ice tea gun range targets." MSNBC mentioned that right before they showed her clip.
Report: Online vendor sold Trayvon Martin gun-range targets
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/11/11664597-report-online-vendor-sold-trayvon-martin-gun-range-targets
An online vendor who said he was capitalizing on controversy around the shooting death of Trayvon Martin told WKMG-TV in Orlanda that he rapidly "sold out" gun-range targets made to resemble the teen.
The targets did not picture 17-year-old Martins face, but instead portrayed a hoodie sweatshirt, a style that has become iconic since his death, with crosshairs drawn over the chest. The figure is shown holding a packet of Skittles candy and a beverage can, the video report showed.
Martin, who was unarmed, was walking to his father's house carrying Skittles and a can of ice tea after going to a store when he was shot to death by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman during a scuffle.
Prosecutors waited weeks before charging Zimmerman, who argues that the shooting was self-defense, with second-degree murder.
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/11/11664597-report-online-vendor-sold-trayvon-martin-gun-range-targets
An online vendor who said he was capitalizing on controversy around the shooting death of Trayvon Martin told WKMG-TV in Orlanda that he rapidly "sold out" gun-range targets made to resemble the teen.
The targets did not picture 17-year-old Martins face, but instead portrayed a hoodie sweatshirt, a style that has become iconic since his death, with crosshairs drawn over the chest. The figure is shown holding a packet of Skittles candy and a beverage can, the video report showed.
Martin, who was unarmed, was walking to his father's house carrying Skittles and a can of ice tea after going to a store when he was shot to death by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman during a scuffle.
Prosecutors waited weeks before charging Zimmerman, who argues that the shooting was self-defense, with second-degree murder.