Hundreds remember Trayvon Martin
Source: Miami Herald
Nearly two years after he was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer, Trayvon Martin was remembered Saturday at a celebration of his life in Miami Gardens that drew hundreds of supporters and a plea from his parents to end gun violence.
Martin, a black teen from Miami Gardens, was unarmed when he was shot in Sanford, Fla., on Feb. 26, 2012, by George Zimmerman, an Hispanic man who pleaded self-defense. Zimmerman was later acquitted, but the shooting and the not guilty verdict sparked nationwide outrage, and demands for Florida’s Stand Your Ground law to be repealed.
“We continue to lose our children and we must do something about that,” said Trayvon’s mother, Sybrina Fulton.
“It has been 712 long days since Trayvon was killed,” said Trayvon‘s father, Tracy Martin. “If there is any good about it, it’s that you all are keeping his name alive. You all are our strength.”
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