This source was published a few weeks after the news took off on the Trayvon Martin case. At this point, the case is buzzing with excitement from opinionated viewers. Barack Obama, Lebron James, The National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People, and The New Black Panther Party have all made statements supporting Martin. The "stand your ground" law is also being mentioned as a big factor in the case. The "stand your ground" law says that someone in Florida can be excused for using lethal force if they feel threatened. The issue of whether Martin's race played into his death is also being discussed.
This is the first news report published by Fox 25 News in Orlando, that came out the day after the Trayvon shooting. At this
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point, all that is known is that there was a fight with a hooded boy and a red sweatered man. The boy in the hoodie was on top of the man when a gunshot was heard. The boy's father and father's girlfriend identify the boy in the hoodie as Trayvon Martin. They also reported that Trayvon was coming back from the store when he was killed. The shooter was being held and his name had not yet been released. This book was published about five years after the death of Trayvon Martin. The book was written by the parents of Trayvon. This book explains before, during, and after the shooting took place. The book also gives the background of the life Trayvon and his parents. The specific events of the shooting were described by both Sybrina and Tray, Trayvon's parents, in detail. Some of the main points from the shooting include that Trayvon was suspended at the time of the incident and was staying with his father. Trayvon was also coming back from the store with Skittles for his dad's girlfriend's son and watermelon juice for himself. Tray Martin also noted that as soon as he found out his son was shot, he knew that the shooter was white. Both saw the shooting as racial profiling and want to use their son's cruel death as a figure of empowerment for change in racial issues. This article from 2012, addresses the Martin case as a slaughter. The writer says that his death was unfair and metaphorically a slaughter. The author believes that the media is reacting so severely because of the immense power this case has on the world. He believes it is a historical moment that goes down in history as unfair treatment of African American people in the United States. It also mentioned, though, that Martin had a bad history in school with a number of suspensions and had traces of marijuana in his system when he was killed. This article was published about one month after the media took off with the Martin case. This article mentions the start of "Hoods Up" marches. People around the country have begun to wear hoodie sweatshirts just like Martin did to show their support for him. This article also says that the family of Martin says that Zimmerman was profiling Martin and that is why he shot him. Zimmerman states that it was in self defense. Zimmerman was not arrested because of the "stand your ground" law that says he shot out of self defense. This source is from the Orlando Sentinel and was published a few days after the shooting. It reports the shooting and the little evidence that was known at the time. All that was known was that a boy, Trayvon Martin from Miami, was shot by a man whose name had not yet been released. The report said that the boy was visiting his mother. The man who shot Martin was being held until he could be found guilty or not guilty. The shooter was a neighborhood watchman in a gated community in Sanford, Fl. The people of the neighborhood were being notified since the event was a little disturbing. This article is all about racial profiling.
The Trayvon Martin case gets mentioned as an example of racial profiling. This article describes the situation as a white neighborhood watchman killing a young unarmed boy simply because he was black. It also says how a verdict two months after the shooting left the shooter, Zimmerman, not guilty. Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder but was acquitted which enraged many people. The article also calls Zimmerman white multiple times, despite the fact that he was white/hispanic. The article mentions how people are pushing for stronger laws to help prevent racial profiling. Though no hearings were scheduled about the bill, Trayvon's mother, Sybrina, is reported for challenging the "stand your ground" law.
The day this video news report was published on ABC News is the official date of the media taking the Trayvon Martin case into full swing. This video focuses on the unfairness of the event. The report shows clips of Trayvon's parents talking about the issue showing how upset they are about the issue. The report also questions why Zimmerman has not been locked up yet. The news mentions dropped police reports from seven years prior to make Zimmerman seem shady. The media is asking questions and wants justice for the loss of
Martin. Only a few months after the Martin shooting, this article touches on the bold statements being made by people all across the country. The article begins with a quote from a man named Dwayne Nash, who believes that "it could have been me." This article looks at what he said about black men living in the US and how profiling plays into their everyday fear of living. This article also looks at the significance of wearing the hoodie and how that plays into the profiling that took place by Zimmerman on the night he shot Martin. Finally, statistics are shown about how black and hispanic men are more likely to be stopped by the NYPD than white men implying that minorities are labeled as unsafe and untrustworthy in the United States. In this article published in July 2013, all the facts of the Trayvon Martin case are on the table. Since it had been over a year since the case and the news cycle of the case took off, all the facts have been developed. This source has the correct scenario of what Trayvon was doing when he was shot, the details about what Zimmerman said happened, and the racial profiling accusations after the case took to the media. This article also talks about the forensic evidence of the shooting. Testing showed that Martin was on top of Zimmerman when he was shot, but there was no evidence of Martin attacking Zimmerman since there was no skin of Zimmerman under Martin's nails. Finally, this article mentions what Obama said about the case and also provided a source from a woman who did not see the case as unfair as many people did. This article was a well rounded source that has all the important details regarding the shooting of Trayvon Martin. This source is from two days after the news took off on the Trayvon case. This story includes a letter that the father of George Zimmerman, the shooter, wrote to the newspaper. The article says that George Zimmerman has moved out of his house after receiving death threats. In the letter attached in the article, Zimmerman claims that his son was not the perpetrator of the fight that led to the shot and that as soon as the case is further investigated, his son's innocence will be proven. The father also said that the media was falsely portraying Zimmerman as he is not racist and the media is making him look cruel. George Zimmerman himself is a minority being Hispanic and has a multiracial family. This letter written by George Zimmerman's father states that George is no racist and it is the media that has turned him into one. He believed that more evidence would prove his son is not at fault.
The documentary has won nine major awards and was an Academy Award nominee for “Best Documentary Feature” in 2017. The scene is recalling the public’s reaction to the wrongful killing of Trayvon Martin and the resulting effects it had on society. Martin was fatally shot by George Zimmerman in 2012 in Sanford, Florida. DuVernay utilizes news reports, police interviews, and footage of the courtroom in 2012 to establish ethos. The citizen accounts are from when the attack occurred and their reaction to the situation.
On the night of February 26, 2012 “George Zimmerman who was the coordinator for his Sanford neighborhood watch association is charged with second-degree murder in the death of a young boy. Trayvon Martin, an unarmed high school student from Miami, Florida. (Alvarez) The case began in a small city of Sanford as a routine homicide but soon evolved into a civil rights case, examining racial profiling. On the night of the attack Zimmerman was told not to get out of his car when he was following Trayvon. He described Trayvon as a “guy who looks up to no good, or he’s on drugs or something” Trayvon had his back to Zimmerman the whole time he was on the phone with the Dispatcher, from what the conversation was saying. When the dispatcher asked Zimmerman “is the guy white, black, or Hispanic? “Zimmerman says that he “looks” black, Zimmerman still has yet to see if Trayvon was black, white, or even Hispanic because Trayvon was walking the other direction. Later on in the conversation is when Zimmerman said “now he’s just staring at me”. That would have been the right time to mention the race of Trayvon. As the dispatcher was asking mo...
The case involved a neighborhood watchman, who happened to be on duty when he saw a young black man wearing a sweater jacket called a “hoodie”, walking through the neighborhood. George Zimmerman, the watchman, who was twenty-eight years old at the time, called authorities about a suspicious character walking around in his neighborhood. The authorities told him not to do anything; just continue with his rounds and not worry. Zimmerman, however, decided he would take matters into his own hands. He confronted the young man; they got into a brawl and Zimmerman pulled out a gun and shot and killed Martin. That premise will play a role in this paper as an argument as to why George Zimmerman should have been convicted of committing a crime. Even if the jury could not have reasons to convict him of the second degree murder of Trayvon Martin; they had other choices.
That evening, he walked out to the nearby 7-Eleven to get some Skittles and an Arizona Iced Tea. As he walked back home to his father’s house, he caught the attention of George Zimmerman, who was patrolling the neighborhood and called 911 to report "a real suspicious guy." This guy looks like he 's up to no good or he 's on drugs or something," Zimmerman said to the police dispatcher. After discussing his location with the dispatcher, Zimmerman exclaimed, yelled and there were following sounds suggesting he left his vehicle to run after Martin. "Are you following him?" the dispatcher asked and after Zimmerman answered “yep” the dispatcher told him not to follow Trayvon. Minutes later there were calls about the two fighting and sounds of tussling, then Trayvon lay dead in the grass.
Thousands of black teenage males die in gun crimes every year. Many of the teenagers that are killed aren’t even 18 years old. The children and teen killed in 2008 and 2009 could fill more than 229 classrooms. Gun homicide is the number one cause of death for African American male. Trayvon Martin is a perfect example of gun homicide killing our black males. Trayvon Martin was a 17 year old, who was walking home from the 711 on a rainy night. When he was walking, he saw George Zimmerman who was following him and asking him where he was going. When Trayvon began to run, Zimmerman chased him and shot Trayvon Martin because he assumed Trayvon was doing something he wasn’t supposed to be doing. “George Zimm...
Young Trayvon Martin was killed because of racial profiling. Due to the way he was dressed, in all black with a hoodie, he was seen as a threat. Trayvon had no intentions to hurt anyone, he carried no weapon, but just because the way he looked he was murdered. Racial profiling is wrong in many ways. The history of racial profiling and the psychology proves that racial profiling is nothing but an excuse for blatant racism. Humans are not put on this earth to be wrongly accused simply by the way that they look. How a person lives or dies should not be based on racial profiling which is an immoral and unethical tactic.
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The “Stand Your Ground” law was first adopted in the state of florida in 2005. This law did not gain national attention until the shooting death of unarmed teenager, Trayvon Martin, in Sanford, florida, where the shooter, George Zimmerman used the “Stand Your Ground” law as his basis for defending himself against Trayvon Martin to the Sanford Police Department. However, George Zimmerman’s legal defense team did not utilize the law to argue his innocence during his trial. But the damage had been done because soon after other cases in florida began to sprout up with “Stand Your Ground” as the driving force.
My mother had always maintained that he was initially arrested due to racial profiling, as there was no sufficient evidence to warrant the police to search his car. Despite this information being told to me as a child, I remained blind to the effects that such a system of injustice could have on your economic status, mental health, etc. However, I believe that the outcome of the Zimmerman trial opened my eyes to this effect. I believe that Trayvon Martin's family most likely received the same financial and emotional stress due to the racial injustice associated with their experience. However, they had lost their son.
The case in summary sparks room for debate on whether Zimmerman should be punished for his actions; however, many allegations lack raw evidence to support their claims. In “The Facts In The George Zimmerman Trial”, by Jeffrey Toobin, the known facts are laid out as the picture of what actually happened on that night is painted. This was conveyed when Toobin wrote, “On the night of February 26, 2012, Zimmerman was patrolling the Retreat at Twin Lakes, a town-house development in Sanford, Florida, At 7:09 P.M.” (Toobin). Later that night “Zimmerman asks that the police call him upon their arrival so he can provide his location. Zimmerman ends the call at 7:13 P.M. The first police officer arrived on the scene at 7:17 P.M., by which time Tray...
Racial Profiling can happen to anyone, anywhere such as the streets, in the airports, or even just walking home. Racial profiling and the media influence an individual’s perspective on a trial. Racial Profiling is using someone’s race or ethnic background as suspicion for committing a crime. Evidence from past trials dating back to 1920s Sacco and Vanzetti trial to George Zimmerman’s trial in 2013 prove that racial profiling has existed for nearly a century. According to the article “The Quiet Racism in the Zimmerman Trial” by Steven Mazie, he states
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As present in the Zimmerman case of 2013. 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was an unarmed teen wandering around in Sanford, Florida. Zimmerman had called 911 to inform them of a suspicious character around the neighborhood. The police informed him to stay in his car and not approach Martin. Zimmerman did not listen to the police. When the police arrived at the scene, they arrived to a dead body belonging to Martin, an African American teen, who was unarmed. Zimmerman was injured in the encounter. Immediately claiming that it had been an act of self defense. In the beginning, he was not tried as there was no proof to disprove his story. Later it is recommended that he be tried for manslaughter as he did not identify himself to Martin. In a recording of the 911 call there is a voice heard saying, “Help! Help!” It seems the voice is that of Trayvon Martin. Shortly after gunshots are heard. In the end, Zimmerman is found not guilty of murder as it was an act of self
This case is about a 16-year-old kid from Miami named Trayvon Martin. On the night of February 26th, Trayvon walked from his father's house in a gated community to a nearby store. When walking back, he was spotted by George Zimmerman, a 28-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer. There have been a number of break-ins in the neighborhood over the last few weeks and Zimmerman thought that a young black man walking in the rain and wearing a hooded sweatshirt looked suspicious. Zimmerman then called 911 to report the person who "might be on drugs."
Subsequently, the death of Trayvon Martin is seen as the motive to construct a response to anti-black racism, similarly known as The Black Lives Matter movement. To clarify, Shaun King author of ‘Black Lives Matter opposes police brutality, not police’ states, “I believe that brutal police officers should be held to the highest ethical standards and find it deplorable that abusive officer after abusive officer in America is far too often set free without punishment” (King). The author uses powerful diction such as