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George Zimmerman Is to Auction the Gun Used to Kill Trayvon Martin, Reports Say – Yahoo Movies Canada
George Zimmerman plans to auction the gun he used to shoot and kill unarmed Florida teenager Trayvon Martin in 2012, according to multiple media reports.
WOFL FOX 35 says that it was told by the former neighborhood-watch volunteer that the Department of Justice recently returned the weapon. Im a free American, he said, I can do what I want with my possessions.
Somebody signed George M. Zimmerman has listed the Kel-Tec PF-9 9-mm on a firearms-auction website. The seller describes the gun as an American Firearm Icon and says it was used against Trayvon Martin on Feb. 26, 2012, the night of the violent attack that sparked a national debate about violence and race. Zimmerman said he acted in self-defense and was eventually acquitted of manslaughter and murder charges.
The auction statement promises a portion of the sale will be used to fight BLM violence against Law Enforcement officers, in a presumable reference to the Black Lives Matter movement, and also to combat Hillary Clintons anti-firearm rhetoric.
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Trayvon Martin Shooter George Zimmerman Charged With Murder – imdb
Zimmerman is now in custody after being charged with murder in the second degree in the Florida teen's shooting death.
By Rob Markman
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After months of public outcry, there was a major break Wednesday (April 11) in the tragic shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin: Triggerman George Zimmerman was charged with murder in the second degree.
Special prosecutor Angela Corey announced the charges during a press conference in Jacksonville, Florida, just a half-hour after it was reported that Zimmerman turned himself in to authorities. Zimmerman was arrested and now is in an undisclosed location.
Martin's February 26 death sent shockwaves through the nation. Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman, saw 17-year-old Trayvon walking through his gated community in Sanford, Florida, and immediately grew suspicious of the teen, who was wearing a hooded sweatshirt. When Zimmerman called 911, police dispatchers advised him not to pursue Martin. By the time police arrived on the scene,...
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City where Trayvon Martin was killed hopes to fix racial tension with storytelling, respect – Yahoo News
Barbara Coleman-Foster, chair of the Florida citys Race, Equality, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee, said she views the project as an opportunity to highlight all the rich history of Sanford.
The Florida city where George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin over a decade ago has unveiled a plan to address the racial tension that continues to plague Black communities.
Sanfords Race, Equality, Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee will organize strategies over the next year for the city to assist in sharing its history and, through storytelling, foster respect and acceptance, according to the Orlando Sentinel.
City commissioners received the draft plans for the project, called Pathways to Reconciliation, during a work session on Monday, launching an endeavor expected to take about two years that will involve researching and gathering firsthand oral histories, writings, and artwork from longtime residents.
Its the early stages of developing an idea that came to us about a year or so ago, said Barbara Coleman-Foster, the REEI committee chair. The idea was to have something that lasted beyond a day, a week, amonth. Something that was long term and essentially highlighted the contributions of particularly, at this point, the African-American community.
Coleman-Foster said she saw the initiative as a chance to highlight all the rich history of Sanford, pointing out that people often overlook how the past shaped the citys current state.
REEI will dedicate time until the summer of 2025 for research, budget planning, fundraising, and project design to be ready for execution in the fall of 2025. Plans for an expansion and an assessment will follow in the fall of 2026.
Pathways to Reconciliation and the REEI committee follow an attempt to address the national outcry that followed the 2020 videotaped death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer, as well as the 10-year anniversary of Trayvon Martins death in a Sanford neighborhood in 2012, which served as the impetus for the Black Lives Matter movement.
According to the Orlando Sentinel, the plan notes that authorities sought a more long-term method to focus on racial relations after requests were made to the city to paint a Black Lives Matter street mural in front of the Sanford Police Department.
The project will likely be entirely digital, with the creation of an online repository for written works, photos, oral histories, and directions for self-guided walking tours of historic locations. Coleman-Foster said the online directory will facilitate collaborations with organizations such as the Sanford Museum, the Goldsboro Museum, and other institutions already collecting history; it can also direct tourists and locals to various exhibits.
Still, people who have dedicated their lives to protecting Black communities claim that racial equity starts with recognizing over a century of injustices against Sanfords Black population.
Pasha Baker, director and CEO of the West Side Community Historical Association in Goldsboro which Sanford forcefully annexed despite residents protests in the early 1900s called for a plan of action that would start from the root cause 100+ years ago to address racial tensions.
She expressed hope that the REEI committee will delve even further into the past than what happened to Floyd and Martin.
The city of Goldsboro, an all-Black incorporated city that had its own government, taxation system, and everything else around it, was stolen. But I didnt read that in the (proposal) document, noted Baker, the Orlando Sentinel reported. You have me in the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin, but 100 years before that, Sanford stole a complete city and left it neglected. And you want to talk about race relations? You want to talk about furthering the community, and you never said sorry.
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Celebrating Trayvon Martin: How His Legacy Continues To Thrive – NewsOne
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Trayvon Martin would have been celebrating his 29th birthday this week and his passing still resonates with so many Black Americans.
Trayvon Martin never asked to be the face of a movement; he never asked to be a martyr. But, his untimely death has had a lasting impact on our discussions about systemic racism and gun violence. Scholarships were created in his name, laws were scrutinized in his honor and documentaries were created to tell his story. Trayvon Martins legacy still lives on through the many who work hard to keep his name alive. This starts with his mother, Sybrina Fulton, who also did not ask to become the mother of a movement.
She recently took to social media to keep his name in the minds of all his supporters by posting a birthday message to her late son.
Happy Heavenly Birthday to my Sun/Sonshine just know I do this all for you, wrote Fulton. You will forever be a part of my heart & even the death of you has not separated my LOVE for you,Mommy.
The family also participated in the 12th annual Trayvon Martin Peace Walk and Talk last weekend in Miami Gardens to commemorate his life and promote peace and dialogue in his memory.
Its not just Trayvon Martins family that is working diligently to keep his legacy alive.
Filmmaker, Ava DuVernay, is releasing a new film called Origin, which, according to Business Insider, is based on Isabel Wilkersons bestselling 2020 nonfiction book, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents.The film, which will tackle themes centered around the social hierarchy of racism in America, will open with a scene that begins on the last night of Trayvon Martins life in 2012.
DuVernay told Business Insider that she decided to start the film this way to humanize Martin in a way that films hadnt in the past.
It opens on him having a very carefree conversation with his homegirl on the phone, and going in to buy candy, and being very deliberate with counting out change for the cashier, and defending himself against the sprinkles happening outside in the rain by putting up his hoodie, DuVernay told BI. You dont see anything that happens to him until another 20 minutes in the film.
She continued, By speaking to what was shown, you humanize him. That was the goal, and he deserves that.
Twelve years after George Zimmerman killed Trayvon Martin, Stand Your Ground laws continue to be a point of contention among Martins supporters.
In 2022, the Northwest Florida Daily News published a reportabout Floridas Stand Your Ground laws enduring nature despite ongoing disparities in the application of the defense.
The January 2022 essay by Kami Chavis for the Duke Center for Firearms Law observed that in Florida, in more than half of the states Stand Your Ground cases, the shooter could have deescalated but didnt. Stand Your Ground laws differ from traditional self-defense in part because the shooter does not have to avoid confrontation.
At the same time, Black defendants accused of crimes do not enjoy the same protections under these laws as similarly situated white defendants, read the essay. (Read the full essay here).
Trayvon Martins birthday is a day to celebrate his life and also a day to remember his name. Its up to us to make sure his legacy lives on and actual change is made in his honor.
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