¶ … TRAYVON MARTIN'S MURDER
Trayvon Martin
Reflecting Upon Trayvon Martin's Murder
Reflecting Upon Trayvon Martin's Murder
George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012. He shot Martin in Sanford, Florida. Trayvon was 17, African-American, and male at the time of his death. When George Zimmerman shot Trayvon, Trayvon was not armed. George Zimmerman was 28 years old at the time. Zimmerman was a member of his neighborhood watch and his neighborhood was a gated community. Gated communities are typically for people who are very wealthy and the majority of the population in these communities is Caucasian. Zimmerman is Latino. Zimmerman was visiting his fiancee, a resident of the gated community. He saw Martin walking in the area outside the community and he called the Sanford Police Department. Instead of waiting for the police response, Zimmerman confronted Martin and a conflict ensued. The result of the conflict was the fatal shooting of Martin. Zimmerman claimed that Martin accosted him so he shot the adolescent in self-defense.
Initially, Zimmerman was not charged because of Florida's Stand Your Ground Law. The Stand Your Ground Law states, simply, that a person is within their rights to use force, including deadly force, when under attack during a criminal activity so as to...
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