A teen visiting family members in Sanford was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch member, and now his family wants answers.
According to news reports, a lawsuit will be filed Thursday, in an effort to get answers as to how 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a black teen, died.
Martin, who was visiting his father and stepmother, was fatally shot late last month, during an encounter with George Zimmerman, 25, a white male, at The Retreat at Twin Lakes Townhomes in Sanford.
Martin had gone to the store and upon his return was met by an armed Zimmerman, functioning in the role of neighborhood watch member.
Since Martin’s shooting on February 26, no details have been released on the investigation.
On Thursday, a spokesperson for the Sanford Police Department, Lieutenant Jim Mcauliffe said, “the investigation is ongoing.”
No one has yet been charged with a crime.
Everyone who agrees that Trayvon deserves justice should sign this position: https://www.change.org/petitions/prosecute-the-murderer-of-17-year-old-trayvon-martin
This is an absolute outrage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It’s unequalvical proof that racism still exist in this country. There is absolutely no question and nothing to investigate here. It’s very evident that deadly force was not an appropriate action in this case of so called self defense. There is no need to shot someone in the chest with a 9mm gun in order to defend yourself from a person attacking you with a bag of skittles and a soda pop. This is nothing more than a vigilanty out running wild with a gun under the premise of I’m the neighborhood watch captain, I got a permit to carry a gun and permission to shot to kill anyone I deem fit. IE…(black person) in this community. THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE OUTRAGE AND A COMPLETE AND UTTER DISGUSTING REPRESENTATION OF HOW THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WORKS FOR THE MINORITIES IN THIS COUNTRY!!!! ITS A DOWNRIGHT DISGRACE THAT THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR AND BLALANT RACISM IS STILL PRESENT,ALLOWED AND ACCEPTED IN THE YEAR 2012. ALL IN THE NAME OF THE CRIMINAL IS THE BLACK MAN SO SHOT HIM DEAD AND THE SAVIOR IS THW WHITE MAN SO EXC– — USE IS CRIMINAL ACTIONS!!!! JUST DISPECABLE!!
He was proablly up to no good looking to steal something and was approached by the white gentleman and then the minor probally started to fight him. The white man most likley felt his life in danger and shot him. Look how many white officers have been shot in florida by black thugs.
@Dan
Obviously you haven’t read any articles about this case or you would have learned that this child whose name is Trayvon was not trying to steal anything. He was not committing any type of crime.
But just for ignorance sack lets say he was committing a crime. Deadly force is not acceptable action for stealing nor is it acceptable for a vilgalante. If it were we would need to hurt people like you down because your ignorance is causing me to fear for the life of all citizens of this country. Therefore you would need to be shot down in self defense. Defense from ignorant people like you is what we all need!!!! I hope that one day you will suffer the same experience and someone makes a stupid comment like this to you and then you receive no justice for it and die the same faint!!!!!! Get your ignorant a…. Off of here!!!!
@Dan on and by the way you need to include yourself as a THUG!!! Only a THUG could find the actions of Zimmerman justifiable!!! You are the type of THUG the citizens of this country need protecting from!!! Just a dumb thug idiot!!!!
We got an election coming up that you know the other side will try to cheat and be as shady as possible to win. They won’t win, but that’s not stopping them from trying. This happened already last year the cops took peoples cameras to hide their wrong doing. Please people see //gemproject.us and check out the wisdom knowledge it’s serious and sometimes we have to get serious.
The headlines have this ALL WRONG.. and should read “Brave teen shot to death fighting attacker rather than state where the attacker could find his family” The teen was walking home from a local store when a man approached him in a car and began using threatening tones as he demanded to know why the teen was in “his” neighborhood. The teen told the man in no uncertain terms to leave him alone.. the man refused and then stopped his car as he opened the door and came at the boy. Witnesses state it appeared the boy had the upper hand after a struggle until the boy’s attacker pulled a concealed pistol from under their clothes with which they then shot the boy point blank in the chest. THIS IS THE REALITY… all the bullshit about neighborhood watch and self defense is just that… bullshit. The shooter wasn’t acting as part of the neighborhood watch… his actions in NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM RESEMBLE THOSE OF SOMEONE ON NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH… no where do watch guidelines state “carry a loaded gun concealed in your clothes so that you can shoot anyone walking down the sidewalk that resists as you interrogate them about why they are on your sidewalk” This guy had that gun for ONE reason.. he finally got to use it… he found a person.. a kid… brave enough not to tell the sorry sack of shit ANYTHING that might put the kid’s family in danger… the shooter’s ego couldn’t stand for that… he had to get out of his car, gun ready to go.. and teach this boy a lesson.
The headlines have this ALL WRONG.. and should read “Brave teen shot to death fighting attacker rather than tell the stranger the whereabouts of his family” btw.. saying that he was acting as the neighborhood watch captain when stopping his car and getting out carrying a concealed loaded weapon to interrogate the boy for doing nothing more than walking on the sidewalk PROVES in itself he was NOT acting in a role of the neighborhood watch, because NONE of his actions past the phone call to the police are what a member of the neighborhood watch would have done… his actions are those of someone with a gun wanting to create a situation to use it… his own words say exactly that… I’m sick of hearing as if its a reasonable excuse that he was the neighborhood watch captain.. that point is completely and totally IRRELEVANT.
@Jeff
Finally someone sees that neighborhood watch crap for what it is pure CRAP!!!! Neighborhood watch and self defense are terms being used to try to excuse the henious act this criminal committed. Well, it doesnt fly with me and I hope it will not fly with others!!! This family needs to go after any and all people obstructing the rightful arrest and prosecution of Zimmerman by way of media, federal government and law suit. The DA and police should also be prosecuted. I guess my question now is how do we support this family in helping them receive justice because all this talk is cheap we need some hard cole action now!!! justice will prevail!!!