2012

__Travyon Martin __ **By** ** Kai Cunningham, Richelle Lackey , Eric Touchton , Taylor Simon , Kaila Parker **

//__ What Happened That Night? according to George Zimmerman __//
====** [|Travyon Martin] was shot by a neighborhood watchmen on Febuary 26, 2012 in Sanford, Florida. Travyon, 17, was a black teenager. He was walking back from 7-Eleven by himself. He was wearing a black hoody, with the hood on. All he had on him was a pack of Skittles, and a can of tea. He caught the attention of neighborhood watchmen, [|George Zimmerman]. Zimmerman called the police saying Trayvon looked "real suspicious". The operator told him to not follow Martin. He pursued anyway and finally got out of his car and aproached Trayvon. Zimmerman claims that Martin and him exchanged words, then the teen punched him in the nose and beat his head on the ground. He was calling out for help, which Trayvon's family thought was their child calling for help. George then shot and killed Trayvon in self-defense. **====

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====** The same day Trayvon was killed, traces of marijuana was found in a small plastic bag in his book bag. He was suspended from school for ten days. His parents are upset about the information leaking out about marijuana and the details of the fight because it portrays him as an aggressor. **====

====** Martin is, in most stories, protrade as an innocent teenage boy who is black and was shot by an evil white man, George Zimmerman. And in the public's view, it was all based on racism. But in according to Zimmerman he was only acting in "self defense" and acting for his neighborhood. And, although he wasn't causing anyone trouble or harm, **==== ====** what if Trayvon was? **** What if he was about to hurt him, or someone else and Zimmerman  **====

__//** Negative effects on Civil Rights & Society **//__
====** Many people are very upset about what happened. Its very obviously a negative effect on civil rights. S **** o many people are protesting **** by wearing hoodies with the hood on, having packs of Skittles and cans of tea. Everybody thinks that this is strictly racial, **====

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