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As family and friends laid to rest seventeen-year-old Trayvon Martin this week, questions continued to mount surrounding the teen’s suspicious murder by the hands of a Neighborhood Watch officer who carried a concealed handgun.
The teen’s father has launched a petition calling on Florida’s 18th Disgtrict State’s Attorney to investigate the youth’s murder and to prosecute 26-year-old George Zimmerman who has not been charged and remains free.
An excerpt from the petition reads: “Trayvon’s killer, George Zimmerman, admitted to police that he shot Trayvon in the chest. Zimmerman, the community’s self appointed “neighborhood watch leader,” called the police to report a suspicious person when he saw Travyon, a young black man, walking from the store. But Zimmerman, who is white, still hasn’t been charged for murdering my son.”
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Here’s an excerpt of comments made during a chat on Twitter regarding the fact that the man who killed young Trayvon has not been charged yet.
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Why Isn’t This Man Arrested For Murder? http://t.co/1O5f1voO > 17 yr old Trayvon Martin shot dead. His crime? Walking while black!
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@PoliticsNation A child is dead. That’s enough evidence.
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@LiberalPhenom @PoliticsNation The shooter gets out of his car & follows the child, attacks & kills him. Where was the threat?
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@3ChicsPolitico @politicsnation Makes my heart hurt.
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@LiberalPhenom @politicsnation My heart is ripped. A unarmed child is shot dead. All he had was skittles & ice tea. And the shooter walks?!
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@3ChicsPolitico I want to hear the screaming about this targeted killing.
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@3ChicsPolitico @politicsnation This is why it must be called what it is and stopped.
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@PoliticsNation Please stay on it and get justice for this family. Breaks my heart.
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Content from Twitter
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Other Tweeters voiced their support for the petition and their outrage over the senseless killing of the unarmed teenager…
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where’s the #stopZimmerman & #JusticeForTrayvon spirit? There’s a town hall mtg next wk 4 briefing on these laws bc ppl don’t know abt them
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I have been watching this case unfold over the last few days & tweeted about it days ago. I’m disgusted! #JusticeForTrayvon
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goodnight bbs, heres hoping for better news tomorrow about the case#justicefortrayvon
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Have the Sanford Police arrested Zimmerman yet??????? #JusticeForTrayvon
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Content from Twitter