Post by Logan on Jan 20, 2016 16:49:59 GMT -6
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- The mothers of Trayvon Martin and Jordan Davis -- two black teens both gunned down in Florida -- have announced their support for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Sybrina Fulton -- Martin's mother -- wrote an op-ed for CNN last week, citing Clinton's stances on gun control.
"She has called for key reforms -- from better training for officers to eliminating racial profiling and investing in body cameras for every police department," Fulton wrote. "She sees what I see: a criminal justice system that is not always just. A system that has contributed to creating a reality where just selling cigarettes, playing loud music, looking at a cop the wrong way or walking home from the store are now activities that can get you killed."
Fulton's son was fatally shot in 2012 by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman had called 911 and reported Martin for suspicious behavior. In an altercation with Zimmerman, Martin was shot in the chest. A jury acquitted Zimmerman of second degree murder and manslaughter the following year.
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Sybrina Fulton -- Martin's mother -- wrote an op-ed for CNN last week, citing Clinton's stances on gun control.
"She has called for key reforms -- from better training for officers to eliminating racial profiling and investing in body cameras for every police department," Fulton wrote. "She sees what I see: a criminal justice system that is not always just. A system that has contributed to creating a reality where just selling cigarettes, playing loud music, looking at a cop the wrong way or walking home from the store are now activities that can get you killed."
Fulton's son was fatally shot in 2012 by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman had called 911 and reported Martin for suspicious behavior. In an altercation with Zimmerman, Martin was shot in the chest. A jury acquitted Zimmerman of second degree murder and manslaughter the following year.
Continued at www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/01/20/Mothers-of-Trayvon-Martin-Jordan-Davis-endorse-Clinton/7911453307399/?spt=sec&or=tn .