Quotes About Trayvon

"You know if I had a son he'd look like Trayvon." - Obama 
“I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin’s death as George Zimmerman was.”-  Geraldo 

"I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this and that everybody pulls together federal, state, and local to figure out exactly how this tragedy happened," - Obama 

"One day I'm going to wake up to BREAKING NEWS: Zimmerman arrested 4 murdering an UNARMED teen! Justice for #TrayvonMartinNOW!!! #IBelieve"-Taraji P. Henson

Dear George Zimmerman, How were you in "fear for your life" of a 17yr old boy with a bag of Skittles, Ice-Tea & a cell phone#TrayvonMartin "-Jeanette Jenkins

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"Picking up a fresh black hoodie. This tour is dedicated to#trayvonmartin my teenage son & black youth worldwide..."-Talib Kweli Greene ‏ 

Put Your Hoods Up

A young African American man was shot. Trayvon Martin was seventeen years old, when he was shot and killed in Florida by a local watch man George Zimmerman. Zimmerman has NOT been arrested for this shooting, thanks to a section in Florida called "Stand Your Ground" In other words, this section gives people the right to shoot someone if they are feeling harassed, threatened, or in danger in any way. This case has been spreading rapidly, and people are really taking notice. The media has been updating on this story day after day and giving people more information about what happened. 

Word spread fast. Only a day after the shooting, the media released messages and information to 65,000 Twitter accounts, and 585,000 Facebook members. Trayvon has been mentioned on Twitter over 600,000 times, and that number is still growing.

Some posts about Trayvon on Twitter:

"We still live in a society were the black man is public enemy #1#TrayvonMartin"

"Gosh, if I had a son, he would look like #trayvonmartin. This makes me sad and angry. I have 10 nephews. 7 under the age of 14. Justice now!"

People are infuriated by the decision that George Zimmerman is NOT being put in jail. And the choice is making the public angry.

Even the President of the United States spoke up saying "If i had a son, he'd look like Trayvon Martin." Although Obama stepped away from the question "Should Zimmerman be put in jail" He did boldly give his regards to the Martin family.

Rest In Peace Trayvon

Disgusting, unjust, ridiculous, so many other words could be used to describe the case of Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old boy shot for simply walking home with a bag of Skittles, and accused of threatening a man.   The shooter, George Zimmerman shot Trayvon saying that he was posing a threat and he claimed the shooting was simply self defense. 


Trayvon was a 17 year old African American boy who was on his way home after stopping at the corner store after stopping to get his brother some Skittles. On his way home, he was on the phone with his girlfriend. During this time, shooter George Zimmerman made a call to the police saying that Trayvon was acting "suspicious" and also stated that Martin appeared to be on some sort of drug, or under the influence of alcohol. Zimmerman also muttered "they always get away" Zimmerman was told by the police to NOT go towards the boy, not listening to what he had been told. George approached.  Girlfriend of Trayvon says that she heard Trayvon asking "Why are you following me" followed by another voice saying "What are you doing here" Shortly after, she heard a gun shot, and the phone went dead, she called back- no answer. 


In the state of Florida it is legal to bare arms, and to shoot someone if you feeling legitamintly threatened by them. This made people mad, was he really being threatened? Or was he looking for a reason to shoot an innocent boy? This case has also been called "The gun verses Skittles" Another reason why people are believing it was unjust that Zimmerman got in no trouble for his actions, when obviously there was no immediate evidence that Trayvon was a threat to anyone.


This is a case that proves that the right to bare arms is wrong, more importantly that someone could easily find any reason to feel "threatened" by ANYONE. An innocent life taken because someone over-reacted, did not listen, and took matters into his own hands. #RIPTRAYVON 

Erase The "R" Word

"That's retarded." "You're acting retarded" These are things people say without even realizing it, and it's become so normal that no one really thinks about the true meaning of the word. Many people usually saying not trying to offend the mentally ill, but anyway you put it, it still can hurt someones feelings. There is a group of about 250,000 people who had pledged to join the "Special Olympics Campaign" And hopefully make this racial slur come to an end. There have been other efforts to get rid of the word, like in 2010 Obama's "Rosa's Law" eliminated the word in federal health, education, and laws.  In order for people to stop using this word, they need to understand the meaning and know that using in certain ways are rude and derogatory. Stop using the "R" word.