07-18-2013, 01:37 PM
^ I don't know if most blacks are like that, but the ones who are like that are the ones who get the most focus and attention.
Anyway, Trayvon Martin's parents spoke out about the verdict this morning. I feel for them losing their son, no matter what happened that night and why.
On NBC’s “Today” show, Sybrina Fulton questioned whether jurors looked at the shooting from her son’s point of view.
“He was a teenager. He was scared. He did run,” Fulton said, who added that she believes the justice system failed her son.
“We didn’t get the verdict we wanted because we wanted him to be (held) accountable.”
“We felt in our hearts that we were going to get a conviction,” Tracy Martin (Trayvon's father) said. “We felt that the killer of our unarmed child was going to be convicted of the crime he committed.”
On ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Tracy Martin said he felt the jury did not get a chance to get to know the teen. “They didn’t know him as a human being,” he said.
Martin’s parents said they still believe Zimmerman, who identifies himself as Hispanic, racially profiled their son.
“Obviously, any time you have a person that makes an assumption that a person is up to no good, that’s some kind of profiling,” Martin said. “Was he racially profiled? I think if Trayvon had been white, this never would have happened.”
Anyway, Trayvon Martin's parents spoke out about the verdict this morning. I feel for them losing their son, no matter what happened that night and why.
On NBC’s “Today” show, Sybrina Fulton questioned whether jurors looked at the shooting from her son’s point of view.
“He was a teenager. He was scared. He did run,” Fulton said, who added that she believes the justice system failed her son.
“We didn’t get the verdict we wanted because we wanted him to be (held) accountable.”
“We felt in our hearts that we were going to get a conviction,” Tracy Martin (Trayvon's father) said. “We felt that the killer of our unarmed child was going to be convicted of the crime he committed.”
On ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Tracy Martin said he felt the jury did not get a chance to get to know the teen. “They didn’t know him as a human being,” he said.
Martin’s parents said they still believe Zimmerman, who identifies himself as Hispanic, racially profiled their son.
“Obviously, any time you have a person that makes an assumption that a person is up to no good, that’s some kind of profiling,” Martin said. “Was he racially profiled? I think if Trayvon had been white, this never would have happened.”