The story of the Trayvon Martin case

Brut America

Ten years ago, Trayvon Martin was killed for wearing a hoodie. This is the story of the case that changed the U.S. forever.

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00:00You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon.

00:23This country has done something to us that will never be repaired.

00:31This country has done something to us that will never be repaired.

00:42This guy looks like he's up to no good or he's on drugs or something.

00:46These a**holes, they always get away.

00:49Are you following him?

00:51Yeah.

00:52Okay, we don't need you to do that.

01:00He died 70 to 80 feet from the back door.

01:13He's just trying to get home.

01:21Scandals at 18! Don't shoot me!

01:31If Trayvon had been a white kid,

01:35the things that the Sanford Police Department didn't do for Trayvon,

01:41in this case, they would have did it for a white kid.

01:53Mr. Zimmerman has made the statement of self-defense.

01:58Until we can establish probable cause to dispute that,

02:04we don't have the grounds to arrest him.

02:06I'm just consumed with the fact that this guy has not been arrested,

02:11who murdered my son.

02:13So that is very difficult for me as a mother.

02:18Justice for Trayvon!

02:20No justice, no peace!

02:28No justice, no peace!

02:36I can only imagine what these parents are going through.

02:39And when I think about this boy, I think about my own kids.

02:46You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon.

02:53I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin's death

02:57as George Zimmerman was.

02:59Just because someone wears a hoodie,

03:03does not make them a hoola.

03:07These words...

03:14The question that I really would like to ask him is,

03:18if he could look into Trayvon's eyes and see how innocent he was,

03:25would he have then pulled the trigger?

03:28Or would he have just let him go on home?

03:40I feel that it was all God's plan,

03:42and for me to second-guess it or judge it...

03:45Is there anything you might do differently?

03:48No, sir.

03:55No, sir.

04:09In an immunity hearing, the judge would decide if Zimmerman

04:12is exempt from the responsibility in the shooting.

04:14In the murder trial, a jury decides.

04:18Sergeant Anthony Rimando recalled arriving minutes after Martin was shot.

04:22I breathed for Mr. Martin, or I tried to, sir.

04:37Of course we hurt him.

04:39Of course we're shocked and disappointed.

04:42But that just means that we have to roll up our sleeves

04:45and continue to fight.

04:55People all over the country will gather to show

04:58that we are not having a two- or three-day anger fit.

05:02This is a social movement for justice.

05:13When my son got shot down, I stood up.

05:16And I'm still standing.

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