It’s been 10 years since Trayvon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman. WMFE is going back to Sanford. What do you remember? How were you impacted? What do you hope for?
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• In Sanford, Trayvon Martin’s death resurfaced a troubled past for some of the city’s historically Black communities and reminded leaders of the urgent need to ease tensions between Black people and the law enforcement there.
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• Civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump rose to prominence back in 2012. He was contracted to represent the parents of Trayvon Martin after the 17-year-old was fatally shot walking back to his dad’s house. Crump was instrumental in galvanizing a movement to get George Zimmerman, the man who shot Martin, arrested and charged. Since then, Crump has been on what he calls “a mission” to stand up in court for mostly Black victims of unjust deadly violence.
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• WMFE’s Brendan Byrne talks with Stetson University College of Law professor Judith Scully about how Florida’s Stand Your Ground law is used and why it’s application can be problematic.
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• Sanford City Manager Norton Bonaparte, community relations and neighborhood engagement director Andrew Thomas, and police chief Cecil Smith join Intersection for a conversation about the relationship between the police and Sanford residents in the 10 years since Trayvon Martin was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer.
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• Since becoming law back in 2005, the Florida statute has remained relatively unchanged despite high-profile cases and calls to scale back and even repeal the measure that offers shooters broad legal protections in the name of self defense.
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• Trayvon Martin was killed ten years ago this month.
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• SANFORD, Fla. _ Before Trayvon Martin represented a worldwide movement, he was a 17-year-old gunned down in the dark steps from his father’s home. He was coming back from the store with Skittles and iced tea and wearing a hoodie to guard against the rain.
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