Martin was killed Feb. He was returning to a gated community in the city after buying candy at a convenience store when he was shot by neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, who has not been charged in the shooting. He has said the teen attacked him and he shot him in self-defense. Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin's mother, told the crowd: "My heart is in pain, but to see the support of all of you really makes a difference.
Tracy Martin said he and his son's mother found out about the march after arriving in New York City, where they have done interviews about the case. They got in touch with the organizers to say they would attend and speak to the crowd. Trayvon, 17, was shot to death February 26 while walking in a gated community in Sanford, Florida.
George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch leader, said he shot the teen in self-defense. Getty Images. Trayvon Martin supporters block traffic as they march through Union Square on Wednesday. Many of the demonstrators wore hoodies and carried Skittles, the candy Martin left his father's fiancee' house to buy the night he was killed.
After the formal demonstration ended, the protest — buoyed in part by the Occupy Wall Street supporters angry over recent clashes with the NYPD — evolved into a general anti-police rally. Much of the anger surrounding the Martin case has shifted from the shooter to the Sanford, Florida, police department that seems to have let him off the hook. The protesters marched from Union Square to Times Square and back, where they encountered a massive police prescence, with lines of NYPD officers and barricades blocking off most of the park.
Despite the ominous and aggresives stances from both the police and the protesters, the night ended calmly with no major confrontations.
Mother Jones has a good recap of the evening , and below are some of the images captured by those on the scene.
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