Source: facebook / facebook
It’s been 6 years since young king, Trayvon Martin, was shot and killed by gun-toting, wannabe cop, George Zimmerman. But with the killings of unarmed Black men by the hands of police happening everyday, the wound of Trayvon’s very public death still feels fresh.
Source: Pool / Getty
Black men being assaulted by police is an age-old American issue — but seeing the body of a 17-year old with Skittles and an Arizona lay lifelessly in the middle of the street (as the world watched) was enough to start a revolution. Thus the Black Lives Matter movement was born.
Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges related to the killing, but that hasn’t stopped the world from screaming Black Lives Matter, Sandra Bland’s life mattered, Freddie Gray’s life mattered, as well as Philando Castile’s, Eric Garner and many more. Hit the flip for powerful photos from the movement that sparked a re-examination of race and justice in America. R.I.P. young king.
R.I.P Trayvon Martin: 11 Powerful Photos From The Moment That Sparked The Black Lives Matter Movement was originally published on globalgrind.com
