On February 26, 2012, 17-year-old Travyon Martin was killed after returning from a local 7-Eleven in Sanford, Florida. Carrying only a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea, Martin was reported to police for looking “suspicious” by 28-year-old neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman. Zimmerman, a white male with a violent criminal record, armed with a 9-millimeter handgun, pursued the young African-American student — despite being directed not to by the police dispatcher who had taken his call. He brutally killed Trayvon due to his race. Sponsored by Karen Lerner and John Moffatt