Family members reflect on Trayvon Martin’s death in CBS Reports special

Saturday marks the 10th anniversary of Trayvon Martin's death. Family members, activists and others reflect Martin’s death and his impact in the one-hour CBS Reports special "Trayvon Martin: 10 Years Later," streaming on February 26, at 8 p.m. ET on the CBS News app. Mark Strassmann has a preview.
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[@jamescody774]

Didn't George Zimmerman have a trial by by a jury of his peers, wasn't there a witness that testified that he saw trayvon on top of Zimmerman beating him. Didn't the jury find George Zimmerman innocent. Enough with this b******* that Trayvon was a little innocent kid just walking and eating his Skittles

[@scarecrowmaskofear]

Crump is a chump

[@FirstLast.....]

He was a little angel who like puppies and helping old ladies cross the street.

[@chancelewis6674]

Daz Right, He Wuz going to get a paper to help the comonity my boi died doin what he wuved.

[@scarecrowmaskofear]

What a joke 🤣🤣😂

[@finchborat]

I said this a lot in 2012 and 2013 and I'm gonna say it here. Zimmerman shouldn't have followed Trayvon, but Trayvon shouldn't have attacked Zimmerman. If Trayvon just walks away and doesn't retaliate, he lives. Btw, Benjamin Crump needs to be disbarred. He tried sending an innocent man to jail. He's the lawyer version of Al Sharpton.

[@maryjohnson5079]

I can see you really HATE BLACK AMERICANS and you feel they should be killed just because they are Black Americans, because there was a recent story in the news that a White American just stabbed a cop and injured him really bad and the other cops just stood there and watched their partner get stabbed for a little bit and they finally shot the White American man in the leg,but if that was a Black American man they would have all shot him until their guns were out of bullets.

[@finchborat]

@@maryjohnson5079 I don't hate blacks. Quite the opposite actually. I love them too much to hate them. Trayvon got himself killed. He can't be compared to real victims like George Floyd and Emmett Till.

[@scarecrowmaskofear]

Your absolutely right 100 percent right. This dude makes the dreads skin crawl.

[@YAH-1]

I don't trust Trayvon's Daddy 😒👀

[@cherylhaskell9830]

Trayvon's family? Referring to his mother who could no longer cope with his chronic problems at school and problematic behaviour otherwise. Likewise, his father who left him and and another 16 year-old alone while him and his girlfriend went on an extended weekend vacation?

[@maryjohnson5079]

How do you know this, and this young man is dead for goodness sake.Why do racist people always scandalizes Black Americans who have wrongly been murdered, because George Zimmerman was no saint that guy was CRAZY 😜 and he should be in prison.The dispatcher told that idiot not to follow Trayvon.All Trayvon was doing was walking back to his dad’s house from the store from buying skiddos candy and some tea. He not deserve to be killed by CRAZY GEORGE ZIMMERMAN.

[@maryjohnson5079]

Being a Black American 🇺🇸 in this country is not a crime.(BLACK AMERICANS HAVE A TARGET 🎯 ON THEIR BACK,BECAUSE THEY ARE BLACK AMERICANS)!!

[@leveljoe]

@@maryjohnson5079 "U wanna share a .380" ...Treyvon Martin

[@finchborat]

@@maryjohnson5079 Trayvon was wrong to attack Zimmerman. Had he just kept on walking home, he lives. And drop the persecution complex.

[@pdumpsterful]

@@maryjohnson5079 he didn't deserve to be killed but you have all the evidence wrong about this case

[@gaetanomaximus8650]

Such a loss to humanity. Imagine how much more damage he could have done had he lived.

[@sean2015]

You’re not wrong. The kid was already a marijuana and lean addict by the time he was 16. AND he had intentions to pursue a flying career. Would YOU want someone like that flying you around? I sure wouldn’t.

[@dkcmusic]

George Zimmerman is still alive.

[@suzanne296]

Is he in hiding?

[@yodamane4031]

Thank God for George Zimmerman

[@SmokeyTreats]

Traygone

[@Blue2crows]

The punk would of been in prison by now.

[@nicolewinston135]

I just read a couple of these comments and I’m very disappointed. Ridiculous. These comments are ridiculous. Like Trevon Martin’s father said. This character gets to go home and go to sleep and his son had to go to a morgue. I read a reply to one of the comments. Someone said we need more people like George Zimmerman to get rid of the dope dealers. What exactly was Trayvon Martin doing? Minding his business. He only had a bag of skittles in his hand. George Zimmerman decided to pick a fight with this innocent 17-year-old young black man and of course George was losing the fight and what does he do? I was sick to my soul when I found out this man was found not guilty. Rest in power to all the fallen soldiers. Emmett Till, Breonna Taylor, Sandra Bland and many others that never made the news. Trayvon Martin just turn 17 in February. can’t believe it’s been ten years.

[@finchborat]

Trayvon Martin is no Emmett Till. Trayvon shouldn't have been followed, but he had no right to turn around and attack Zimmerman.

[@timothynguyen6190]

@@finchboratin what way is taking someone’s life away JUSTIFIED? so if you got punched in the face, you just shoot the other person? unbelievable

[@finchborat]

@@timothynguyen6190 If your life is on the line, are gonna let that person take your life away? There's nothing wrong with defending yourself. If you think Zimmerman and, in 2021, Kyle Rittenhouse should've been locked up for defending themselves, you're not for social justice. You're for social injustice.

[@timothynguyen6190]

@@finchborat Trayvon isn’t alive to speak on what happened, so that alone is going to give Zimmerman more power to change the story. Let’s be honest. Not saying it’s what happened but if only one person is left in the situation, then who else does the jury hear?

[@finchborat]

@@timothynguyen6190 Had Trayvon lived, he would've been locked up for attacking Zimmerman.

[@pdumpsterful]

The trayvon hoax

[@pdumpsterful]

Still race hustling

[@imthebadguy3225]

That photo was taken before he hit puberty.

[@pdumpsterful]

Please stop with the fake news

[@charityboat4548]

What part of (we don't need you to follow him! ) did George Zimmermam not understand?

[@leveljoe]

"U wanna share a .380" ...Treyvon Martin

[@pdumpsterful]

He obeyed the command not to follow

[@pdumpsterful]

This is where the fake news enters the conversation. Zimmerman stopped following Trayvon when he was told to. Trayvon went back to confront Zimmerman and then he attacked him.

[@pdumpsterful]

Why do they keep showing boyhood pics of Trayvon? Isnt using the most recent available pic standard practice?

[@ButterCookie1984]

Actors, stage props, and scripts

[@MrTee12]

Trayvon Martin had the same right as SELF-DEFENSE/PRESERVATION as the other 17yr old teen from Kenosha. Zimmerboy was the Aggressor "who was so scared" he got out of his car after ignoring 911 directions so he could approach an unarmed minor who was just walking home.

[@KingAsaYah]

@John Stevens what evidence showed that ? That’s what Zimboy the aggressor said, and look at how many times he has been attested for assault since killing Travon. That’s who white society supports

[@KingAsaYah]

@Hunter Bidens Laptop 💻 That’s why nobody cares when anybody gets killed, this society has been De-humanized Civil War & WW3 is the future.

[@MrTee12]

@John Stevens So if your 17yr son is walking home (to you) and some strange man is following him in a truck (while armed)...gets out of the vehicle and engages with your son...Your son has NO RIGHT TO DEFEND HIMSELF???? 🤔

[@finchborat]

In this case, Zimmerman, not Trayvon, plays the part of Kyle Rittenhouse. Some iffy decisions at the beginning, but wrongfully attacked and rightfully shot the attacker(s).

[@pdumpsterful]

@@MrTee12 you can defend yourself but you got the facts of this case all wrong

[@maybates2986]

FREEMASONRY HIS DAD LEVEL UP CONGRATS SAD YOUR SON HAD TO PAY THE PRICE

[@lynelljones2375]

And 10 years later, we still have sooo much more work to do. It keeps piling on, but each one of us can play a small part to get the task done.

[@borood1188]

Yeah, stop acting like animals already. It’s been like 500 years in civilization

[@borood1188]

@John Stevens No, he would have been killed by another black

[@nicolewinston135]

@John Stevens get your facts straight. George actually attacked him. He started to follow Trayvon

[@pdumpsterful]

I agree there is more work to do. Start teaching children how to behave and how to interact with others and not resort to violence

[@pdumpsterful]

@@nicolewinston135 you have your facts wrong. The media is mostly to blame for showing fake news

[@Kingofthepeople]

Trayvon Martin deserves Justice. That devil Zimmerman deserves to be in prison for life!

[@timothynguyen6190]

the comments are so disturbing, RIP TRAYVON

[@pdumpsterful]

The trayvon hoax

[@tao265]

Trayvon who?

[@zflynn2]

Good one. But the reality is Trayvon will be long remembered while you will always be another totally ignored loser. And all your racism and bigotry will never change that fact.

[@yodamane4031]

I think he was a Drill rapper 🤣😂😂😆😂😆😆 we wuz kangz and 💩

[@leveljoe]

@@zflynn2 This is how I will remember him... "U wanna share a .380" ...Treyvon Martin

[@laureltown9929]

I never understood how Zimmerman got away with killing Trayvon Martin. It was heart breaking. 😪💔

[@ScarlettM]

Because when someone is sitting on top of you, slamming your head into concrete, it's self-defense to shoot them, no matter the age or gender or race.

[@zflynn2]

Good old fashioned racism, that's how. It's the most treasured family value of way too many halfwits inAmerica.

[@yodamane4031]

The trial was a sham . Fake witness testimonials .

[@thepeeps8248]

How was it racist? Simply because Trayvon Martin was Black it's automatically labelled racist. A remember Zimmerman was only half White

[@finchborat]

@@zflynn2 It wasn't racism. More like self-defense.

[@maryjohnson5079]

Its been ten years and we are still in unfairness when it comes to justice for Black Americans in this country.As Martin Luther king would say (WE SHALL OVERCOME)✝️🙏🇺🇸

[@finchborat]

Trayvon Martin was a fake victim who wrongfully attacked an armed man. Btw, you apparently forgot that George Floyd's killers, Kim Potter, and Botham Jean's killer are all in prison. Justice does exist.

[@imthebadguy3225]

Go mug someone.

[@pdumpsterful]

Justice was served! Unfortunately Trayvon got killed

[@maryjohnson5079]

@@pdumpsterful no justice was not served, because Zimmerman should have went to prison , because Trayvon was protecting himself from CRAZY ZIMMERMAN who should have not be following him in the first place.Just because Trayvon was a young Black American walking back to his father’s house dose not make him a criminal .Will you please tell me why is it being a Black American 🇺🇸 in this country is a crime.

[@pdumpsterful]

@@maryjohnson5079 it's not a crime to be a black American. ( and thank you for saying black American and not African/American. Black Americans are not from Africa). You have to look at the evidence in this case and the media does not give all the pertinent information. Zimmerman saw someone that was acting suspicious so he called non emergency and when Zimmerman said "he ran " that's when Zimmerman exited his vehicle. The dispatcher said not to follow and Zimmerman complied. After Trayvon ran away he went back to confront Zimmerman and then he attacked him. If you follow the evidence you will find the truth. Trayvon attacked Zimmerman so viciously that Zimmerman had to shoot. This had nothing to do with Trayvon being black