Location

February 26, 2012

The Retreat at Twin Lakes

Sanford, Florida

Participants

Incident Characteristics

• Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
• Defensive Use
• Defensive Use - Stand Your Ground/Castle Doctrine established
• Notable - INCIDENTS, not notible participants
• Backfill

Notes

Zimmerman claimed DGU; arrested; released 5 hrs later. Martin unarmed; his Skittles and hoodie became visual rallying cry. Zimmerman charged w/2nd deg murder 6 weeks later amid backlash. Acquitted; didn't invoke stand-your-ground but SYG was read into jury instructions. Auctioned murder weapon for 250K in 2016.

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

• Type: 9mm

Sources

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• URL: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2112385/Family-black-teenager-shot-dead-Neighborhood-Watch-went-buy-candy-brother-demands-justice.html

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• URL: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2012/04/11/150449405/zimmerman-arrested-on-murder-charge-in-martin-case

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• URL: https://archive.ph/20120707204417/http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-03-14/news/os-trayvon-martin-shooting-death-rally-20120314_1_demand-justice-fatal-shooting-bryant

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• URL: https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887324879504578603562762064502

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• URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20140722024809/http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/07/16/3502481/juror-we-talked-stand-your-ground.html

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• URL: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36354206

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• URL: https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/crime/2012/05/15/behind-handgun-george-zimmerman-used-kill-trayvon-martin/15866725007/

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• URL: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsobserver/name/trayvon-martin-obituary?id=9293820

District

Congressional District: 7
State Senate District: 10
State House District: 36