Sybrina Fulton, mother of slain Miami teenager Trayvon Martin, heavily critiqued New York’s controversial Stop-and-Frisk laws in a Sunday appearance on Meet the Press. Trayvon was 17-years-old on the night of February 26, 2012 when he was gunned down by former neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, who said that the Black teen looked “suspicious” walking in a hoodie. RELATED: Judge: ‘Stop & Frisk’ Unconstitutional[1] Bloomberg Slams Federal Judge’s Ruling On NYPD’s Stop & Frisk Program[2] “We know that Trayvon Martin was profiled for something that night, on February 26, 2012, and he had broken no law,” said Martin family attorney Benjamin Crump, adding that it’s a “slippery slope” to profile our children simply because of the color of their skin. As previously reported by NewsOne,[3] U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin ruled that the New York Police Department deliberately violated the civil rights of tens of thousands of New Yorkers with its Stop-and-Frisk policy, and an ...
