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Death of Trayvon Martin becomes a National Concern

Trayvon Martin, 17,  was shot in Florida by a neighborhood watch volunteer. Young Martin was carrying an ice tea drink and a bag of skittles. His parents and teachers have stated that he was a good kid, who played sports and did well in school. Martin was an African American boy and the community has stated that this was an act of racial profiling. Obama stated “I think they are right to expect that all of us as Americas are going to take this with the seriousness it deserves and we will get to the bottom of exactly what happened,” he said. And he obliquely addressed the racial component of the case, saying it struck home for him because, “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon”.