The parents of Trayvon Martin felt "shock" and "disgust" when a Florida jury ruled Saturday night that George Zimmerman, 29, was found not guilty in the shooting death of their son. 
 
 "I really didn't believe that he was not guilty," Sybrina Fulton said today on "Good Morning America." "My first thought was shock, disgust." 
 
 Zimmerman had been accused of second-degree murder for shooting Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old, Feb. 26, 2012, in Sanford, Fla. He said from the beginning that he had shot Martin in self-defense, but many questioned his account of the incident. 
 
 "I think people are forgetting that Trayvon was a teenager so he probably thought as a teenager," Fulton said. "I really do believe he was afraid because he did call George Zimmerman creepy. So he was afraid and if you are 17 years old and you are afraid, you may not know what to do." 
 
 The verdict from the all-female jury of six was met with a wave of public outcry, including protest marches across the country. 
 
 "As parents understanding how they reached the verdict, I'll never grasp that concept," said Martin's father, Tracy Martin. "Just as loving parents and God-fearing people, we just continue to pray that whatever was in their heart was what they intended to do. But we didn't feel it was fair and, of course, it was devastating." 
 
 The outcry intensified two days after the verdict when a literary agency announced it was working with one of the jurors, identified only as juror B-37, on a book about her experiences on the jury. The plans for the book were scrapped later that day. 
 
 Zimmerman Juror B37 Drops Plan to Write Book 
 
 Martin's parents said today on "GMA" that they wish the members of the jury had gotten a chance to know more about their son during the trial. 
 
 "I wish they really knew Trayvon for who he was and knew that he was a kid," Martin said. "They didn't know him as a human being, a very decent human being, a fun-loving kid. He loved kids. 
 
 "I just wish they had an opportunity to really know who Trayvon was and to put that in context with what their decision was." 
 
 Zimmerman has gone into hiding since the verdict, but in an interview this week with ABC News, his parents, Gladys and Robert Zimmerman Sr., said that if they had the chance, they would tell Trayvon Martin's parents they are truly sorry about what happened the night their son fatally shot the 17 year old. 
 
 When asked whether he was comforted by the Zimmermans' apology, Martin called it a "hard and fair question." 
 
 "There's no winner in this situation," Martin said. "Obviously, we are devastated more." 
 
 "I just think that all the circumstances surrounding books being written and the mischaracterization of us as parents, I just really don't feel that it's real sincere," he said. "But we continue to pray that we'll find peace and strength to be forgiving parents." 
 
 Martin and Fulton have started a foundation named after their son and say they hope his death and the trial can serve as a catalyst to bring the country together. 
 
 Learn more about the Trayvon Martin Foundation 
 
 "I think moving forward we need to educate ourselves as a community on the gun laws, on the laws, on the statutes," Martin said. "We need to come together more as a whole, not individual people, not individual races, religions. We need to come together as God's people. 
 
 "We need to start learning each other, understanding each other. You can't just judge a book by its cover," he said. "Something is wrong in so many ways to say that someone is suspicious just because you don't know them." 
 
 Fulton says the outpouring of support the family has received shows the effect the case has had across the nation. 
 
 "It's not just about the Trayvon Martin case," Fulton said. "Now it's about your kids. It's about other kids. 
 
 "What do we tell our sons?" she said. 
 
 ABC News' Dean Schabner and Suzan Clarke contributed to this story. 

 Trayvon Martin's parents speak out: "Stunned" at verdict 
 
 (CBS News) The parents of slain Florida teen Trayvon Martin, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, spoke out for the first time since a not guilty verdict was handed down Saturday night in the trial of George Zimmerman. Zimmerman was acquitted of second degree murder and manslaughter in the 2012 shooting death of the unarmed Martin in Sanford, Fla. 
 
 "Trayvon was a fun-loving child. He was our child. We miss him dearly," Tracy Martin said Thursday on "CBS This Morning." "To have your child's life taken away from you like that, it hurts. And it's a process that will take a long time to start the recovery from." 
 
 Martin's parents attended much of the trial but were not in the court room for the verdict, and Fulton says she was "in a bit of shock" upon hearing of the not guilty verdict. 
 
 "I thought surely that he would be found guilty of second degree murder, manslaughter at the least. But I just knew that they would see that this was a teenager just trying to get home. This was no burglar. This was somebody's son that was trying to get home." 
 
 "I was stunned. Absolutely. I couldn't believe it," Fulton added. 
 
 Complete Coverage: George Zimmerman verdict 
 
 Fulton says the role of racial profiling in the death of her son is "obvious." 
 
 "We didn't know details about the case. We knew some of them but some of the details came out in the courtroom as far as previous 911 calls and I think it was obvious that it was a black person, a black young person that they were looking for. But Trayvon simply was not that person. Trayvon was not a burglar. He wasn't doing anything wrong. He simply went to the store and was headed back home. For somebody to look at him and to perceive him to be a burglar, that is the problem," she said. 
 
 Turning to so-called Juror B37, who spoke out in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper earlier this week, nd claimed that Trayvon held a significant amount of blame for the confrontation that led to his death, Fulton said "I don't think she knows Trayvon." 
 
 "Trayvon is not a confrontational person. Instead of placing the blame on the teenager, we need to place the blame on the responsible adult. There were two people involved. We had an adult who was chasing a kid and we had a kid who I feel was afraid." 
 
 The parents' attorney, Benjamin Crump, said they will consider a civil suit against Zimmerman, but did not confirm how their legal team will move forward in the months ahead. 
 
 "We'll look at all legal options. Right now, we'll ask the Department of Justice to answer ... 'Can a private citizen with a gun profile and follow our children home?'" 
 
 "We need to know because we've got to know what to tell our children," Crump said. 
 
 Fulton called on President Obama to "at the least ... investigate what happened." 
 
 "At least go through it with a fine-toothed comb and make sure all the T's were crossed and all the I's were dotted because this is sending out a terrible message to young teenagers. Trayvon was walking too slow. So should they be walking too fast? I don't think teenagers know exactly what to do now," she said. 

 Trayvon Martin's dad: Shock, disbelief over verdict 
 
 Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, the parents of Trayvon Martin, speak to TODAY's Matt Lauer about George Zimmerman's acquittal, saying "we thought in our hearts" Zimmerman would be convicted and the legal system "failed Trayvon to a certain degree." Zimmerman, who says he shot Martin in self-defense, was found not guilty of second degree murder and manslaughter Saturday.
– Trayvon Martin's parents made appearances on three of the major networks today, telling each interviewer that they were shocked by the verdict. "We felt in our hearts that we were going to get a conviction," Tracy Martin told the Today show. "We felt that the killer of our unarmed child was going to be convicted." Sybrina Fulton repeatedly stressed her son's age, saying the jury hadn't considered things from his point of view. "Trayvon is not a confrontational person," she told CBS. "Instead of placing the blame on the teenager, we need to place the blame on the responsible adult." Fulton echoed those remarks on ABC. "I think people are forgetting that Trayvon was a teenager," she said. "I really do believe he was afraid, because he did call George Zimmerman creepy. … If you are 17 and you are afraid, you may not know what to do." She also said the verdict sent a "terrible message to other little black and brown boys. They can't walk fast. They can't walk slow. So what do they do? How do they get home without people assuming you are doing something wrong?" Their lawyer, Benjamin Crump, says they're considering civil action against Zimmerman, adding, "we'll ask the Department of Justice to answer, 'Can a private citizen with a gun profile and follow our children home?'" Crump wants the White House to "at the least investigate what happened."