What is Shooting of Trayvon Martin?
[[File:Zimmerman, George - Seminole County Mug.jpg|thumb|[[Mug shot]] of the shooter, George Zimmerman.]] The '''shooting of Trayvon Martin''' was a killing which resulted in the death of a 17-year-old in [[Sanford, Florida]], [[United States]]. It happened on the night of February 26, 2012. Martin was shot by [[George Zimmerman]]. The case has been given a lot of coverage by the [[media]]. Zimmerman was declared not guilty of [[manslaughter]]. However, many people believe Zimmerman [[racial discrimination|racially discriminated]] Martin. == Shooting and trial == Trayvon Martin was [[African-American people|African American]]. He was a 17-year-old [[high school]] student at the time. Martin had been walking to his father's girlfriend's house, where he was staying. He had gone to the [[7-Eleven]] to buy a packet of [[Skittles]]. The house was in a [[gated community]]. The shooter, George Zimmerman, was the coordinator of the [[neighborhood watch]] in this community. Zimmerman is a [[mixed race]] [[Hispanic]] man. He shot Martin in the chest, killing the teenager. When he was shot, Martin had been talking on his [[mobile phone]] to his girlfriend. He was wearing a [[hoodie]]. Zimmerman had thought Martin looked [[wikt:suspicious|suspicious]]. He called the [[emergency telephone number]] (911) and the operator told him that he did not need to follow Martin. Zimmerman did anyway. People are not sure what happened after this. When [[police]] arrived at the location of the shooting, Zimmerman said that Martin had [[Punch (strike)|punched]] him in the nose and knocked him onto the pavement. Martin had not been carrying a weapon when he was shot. Police did not arrest Zimmerman until six weeks later. This was because of Florida's [[stand-your-ground law]], which allows people to shoot others in order to [[Self-defence|defend themselves]]. Zimmerman was put on [[trial]]. On July 13, 2013, a [[jury]] decided that he was not guilty of [[second-degree murder]] and [[manslaughter]]. [[Protest]]s were held in more than 100