two million signatures for trayvon martin
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Change.org tracks the timeline of signatures on its petition.TRANSCRIPT
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Two Million for #Trayvon
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After 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed on February 26th 2012, his parents launched a petition on Change.org demanding justice.
Trayvon’s family delivers
two million petitions
to Sanford authorities
MARCH
2012
Parents launch
Change.org petition demanding justice for son, hold press
conference calling for Zimmerman to
be prosecuted
Florida State
Attorney takes
over investigation
Petition gains
100,000 signatures
in part because major celebreties Talib
Kweli, Spike Lee and Mia Farrow urge
their Twitter followers to sign
Police release 911 tapes which go viral on social media, telling story
of Trayvon’s fear of Zimmerman
#Trayvon
trends on Twitter
FBI and Dept. of
Justice announce investigations
Obama speaks out about Trayvon Martin case,
calls it a “national tragedy”
Trayvon Martin
shot and killed
by a volunteer neighborhood
watch captain named George
Zimmerman, in a gated Sanford,
Florida subdivision
Police Chief steps down “temporarily” after Sanford City Council vote
March in New York sparks similar protests in cities
across the U.S.
Miami Heat don hoodies in
support of national outcry
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Petition crosses one million
signatures as stars Cher and
John Legend lend support