Ten years ago, Trayvon Martin was killed for wearing a hoodie. This is the story of the case that changed the U.S. forever.
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00:00You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon.
00:23This country has done something to us that will never be repaired.
00:31This country has done something to us that will never be repaired.
00:42This guy looks like he's up to no good or he's on drugs or something.
00:46These a**holes, they always get away.
00:49Are you following him?
00:51Yeah.
00:52Okay, we don't need you to do that.
01:00He died 70 to 80 feet from the back door.
01:13He's just trying to get home.
01:21Scandals at 18! Don't shoot me!
01:31If Trayvon had been a white kid,
01:35the things that the Sanford Police Department didn't do for Trayvon,
01:41in this case, they would have did it for a white kid.
01:53Mr. Zimmerman has made the statement of self-defense.
01:58Until we can establish probable cause to dispute that,
02:04we don't have the grounds to arrest him.
02:06I'm just consumed with the fact that this guy has not been arrested,
02:11who murdered my son.
02:13So that is very difficult for me as a mother.
02:18Justice for Trayvon!
02:20No justice, no peace!
02:28No justice, no peace!
02:36I can only imagine what these parents are going through.
02:39And when I think about this boy, I think about my own kids.
02:46You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon.
02:53I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin's death
02:57as George Zimmerman was.
02:59Just because someone wears a hoodie,
03:03does not make them a hoola.
03:07These words...
03:14The question that I really would like to ask him is,
03:18if he could look into Trayvon's eyes and see how innocent he was,
03:25would he have then pulled the trigger?
03:28Or would he have just let him go on home?
03:40I feel that it was all God's plan,
03:42and for me to second-guess it or judge it...
03:45Is there anything you might do differently?
03:48No, sir.
03:55No, sir.
04:09In an immunity hearing, the judge would decide if Zimmerman
04:12is exempt from the responsibility in the shooting.
04:14In the murder trial, a jury decides.
04:18Sergeant Anthony Rimando recalled arriving minutes after Martin was shot.
04:22I breathed for Mr. Martin, or I tried to, sir.
04:37Of course we hurt him.
04:39Of course we're shocked and disappointed.
04:42But that just means that we have to roll up our sleeves
04:45and continue to fight.
04:55People all over the country will gather to show
04:58that we are not having a two- or three-day anger fit.
05:02This is a social movement for justice.
05:13When my son got shot down, I stood up.
05:16And I'm still standing.