by Alex Griswold | 4:14 pm, January 11th, 2016 Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, endorsed Hillary Clinton for president in an op-ed for CNN Monday. Fulton said the next president must continue the policies of Barack Obama. “Everything Obama has done — even common-sense reforms that a majority of gun owners agree with — will be overturned if that president is a Republican. In fact, the Republican candidates have vowed to roll back all of these sensible measures. And many of them have shown open contempt for the simple notion that Black Lives Matter.” “The rising generation of our young people need a president who will stand up to inaction from Republicans and indifference from the National Rifle Association,” Fulton writes. “I believe that person is Hillary Clinton.” “Clinton will uphold President Obama’s recent executive actions, and then she’ll go even further,” Fulton explained. “Her plan focuses on reforms that would help keep more guns out of the hands of criminals.”

Fulton met with Clinton last year when the candidate sat down with a group of mothers of young black men who had died in high profile shooting incidents. Also present at the meeting were the mothers of Tamir Rice, Michael Brown, and Jordan Davis. >>Follow Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) on Twitter Have a tip we should know? Trayvon Martin's Parents Thank Supporters on Capitol Hill The parents of a 17-year-old Florida boy whose death sparked a national outcry visited Capitol Hill Tuesday to thank those who have called attention to their son’s death. The parents of Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman last month, spoke briefly before a congressional panel. They began with a moment of silence for their son, who was killed in a gated community in Florida while returning from a convenience store. Best Pix of the Week Martin's father, Tracy Martin, thanked "everyone who is holding the legacy of Trayvon" while his mother, Sybrina Fulton, said, "Trayvon was our son, but Trayvon is your son."

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Trayvon Martin: Million Hoodie March Zimmerman, the admitted shooter, has said he acted in self-defense. He has not been arrested or charged. Trayvon Martin Attacked George Zimmerman, Report Says The incident has spawned rallies across the country from thousands who have called for Zimmerman’s arrest. uiw backpackPolice have said he acted in self defense.supreme backpack 33rd New reports that say Martin was the aggressor has been met by anger from his family. His parents say Martin is being demonized by the media because recent stories have cited how he was suspended three times the past year. Trayvon's Parents Defend Son Amid Allegations "They killed my son and now they're trying to kill his reputation," Fulton told reporters. Martin was suspended by Miami-Dade County schools because traces of marijuana were found in a plastic baggie in his book bag, family spokesman Ryan Julison said.

Martin was serving the suspension when he was shot Feb. 26. A Florida police department also said Tuesday that women's jewelry found in Trayvon Martin's school backpack last year didn't match any that had been reported stolen. The Miami Herald obtained a Miami-Dade Schools Police Department report that showed the slain teenager was suspended in October for writing obscene graffiti on a door at his high school. The report says that during a search of his backpack, security officers found jewelry and a screwdriver that they felt could be a burglary tool. Martin told them a friend had given him the jewelry, but wouldn't say who. Miami-Dade Police confirmed Tuesday that the jewelry didn't match any that had been reported stolen. Based on reporting by The Associated Press. "The case" for me is not "the case" itself – DiwataMan Martin was out of school because he was suspended for a week, and his father told the Herald that he brought him to Sanford “to disconnect and get his priorities straight.”

His father took Trayvon there[Sanford] after the junior was suspended for 10 days from Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High. The family has refused to say why Trayvon was suspended, only offering that Trayvon had violated some type of school policy. They said his act was not violent or criminal. “I wanted him to get back focused on his priorities, his goals,” Martin said of his decision to drive to Sanford with his son. “I wanted some one-on-one time.” Trayvon was under a five-day suspension when he was shot that Sunday night, but Kypriss[Michelle Kypriss, Trayvon’s English teacher at Dr. Michael M. Krop] said it was due to tardiness and not misbehavior. “Trayvon was not a violent or dangerous child. He was not known for misbehaving,” the teacher said. “He was suspended because he was late too many times.” Still, Trayvon had nonviolent behavioral issues in school, and on the day he was killed, he had been suspended for 10 days from Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School in North Miami-Dade.

“He was not suspended for something dealing with violence or anything like that. It wasn’t a crime he committed, but he was in an unauthorized area [on school property],” Martin said, declining to offer more details. Martin, 17, was suspended by Miami-Dade County schools because traces of marijuana were found in a plastic baggie in his book bag, family spokesman Ryan Julison said. In October, a school police investigator said he saw Trayvon on the school surveillance camera in an unauthorized area “hiding and being suspicious.” Then he said he saw Trayvon mark up a door with “W.T.F” — an acronym for “what the f—.” The officer said he found Trayvon the next day and went through his book bag in search of the graffiti marker. Instead the officer reported he found women’s jewelry and a screwdriver that he described as a “burglary tool,” according to a Miami-Dade Schools Police report obtained by The Miami Herald. Word of the incident came as the family’s lawyer acknowledged that the boy was suspended in February for getting caught with an empty bag with traces of marijuana, which he called “irrelevant” and an attempt to demonize a victim.

Trayvon’s backpack contained 12 pieces of jewelry, in addition to a watch and a large flathead screwdriver, according to the report, which described silver wedding bands and earrings with diamonds. Trayvon was asked if the jewelry belonged to his family or a girlfriend. “Martin replied it’s not mine. A friend gave it to me,” he responded, according to the report. Trayvon declined to name the friend. Trayvon was not disciplined because of the discovery, but was instead suspended for graffiti, according to the report. School police impounded the jewelry and sent photos of the items to detectives at Miami-Dade police for further investigation. Trayvon, who was a junior at Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, had never been arrested, police and the family have said. “Martin was suspended, warned and dismissed for the graffiti,” according to the report prepared by schools police. That suspension was followed four months later by another one in February, in which Trayvon was caught with an empty plastic bag with traces of marijuana in it.

A schools police report obtained by The Miami Herald specifies two items: a bag with marijuana residue and a “marijuana pipe.” The punishment was the third for the teen. On Monday, the family also said Trayvon had earlier been suspended for tardiness and truancy. Anyone else find it kind of funny that the Department of Juvenile Justice says Trayvon does not have a juvenile offender record yet somehow Frances Robles of the Miami Herald is able to get reports about Trayvon from the Miami-Dade Schools Police (M-DSPD)? Were the police not forwarding the information on Trayvon Martin from the school to the center? (About Miami-Dade Juvenile Services Department http://www.miamidade.gov/juvenileservices/about.asp) Oh and Trayon had never been arrested? Gee, what a coincidence, because the system is specifically set up to keep it from going down that road. Is it just a coincidence that on Feb 21 when Tracy sent Trayvon to stay with Brandy Trayvon’s cousin tweeted this?;