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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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300,000signatures

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Petition crosses one million

signatures as stars Cher and

John Legend lend support