Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude Home Latest Entertainment The Culture The Root 100 The Root 100 2025 The Root Institute Opinion Home Latest Entertainment The Culture The Root 100 The Root 100 2025 The Root Institute Opinion Criminal Justice , Law Enforcement , Law Enforcement , News , Police Brutality , Police Brutality , Race Matters Trayvon Martin and Other Black People Who Were Unjustly Killed in America 14 years after Trayvon Martin was killed, these other Black men and women were also murdered in shocking similarity. Black Lives Matter street sign depicting injustice and names of people killed by Police Brutality, New York City. (Photo by: Joan Slatkin/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) Over 14 years have passed since 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was gunned down in his own neighborhood in Florida. But while his tragic killing sparked a world-wide movement to protect young Black men and women, we’d be lying if we said there haven’t been other Trayvon Martins, whose murders continue to haunt the Black community. To view this video please by police, while in custody or simply for the color of their skin. Now, we honoring the
