Trayvon Martin’s acquittal verdict birthed the Black Lives Matter movement

Evidence

I knew him as the civil rights attorney who represented the family of Trayvon Martin. When the all-white and female jury acquitted George Zimmerman after he shot and killed Martin on his way home from getting candy from the store, people took to the streets in protest and the Black Lives Matter movement was born. — Tamara Lanier, From These Roots, 672

Categorization

• XREF: Grounds Crump’s reputation and why Lanier trust him; contextual date-anchor for the case timeline.