Black Lives Matter: The Lost Life Of Trayvon Martin

The Verdict Prompted The Black Lives Matter Movement

Just days after the verdict, President Barack Obama talked about the trial and race relations during a speech in the White House Press Room. He said he identified with the teen and that he too had endured racial profiling before he became a senator. People from more than 100 cities protested racial profiling and called for the repeal of the Stand Your Ground laws. After Zimmerman was acquitted of murder, a Facebook page inspired by the case featured the phrase “black lives matter.” It started a movement against racial profiling, racial inequality, and police brutality. The movement accelerated following the deaths of two African Americans in 2014.