Martin’s mother says fight for justice must continue as Al Sharpton makes comparison with teen lynched in Mississippi in 1955
, a community neighborhood watch member, confronted and shot him, after reporting him to authorities as a suspicious person.The shooting refocused attention on race and justice in the US, in the years leading up to the formation of the Black Lives Matter movement.: “You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is: Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.
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