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Events on Sunday 26 February 2012 1
2012Trayvon Martin shootingUnarmed teenager killed in Florida, sparking national debateTrayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old, was fatally shot by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida. The killing ignited nationwide protests over race and self-defense laws and helped catalyze the Black Lives Matter movement.