Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon Martin’s Mother, Mulling Run for Office

Months after campaigning for Hillary Clinton, Trayvon Martin’s mother, Sybrina Fulton, is considering running for office herself, Miami news sources reported.

“The only thing I can do is try,” Sybrina Fulton told Miami ABC affiliate WPLG. “And, I am not afraid to try.”

Fulton spent part of 2016 campaigning for Clinton. In an op-ed she penned for CNN, Fulton explained she endorsed the former first lady because Clinton emphasized the Black Lives Matter movement and backed gun control efforts.

George Zimmerman, a former neighborhood watchman, killed Martin, Fulton’s 17-year-old son, five years ago in Sanford, Fla. A Florida jury later acquitted Zimmerman, who said he killed Martin because he felt threatened.

In Fulton’s view, more needs to be done to stop the shooting deaths of Black children. She was determined not to become a victim herself and to ensure her son did not become yet another statistic.

After Zimmerman killed Martin, Fulton became a leading voice for Black Lives Matter. She has also become a fierce advocate for the mothers of gun violence victims.

In Fulton’s new book, “Rest in Power,” she and Trayvon’s father, Tracy Martin, chronicled their journey from despair to activism, WPLG reported.

Fulton and the elder Martin also started a non-profit foundation dedicated to ending gun violence and supporting families through education and mentoring.

But in remarks earlier this month at a town hall meeting held at…

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