seven years ago george zimmerman was acquitted for the killing of treyvon martin and that sparked inhe world. take me through why the george zimmerman case was the catalyst that changed how alicia saw politics in her life and in the world. >> well, you know, i have been organizing for a long time now, it's been almost 20 years, and, so, i'm no stranger to police violence or police abuse. i mean, in my community, oscar grant was murdered by a police officer just a few blocks from my home, and then, of course, in addition to that, through my organizing work in san francisco there was a young man named kenneth harding who was murdered in broad daylight by police for evading a $2 fare. so that's not the surprising part. but this one really struck me because george zimmerman was not a police officer, he was a vigilante who decided that 17-year-old treyvon martin who had gone to the liquor store for snacks during a break in a football game didn't belong in the neighborhoodthat he lived in and that hit me in my gut. i have a brother who's eight years younger than me. he's six feet tall, gro

. >> we, the jury, find george zimmerman not guilty. >> reporter: the day george zimmerman was foundurdering 17-year-old trayvon martin in georgia. was that a phrase? was that just something that came pouring out? >> let me just say i'm not a big twitter user. so when i first used the words black lives matter was on facebook. >> reporter: patrisse cullors, a los angeles-based activist, was twitter savvy, added a hashtag. >> i thought it was a pound sign. she broke down what hashtags are to me, and that's how black lives matter was born. >> reporter: and now called the hashtag heard around the world, black lives matter is a worldwide phenomenon. [yelling] >> reporter: garza traces her own path of act isvism tactivism to her mother n an active suburb of san francisco. where she says being an outsider gave her a unique van tage point. >> i grew up with the ethos, you always fight for the underdog. black folks have always been working hard to get ahead, but this country wasn't working for black people and didn't plan to. >> reporter: and she credits mtv news -- >> we're finally dismantli

acquittal of george zimmerman for killing trayvon martin in sanford florida so it started there but unlike the obama administration trump has not responded them the bombing ministration came in and had federal investigations federal involvement and advocated against it even the president himself barack obama address trayvon martin said there could have been me at one point he said he could have been my son trump has denied that any of the. these issues events episodes were racist that there was any systemic racism still present and with drew in the justice department from things like consent to creese which is when the federal government says that police departments would have a pattern of inequality if unfairness harassment or killings could no longer operate on their own that they must be under the supervision of the justice department trust suspended a trance suspended lawsuits by the obama administration's justice department that said that we are suing because you are in have many people from voting so in many ways you are by the administration was moving forward as lyndon johnson's ad

matter movement. 2012, the 2013, murder of trayvon martin, the acquittal of the white vigilante george zimmermanhow you and the other women came together. that happened in sanford. i could not help but notice when president trump resumed his campaigning, what was the first place he went to? it reminded me of reagan in philadelphia, mississippi. he went to sanford, florida. to have that purse campaign rally after he was sick. that coming about together of the three of you and how you coined that term "black lives matter those quote? >> we have told the story and million times. so i want to actually talk about what are the implications of the movement that we have been so honored to be the smallest component of. number one, here we are seven years later d we are seeing a second eruption all across the globe of black lives matter. but what we're seeing this time, which i think is different than the first time around, is a couple of things. number one, we are still seeing the presence of vigilantes in addition to police and acting violence in our communities. but i think what we're seeing is the spr