. >> reporter: it's been a decade since trayvon martin was shot and killed by george zimmerman afterarmed teenager was on his way to his father's home with skittles and iced tea ready to take in the nba game. the naked watchman called 911. zimmerman would later argue that he fought zimmerman in self-defense. and his acquittal sparked a berth of a new social justice movement. the catalyst of killing of 14-year-old emmett till in the 1950s. >> i am trayvon martin! >> my son is in heaven. my son is resting in power. my son is the voice and sometimes the face for so many other trayvon martins that you don't know. >> reporter: at a ten-year anniversary rally in south florida this month, trayvon martin's parents said the work must continue to achieve equality and social justice. >> it's a tough moment but it's a needed moment because it's going to take all of us to maintain. >> what do we want! >> justice! >> we just want to send a clear message that he had a right to walk in peace without being chased, profiled or murdered. >> reporter: ten years later, the black lives matter protests evo

ben, do you feel any words or george zimmerman's defamation suits against the parents of jay von? the judge threw out zimmerman's defamation lawsuit, going to sue the parents for defamation, for calling him what he did. he killed their son. >> reverend al, you think about the irony of it on the week leading into the ten-year that raced the consciousness level, raised awareness of black lives matter, and obviously you and i have led the effort. i believe in doing that this week will bring more attention to the trayvon martin, and we're going to think about the convictions of derek chauvin, think about kim bodder and daunte wright, and we're going to remember trayvon martin. even though there was no conviction, it's his legacy ha hung large over all of those trials. we can never forget trayvon martin. >> as you said, you and i were involved -- there was no convention, they didn't even want to arrest george zimmerman. we had to fight to even get a trial. before we wrap up here, the prosecution has rested in the trial of three former minneapolis police officers that served under derek

sanford, florida, when he was shot to death during a fight with neighborhood watch volunteer, george zimmermanrtin wasn't armed. zimmerman was found not guilty, the jury agreeing he acted in self-defense. today his mother joined reverend al sharpton and new york mayor eric adams, as the city remembered the anniversary of martin's death. she urged people who want justice for her family to keep fighting. >> we have to continue to hold people accountable for killing our loved ones. we have to continue to support our children, our families. we have to continue. we can't give up. we come too far. thank you. >> former president obama also looking back on the death of trayvon martin. the case inspired mr. obama to create my brother's keeper, a community-based alliance with a mission to ensure all young people of color can reach their full potential. obama talked about how he saw himself and his children in the face of trayvon martin. >> trayvon martin wasn't so different from me. he looked like i did at the age of 15, 16, 17. even living in a relatively hospitable place like hawaii, there were many t

>> 10 years ago this month martin was killed by george zimmerman in a florida assessment complex." the next day i interviewed him in person in miami for another column. that's when i first noticed in fulton what i would see as the vasalations between crying, when all they really wanted to do was go home and grieve. as tamir rice's mother told me when i interviewed her, i'm tired and i'm overwhelmed and i just want to go to bed. and another said, all i want to do is just shut my door and cover up and never open it again. these were the women with tears on their cheeks but still in their spines insisting that the world register the magnitude of what had been done. when george zimmerman was found not guilty of murdering martin, the hashtag and the movement black lives matter was born. and it is all because of his mother. her fortitude and determination made it possible. as in till's case, martin's killer was not convicted. something about both cases struck like a bell in america. >> we are trayvon! >> trayvon had not sur vide his encounter, but his legacy survived in rallying cries a

he was shot by george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, who was 28. >> the pain is still fresh. the hurt is still fresh. the disappointment and sadness is still fresh. so it seems like it happened recently, and i have to remind myself that it's been 10 years. >> black lives matter! >> black lives matter! >> black lives matter! >> reporter: where are the clothes that he was wearing that night? >> it took me three years to donate the items to the african american museum in d.c. >> reporter: the smithsonian. >> the smithsonian. it's on display now. his hoodie is there with a hole in his heart. his pants, his shoes, his cell phone, the drink, the candy. and then his flight suit, because he was interested in becoming an aviation mechanic. and he was interested in flying the planes. i felt that i gave my son to the world. who am i to keep the clothes? >> o'donnell: and you can watch gayle's powerful one-hour special "trayvon martin: 10 years later" premiering tomorrow night on the cbs news streaming network and the smithsonian channel. and monday night on bet, and streaming on paramo

george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, was arrested. he claimed self defense in the trial despite martin being unharmed. zimmerman was eventually acquitted. the shooting led to protests around the country that continued for months. are still ahead how bay area lawmakers and nonprofits are showing their solidarity with ukraine and the fundraising efforts for humanitarian aid. plus see black college expo back in oakland today, details on the millions of dollars offered scholarships, along with acceptance offers given out on the spot. okay so we have been unseasonably cold for several days and now and seasonably warm up pinpoint which today will be the warmest coming up as a news continues. right here on fox two. and now most admired alum! get up there. this is so embarrassing. there's no way it's me. you know her.... you love her.... ruh roh. what are you doing here? it's anna gomez! who? our first gigillionaire! with at&t fiber, anna's got the fastest internet with hyper-gig speeds. i didn't know you went to this school. we have a lot in

years since 17- year-old trayvon martin was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer george zimmerman. he was later found not guilty of second-degree murder. today, former president barack obama released this tribute: >> the perceptions of me as a young person weren't so different than the perceptions of trayvon. >> diaz: tonight, gayle king explores the legacy and impact of trayvon martin's death in a cbs reports special "trayvon martin: 10 years later." it premieres at 8:00 p.m. eastern on the cbs streaming network and the smithsonian channel. you can also watch it monday on bet, at 8:00 p.m. eastern. straight ahead on the "cbs weekend news," a historic nomination to the supreme court, and the women who helped make it happen. and later, little town, big sales. how one auto dealers is navigating changing times. es. ac) i've made progress with my mental health. so when i started having unintentional body movements called tardive dyskinesia... i ignored them. but when the twitching and jerking in my face and hands affected my day to day... i finally had to say, 'it's not ok.' it was ti

be back on saturday. 10 years to the day on the 17 year old treyvon, martin was gone down by george zimmerman who was later acquitted smoking mass protest and the beginning of the black lives matter movement. until then, he would talk to a social media and let us know what you think there will be now a full scale war in europe. ah, russia official recognition of the against people's republics as independent states formally puts to an end what was known as the means piece process. this recognition also creates a new political fact on the ground. and there is nothing nato can do about it. either financial, a like a central bank support dot com is going to call them right now. they stopped a i was thinking, somehow i had to come back because mom was waiting. ah, i just knew that everything would be fine. for some reason we were so confident because we were going to get married officially after he came back. how could he not come back? because the mere thought of it never crossed her mind. the militants decided to try and break through. i heard you guinea ab screaming grenade, google who makes bl

back on saturday, 10 years to the day, unarmed, 17 year old treyvon martin was gone down by george zimmerman who was later acquitted smoking mass protests in the beginning of the black lives matter movement until then he would touch fire all our social media, let us know whether you think there will be now a full scale war in europe. with a to see how it becomes the answer to an engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves will to part, we choose to look for common ground. russia's official recognition of the dullness in logan's people's republics. as independent states formerly puts to an end what was known as the men's peace process. this recognition also creates a new political fact on the ground, and there is nothing nato can do about it. ah don vasily to say ukrainian forces have stepped up cross border shell fire in the wake of russia's recognition of the new republics. and the head of the don, yes, peoples republic deny is western reports of russian troops entering the area while saying they could be brought in, if indeed, that conflict escalates other western powers at r

. >> by the time he was a national discussion and there was this outcry over george zimmerman's verdictad already throne my own experiences and research and come to the conclusion that hey, i can not live here. i can't keith deal with this racism and it was something that i was trying to get myself and help other people understand. but in that era, people are not taupe the idea that racism was a problem, right? the trayvon martin verdict forced people to grapple with the reality that they were look agent a child. and his murder not facing any charges. >> it appeared what you health all day long. >> >> you make the decision that you have to leave. but i'm curious, what would you worry what have happened if you stayed? >> at the timing i decided i could no los angeleser stay. my family financially we were just really struggling to get by. and my mother purchase add home which is the only home she could afford. and there were many times i walked down the trees. and they were -- to the men up and down the street. but they're on drugs. so quite frankly, literally, i was on frank seven. i cou

george zimmerman claimed he acted in self-defense during a confrontation in florida. on her son's passing. >> today is a bittersweet day. i thank god for all the trayvon martin that you don't know. all the young ladies who have been shot and killed in our black and brown boys who have been shot and killed, and you don't know their names. thank you, for standing up for them. >> the room and was later charged with second-degree murder but a jury found him not guilty. >>> a new mural on our san francisco's first black firefighter from 1955 to 1983, earl gage jr. was with the department, the only person of color within san francisco's fire department for more than 10 years. gage died in 2017, at the the r fillmore district at rosa parks elementary school. >>> coming up, the northern california father holding out hope, desperate to contact his son in ukraine. >> the search for the suspect behind a covid test heist. the man accused of swiping more than $1 million worth of tests. >>> let's give you a live look at you have, ukraine, people in the bay area and across northern

that evening he was gunned down by george zimmerman.his month. let's take a look at what happened in the decade since his death. george zimmerman auctioned the gun he used to shoot the 17-year-old, and brought a frivolous lawsuit against trayvon's parents for $100 million which the judge tossed out last week. the harming of black bodies continued. 12-year-old that tamir rice, sandra bland, la tatiana jecherson, daunte wright, breonna taylor, philando castile. eric garner, michael brown, george floyd and ahmaud arbery. as you know, this list is in no way comprehensive and sadly, it continues to grow, and although moments of accountability are few and far between, they offer glimmers of home. yes, it's true, just this week, three officers were found guilty of violating george floyd's civil rights by a federal jury. another federal jury found ahmaud arbery's, they will always dream of a future never realized and envision the life their loved one never got to live. the matriarch of this latest wave of the mothers of the movement, mrs. sabri

kyle rittenhouse, george zimmerman, all claimed self-defense in their trial.d not only call those murders justified but prohibit police from even detaining those suspected of violence, as long as they claim self-defense. it's being dubbed by opponents as the make murder legal act, by putting the burden of proof on prosecutors to disprove self-defense claims, something difficult to do where the only witness could be the person who was killed. joining me now is britney cunningham and paul butler, former federal prosecutor. let me read a little bit of this law, which perhaps appropriately is bill number 666. l number 666 a p >> as expected, mark mccloskey praised the bill. it means he and his wife could have been in their slippers and shoot every black lives matter person who walked by legally and not be detained. britney, as somebody who has been out there in the streets protesting, taking that risk for yourself, what would this kind of a law mean to people who want to march for justice and what does it mean in your view, particularly for black people of missour

the unarmed black teen was shot by george zimmerman while he walked in a florida neighborhood on this day in 2012, martin's mother spoke to supporters today in new york city. >> all the young ladies who have been stopping keel black and brown boys who have been shot and kill you. you don't know their names. thank you for standing up for thank you for praying for thank you for supporting them. they need you. >> zimmerman was a neighborhood watch captain when he spotted martin and was told by 9-1-1, dispatcher to back off. instead he got into an altercation with the 17 year-old and killed him. the acquittal of zimmerman sparked protests and fueled the black lives matter movement. >> he's big congresswoman barbara lee winning and indeed, naacp image award for her documentary titled barber lee speaking truth to power. the project featured interviews with activists, politicians and even family members who paint a picture of the congresswoman story as one of the highest-ranking african-american women in the united states. congress. it's part of the statement. representative lee said that sh

george zimmerman shot and killed zimmerman back in 2012.ious walking from a convenience store with an iced tea and a bag of skittles in his hand. in the years following martin's death, his family have become vocal leaders in the anti-violence movement. >>> some noisy protests against covid-19 restriction are moving across canada and police in vancouver say they arrested five people there yesterday. >> in the capitol, demonstrators have shut down neighborhoods, residents are frustrated with that. cnn's paula newton reports from ottawa. [ horns honking ] >> reporter: the sound is deafening and yet protesters are demanding to be heard. all day long and at all hours of the night, those with the so-called freedom convoy say that they're staying put until vaccine mandates are dropped, the masks come off, and life returns to the way it was. >> this whole event has gone beyond just vaccines and it is now about the entire ordeal. >> we're asking for our freedom. that's all we want. >> reporter: so they've been free. free to park big rigs right next

i'll have ben crump on this weekend on "politics nation" to talk about no-knock law as well as george zimmerman's lawsuit against trayvon martin's parents has been thrown out as well as the federal civil rights trials of both the arbery case and the case of george floyd. so a lot to talk about this weekend. >> a lot. can't wait. thanks for watching this week. thank you, as always, for your patience. chris jansing picks up the coverage right now. >> hi, there. i'm chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters here in new york city. it is friday, february 18th. we have got a lot to get to. we're following the ruling that dealt a massive blow to former president trump. what's next after a judge ordered him and two of his adult children to be questioned under oath by the new york attorney general. plus, in just one hour, sentencing for former minneapolis police officer kim potter will begin after she was convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of donte wright. will it be prison or probation? we'll take you live outside the courthouse. >>> also this morning, a fallout after young skater falls apart

the unarmed black teen was shot by george zimmerman for just walking in a florida neighborhood on thisin 2012, the acquittal of zimmerman sparked protests and fuel the black lives matter movement. martin's mother spoke to supporters today in new york city. >> black and brown boys who have been shot q a you don't know their names. thank you for standing up for thank you for praying for thank you for supporting them. they need you. >> zimmerman was a neighborhood watch captain when he spotted martin and was told by a 9-1-1 dispatcher to back off. but instead he got into an altercation but the 17 year-old and killed him. back now to the bay area. nascar grand would have turned 36 years old this weekend and now 13 years after his death, the city of oakland is remembering him by officially making february 27th oscar grant day grant died back in 2009, a new year's day after being fatally shot on the fruitvale bart platform by a bart police officer. today, the oscar grant foundation hosted an event in front of oakland city hall to celebrate the recognition of the stay, which was spearheaded b

time the shooting of treyvon martin was a national discussion and there was this outcry over george zimmerman'salready, through my own experiences and research, come to the conclusion that, look, i cannot live here, i cannot deal with this racism, and it was something i was trying to naughting navigate for myself and help other people understand. in that era, people were not open to the idea racism was a problem. the treyvon martin murder and verdict forced people to grapple with the reality they were looking at a child being killed and subsequently his murderer not facing any charges. for me, it was truly heartbreaking but simultaneously affirmed what i had known for so long, and it felt for other people to see and come to the same conclusion. >> reporter: you made the decision to leave. what did you worry would have happened if you stayed? >> at the time i explicitly decided i can no longer stay, my family financially, we were just really struggling to get by, and my mother purchased a home, the only home she could afford in this impoverished crime-filled area. many times i walked down the st

. >> trayvon martin was just 17 years old when he was confronted by george zimmerman, a neighborhood was shot dead zimmerman argued self-defense, and the jury found him not guilty it marked the beginning of the black lives matter movement, the hashtag appeared on social media, for the first time after zimmerman's acquittal. giving rise to a new generation of activists like phillip agnew. >> what did that moment do for you? >> it was an alarm clock people just couldn't take it anymore. >> in 2012, martin's death shocked him into action. he started organizing with friends, a three-day march across florida a sit-in at the state capital. >> before trayvon martin's death, did you consider yourself an activist. >> i considered myself an activist in my free time and it didn't become a essential part of who i identified myself as until 2012, it drated organizers, it created organizers, it created activists not just in the united states but around the world. >> since then, year after year, more names and more mothers left to grieve. sabrina found a circle of mothers and stands as a living exa

. >> reporter: george zimmerman the man who killed your son was acquitted in that murder trial.n martin was. we never remember the person who did these terrible things. we always remember the person that was shot and killed. if i asked 100 people right now who shot and killed dr. king they would not know. but they remember dr. king. >> you write in your essay we're at a turning point. that things are changing. are you hopeful after seeing protests over the last couple of years? >> i absolutely think that change is happening. it's just going a little slow. when i look at the case of george floyd and i look at the case of ahmaud arbery and the people killed them were convicted and that they are going to be going to jail for the rest of their lives, but we had to lose lives in order to get to that point and that's the part that i feel like we take two steps forward and two steps back, because why did we have to lose those lives in order for us to move the country forward? >> reporter: fulton now using her voice to continue the conversation and help support families who have lost ch

the unarmed black teenager was shot by george zimmerman for walking in a florida neighborhood on thisto supporters in harlem, new york city this weekend. >> all the young ladies who have been stopping keel black and brown boys who have been shot in q a you don't know their names. thank you for standing up for thank you for praying for thank you for supporting them. they need you. >> zimmerman was a neighborhood watch captain when he spotted martin and was told by a 9-1-1 dispatcher to back off. instead he got into an altercation with the 17 year-old and killed him. the acquittal of zimmerman sparked protests and fueled the black lives matter movement. many years ago. east bay congresswoman barbara lee one an naacp image award for her documentary. barb really speaking truth to power. >> the project features interviews with activists, politicians and family members who paint a picture of representative lee story as one of the highest-ranking african-american women in the united states congress in a state that representative lee says she is very grateful that the naacp image awards commi

i'll have ben crump on this weekend on "politics nation" to talk about no-knock law as well as george zimmerman's week. thank you, as always, for your patience. chris jansing picks up the coverage

of the killing of trayvon martin, and as you remember we had to march and fight to even get george zimmermaned. ten years later as his mother comes to join us in new york at the national action network, ten years later we can say we have two federal conviction and i must give credit to christian clark and the civil rights division of the justice department for going after both of these cases aggressively. >> rev, you've been fighting for change for so many years now, and this is a positive development that these officers who were complicit or killed george floyd, they were convicted by a jury of their peers. it is not change at the federal level to the laws. do you think the biden administration is doing enough to implement concrete change to the legal code of the nation so that these abuses happen less frequently? >> i would like to see them do more. i would like to see them aggressively go after the george floyd policing act. we have now seen in court with these convictions, both on a state and federal level, finally we can get some convictions. but we can't go on a case-by-case basis. we

zimmerman, also, testified that he was not told by chauvin that he was kneeling on george floyd's neckum, we now know from video that floyd's killing -- of floyd's killing that chauvin knelt on floyd's neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds. joining me now, george floyd's aunt, and author of "lift your voice, how my nephew george floyd's murder changed the world." we are so happy to have you here. thank you so much for joining us. how you doing? >> thank you. i am doing good. >> you know, it is incredible, angela, if i may call you that. to think that any police officer would not share key details to their colleagues about what happened at the scene of your nephew's killing. you must be outraged by this testimony. >> yeah, because it's -- it -- it says coverup. and it was something they obvious was trying to hide and they didn't want the -- the people that should have known, known about -- should know about it. so, if they didn't say anything, it's because they didn't want people to know. >> you know, this trial has had several prosecution witnesses testify that officers had a duty to in