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Trayvon Martin’s mother speaks at Baltimore church

by theGrio | May 22, 2012 at 3:12 PM
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Trayvon Martin's mother in church

Sybrina Fulton , the mother of Trayvon Martin who was killed by George Zimmerman, is hugged as her other son, Jahvaris Fulton, looks on as they attend a service at the Antioch Missionary Baptist Church for the first time since the arrest of Zimmerman on April 15, 2012 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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BALTIMORE (AP) — The mother of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin got a standing ovation before speaking to parishioners at a Baltimore church.

The Baltimore Sun reports that Sybrina Fulton spoke Sunday morning at Baltimore’s Empowerment Temple. She told the gathering that she cries and prays every day but added, “My heart is filled right now.”

Fulton told reporters that she’s making such trips not just for her son, but for other young people who might be victims of racial profiling.

Rev. Jamal-Harrison Bryant, the church’s pastor, has been at Fulton’s side since shortly after her 17-year-old son’s death in February. The shooting of the unarmed teen sparked a national outcry. Neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder and released on bond. He says he shot Martin in self-defense.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

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