Trayvon Martin is a victim. No matter how you slice the pie. When his parents Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton said their final good-byes to their son at a Miami church on March 12, 2012, there was no doubt that he was the victim not the victor in the struggle with shooter George Zimmerman in Sanford, Fla., on Feb. 26, 2012.
Now Americans are waiting, many skeptical, to see if Zimmerman will be arrested or if the self-defense claim will stand.
Here are five other senseless killings of black men that made national headlines.
