Things about Trayvon Martin you didn’t know

By Terry Shropshire
Jul 08, 2013
12:25 pm

Despite the fact that deceased teen Trayvon Martin has cast a large shadow over the country — and has been talked about — for the better part of a year-and-a-half, especially the past three weeks, the public at large still has little idea about who the tall, gangly kid from Miami really was.

Of course, the defense, in an effort to exonerate their client George Zimmerman of second-degree murder charges in the racially-charged trial, has purposely painted a subtly negative portrait of the teen.

The family and friends who know Trayvon Martin, illuminate another side of the teen that has, mysteriously, not been played very much in public.

Let’s take a look at things about Trayvon Martin you may not know.