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Trayvon Martin's parents write book on 5-year anniversary
Associated Press ^ | Feb 4, 2017 11:39 AM EST | Errin Haines Whack

Posted on 02/04/2017 8:46:37 AM PST by Olog-hai

It wasn’t supposed to take Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin five years to write a book about the death of their son, Trayvon Martin. But their grief has made finding the words unbearable until now.

Martin’s parents collaborated to write “Rest In Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin,” published Tuesday by Spiegel & Grau. The book recounts the journey of two grieving parents, thrust into the spotlight by tragedy and on some days, still as close to their loss as the day he died.

“The calendar says five years, but it seems like just a few months,” Sybrina Fulton said in an interview with The Associated Press. “I know that we’re still healing.” […]

The family, which has a foundation in Trayvon’s name, has not reached out to President Donald Trump, but is open to working with the administration in their efforts, Tracy Martin said. …

(Excerpt) Read more at hosted.ap.org ...


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Cheese, Moose, Sister; Society
KEYWORDS: restinpower; sybrinafulton; tracymartin; trayvonmartin
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1 posted on 02/04/2017 8:46:37 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Will their book include how Trayvon slammed Zimmerman’s head onto the hard ground again and again and again?


2 posted on 02/04/2017 8:49:59 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain (The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
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To: Olog-hai

Think of it. 5 years without one feral, raping and killing. Wonderful


3 posted on 02/04/2017 8:50:51 AM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Do you think it is written in cursive?


4 posted on 02/04/2017 8:51:20 AM PST by River_Wrangler (Nothing difficult is ever easy!)
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To: Olog-hai

Are the crayons going to be included???


5 posted on 02/04/2017 8:51:33 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter (I held my nose, voted for Trump, then took a shower. All to defeat evil.)
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To: Olog-hai

Show me the money!


6 posted on 02/04/2017 8:51:40 AM PST by GoldenPup
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To: Ciaphas Cain

That’s as likely as being able to see Obama’s college transcripts and real approval ratings.


7 posted on 02/04/2017 8:52:15 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

I wonder who the ghost writer is?


8 posted on 02/04/2017 8:52:28 AM PST by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: Olog-hai

How cute.....they titled it after a Crip phrase.


9 posted on 02/04/2017 8:52:52 AM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Repeal & replace Obamacare, tax reform, fix infrastructure, fixin military, Israel, kill enemies)
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To: Olog-hai

Did Al Sharpton or JayZ hire somebody’s BLM niece to write this ‘book’ for them? I’m seeing lots of Ghosts doing lots of writing of fiction here.


10 posted on 02/04/2017 8:52:52 AM PST by lee martell
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To: House Atreides

Ben Rhodes, maybe? Just my first guess, of course.


11 posted on 02/04/2017 8:52:59 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Trying to milk a few more bucks out of their thug son’s corpse.


12 posted on 02/04/2017 8:52:59 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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To: Olog-hai

“Show me da money!”


13 posted on 02/04/2017 8:53:13 AM PST by Alas Babylon! (Keep fighting the Left and their Fake News!)
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To: Olog-hai

“He was a good boy that never did no harm. The racist hoodlum shot him for no good reason. De end.”


14 posted on 02/04/2017 8:53:38 AM PST by CodeToad (If it weren't for physics and law enforcement, I'd be unstoppable!)
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To: Olog-hai

I’m surprised that either can read.


15 posted on 02/04/2017 8:54:02 AM PST by blam
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To: Olog-hai

I see they made the book about themselves and not their deceased son. Kinda telling.


16 posted on 02/04/2017 8:54:14 AM PST by TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig (Repeal & replace Obamacare, tax reform, fix infrastructure, fixin military, Israel, kill enemies)
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To: Olog-hai

How long before they start selling pieces of Trayvon’s holy body?


17 posted on 02/04/2017 8:55:07 AM PST by Lexington Green (Fake News from Fake Journalists)
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To: Olog-hai

Milking the Legacy of a Thug

coming to Amazon and Barnes&Noble soon.


18 posted on 02/04/2017 8:55:19 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Monthly Donors Rock!!!)
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To: Olog-hai

Me + 10’ pole ... nope, still not making contact with it


19 posted on 02/04/2017 8:55:37 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Olog-hai

Still milking the St. Skittles story for all it’s worth......

He ended up being shot from his own stupid decision to attack an armed man and make that armed man believe he was going to kill him.


20 posted on 02/04/2017 8:56:10 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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