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Trayvon Martin's parents planning book
United Press International ^ | December 13, 2013

Posted on 12/14/2013 9:18:01 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Trayvon Martin's parents are working on a book about the killing of their son and the trial and acquittal in Florida of George Zimmerman, publishers say. Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin met with publishers to discuss the book, the New York Times reported Friday. Publishing executives said the couple talked about the role of race in the killing and religion in their lives.

Trayvon was 17 and walking to a relative's house when he encountered Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer, in a gated community in Sanford, Fla. The teenager was unarmed but Zimmerman's attorneys argued he jumped Zimmerman, who fired in self-defense.

Jan Miller, Fulton's and Martin's literary agent, joined the couple for the meetings, the executives told the Times.

While little attention was paid to the shooting immediately after Trayvon was killed in February 2012, the news media began covering it when his family questioned the police decision to release Zimmerman without charges. Zimmerman's trial this year received national and international attention.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: publishing; sybrinafulton; trayvon; zimmerman
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When does the "Kill Zimmerman" video game come out?
1 posted on 12/14/2013 9:18:01 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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Will it be written at 4th grade reading level?


2 posted on 12/14/2013 9:20:27 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
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Hopefully, the book isn't about effective parenting !!


3 posted on 12/14/2013 9:20:29 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Included on the back page: A recipe to make purple drank! (Codeine cough syrup, sprite, and Skittles)


4 posted on 12/14/2013 9:21:36 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Governor Sarah Heath Palin for President of the United States in 2016)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The title is “Too Bad We Didn’t Parent Trayvon Properly”.


5 posted on 12/14/2013 9:21:50 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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Effective parents would have missed their child within hours , not 2 days later
6 posted on 12/14/2013 9:21:53 AM PST by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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Please, NOBODY buy this book of fiction when it comes out.


7 posted on 12/14/2013 9:22:52 AM PST by House Atreides
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Bet it won’t be in cursive.


8 posted on 12/14/2013 9:23:26 AM PST by humblegunner
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To: Conspiracy Guy

It will be in crayon with the Rs backwards.


9 posted on 12/14/2013 9:23:40 AM PST by EEGator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; Revolting cat!
Colored?


10 posted on 12/14/2013 9:24:02 AM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Gotta keep those bucks rolling in. Never let a good “crisis” go to waste.


11 posted on 12/14/2013 9:24:04 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Trust No One.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Crayons included at no extra charge!


12 posted on 12/14/2013 9:24:55 AM PST by Wordkraft (Remember who the Collaborators are.)
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It could become a lucrative racket. Think of all of the inner city schools and public libraries that would stock it for the children.

50 states. Thousands of districts. Ka-ching.

13 posted on 12/14/2013 9:25:03 AM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: EEGator

Will it have those popup 3D pictures?


14 posted on 12/14/2013 9:25:20 AM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Did the ancients know they were ancients? Or did they see themselves as presents?)
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

BTTT


15 posted on 12/14/2013 9:25:30 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Instead of writing a book together, why don’t they just get married and have another little Trayvon together?


16 posted on 12/14/2013 9:26:12 AM PST by equaviator (There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy; Revolting cat!
Will it be written at 4th grade reading level?

It WON'T be written in cursive, that's for sure.

17 posted on 12/14/2013 9:26:21 AM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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A book on this lowlife predator?


18 posted on 12/14/2013 9:26:33 AM PST by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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Required reading in every grade of public school, under threat of getting fired for racism.


19 posted on 12/14/2013 9:26:42 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: humblegunner

Beat me to it.


20 posted on 12/14/2013 9:27:03 AM PST by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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