Go figure. "My main motivation was to make money off the
controversy," said the seller of a gun range target designed to resemble
murdered Florida teen Trayvon Martin in an email to Local 6 reporter Mike
DeForest. The seller remains
unidentified despite the correspondence.
The Orlando-based news station says it spotted an ad for the
targets — since removed — on a "popular firearms auction website."
They feature a black hoodie similar to the one worn by Martin on the night he
was shot by self-appointed neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman, along
with a drawing of a Skittles bag and a can of iced tea. The seller is reportedly a supporter of
Zimmerman who believes "he is innocent and that he shot a thug."
Zimmerman's lawyer, Mark O'Mara, rejected the support,
calling the targets "the highest level of disgust and the lowest level of
civility." He expressed concern that "this type of hatred" is
"going to make it more difficult to try this case…."
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