Trayvon Martin was a 17 year old boy, walking to the store to get skittles and a bottle of juice for his sister in the rain. He put his hoodie up, and that signaled to George Zimmerman he might be armed. Zimmerman was a neighborhood watch patrolling the townhouse community when he came upon the unarmed young man. He shot and killed Trayvon, who had no criminal record. President Barack Obama said "If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon.” Trayvon's death began a national debate about race