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Trayvon's mother provided additional information about her "accident" comment from earlier today, clarifying that she meant Trayvon and George crossing paths was an accident, not the shooting:
Martin's mother, Sybrine Fulton, released a statement on Thursday seeking to clarify what she had said earlier on NBC's "Today."
Earlier, Fulton had told NBC, "I believe it was an accident. I believe that it just got out of control, and he couldn't turn the clock back."
In her subsequent statement, she said her comment had been "mischaracterized."
"When I referenced the word 'accident' today with regard to Trayvon's death, in no way did I mean the shooting was an accident.
"We believe that George Zimmerman stalked my son and murdered him in cold blood," Fulton said. "The 'accident' I was referring to was the fact that George Zimmerman and my son ever crossed paths. It was an accidental encounter. If George Zimmerman hadn't gotten out of his vehicle, this entire incident would have been avoided.
"My son was profiled, followed and murdered by George Zimmerman, and there was nothing accidental about that," she said.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/12/justice/florida-teen-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
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Martin's mother, Sybrine Fulton, released a statement on Thursday seeking to clarify what she had said earlier on NBC's "Today."
Earlier, Fulton had told NBC, "I believe it was an accident. I believe that it just got out of control, and he couldn't turn the clock back."
In her subsequent statement, she said her comment had been "mischaracterized."
"When I referenced the word 'accident' today with regard to Trayvon's death, in no way did I mean the shooting was an accident.
"We believe that George Zimmerman stalked my son and murdered him in cold blood," Fulton said. "The 'accident' I was referring to was the fact that George Zimmerman and my son ever crossed paths. It was an accidental encounter. If George Zimmerman hadn't gotten out of his vehicle, this entire incident would have been avoided.
"My son was profiled, followed and murdered by George Zimmerman, and there was nothing accidental about that," she said.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/04/12/justice/florida-teen-shooting/index.html?hpt=hp_c1
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