'I just want to say thank you to Naomi Osaka for representing Trayvon Martin on your customized mask and also for Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor,' said Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin.
during the Western & Southern Open on Aug. 26 after the Bucks refused to take the floor for their NBA playoff game after Jacob Blake, an unarmed Black man, was shot in the back by police about 40 miles south of Milwaukee. The tennis world soon followed her lead.
Sybrina Fulton, the mother of Trayvon Martin, told Osaka she was grateful for her fight for social justice. Martin, 17, an unarmed Black teenager walking alone, was shot and killed in 2012 by George Zimmerman, a white man who was a member of a community watch group. Zimmerman, who had called the police to report Martin as suspicious, alleged he was defending himself. He was acquitted of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges.
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