Trayvon Martin - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Trayvon Martin Index / People Transcripts David Axelrod ...I think that the next—in 2012, when the Trayvon Martin murder happened, I happened to b... ...the justice or the injustice of it. Trayvon Martin really stung him, and he, I'm sure, pu... Gregory Craig ...weren't there in that first year. Trayvon Martin [shooting] hadn't happened. Th... Kathryn Ruemmler ...is directly on point, and that is when Trayvon Martin was killed. And I remember having ... Jay Carney ...is in relationship to the shooting of Trayvon Martin . I was wondering if you could tal... Thomas Perez ...at Civil Rights was the case of Trayvon Martin . And I was wondering if you could jus... ...story of experiencing the news around Trayvon Martin 's shooting through th... ...Yeah. I had a lot of cases like Trayvon Martin that were tragic, that never shoul... ...But in the criminal context, in the Trayvon Martin case, for instance, the perpetrator wa... ...And the reality, in both Sean Bell and Trayvon Martin , notwithstanding the egregiousness o... ...what we can do, because it's terrible. Trayvon Martin should be alive. Sean Bell should b... Show more... Eric Holder ...to do with instances like the murder of Trayvon Martin . Since that's earlier, maybe we ca... ...you feel the need to respond, after the Trayvon Martin shooting? I don't know exactly when ... ...are a number of people after Trayvon Martin , as you mentioned, including th... Jennifer Palmieri ...of the president to speak about Trayvon Martin 's murder. Very big deal, yes... ...give the Newtown remarks and then the Trayvon Martin statement in the Briefing Room. Tha... Brittany Packnett ...of what he said, his remarks after Trayvon Martin was killed. Also knowing that leadin... Josh Earnest ...over time, but that was the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal—I can't remember i... ...who was prosecuted for shooting Trayvon Martin to death, was acquitted. I don'... ...awkward way for him to comment on the Trayvon Martin case was for someone to shout him ... ...president did want to weigh in on the Trayvon Martin case. Word came from the Oval Offic... ...get somebody to shout a question about Trayvon Martin ? Because the president wants to tal... ...news if he shouted a question about Trayvon Martin . It was Mike Viqueira, who at the tim... ...but if you shout a question about Trayvon Martin , the president's likely to answer it.... ...have any reaction to the ruling in the Trayvon Martin case today?” And then the presiden... ...“If you look at a picture of Trayvon Martin , if I had a son, my son would probabl... ...a son, my son would probably look like Trayvon Martin .” I think I'm getting that right. Bu... ...had prompted them to not just think of Trayvon Martin as a young African American man with ... ...a situation like the one that affected Trayvon Martin , it helped many White Americans, ... ...incident, was not just so painful to Trayvon Martin and his family, but to so many othe... ...was interested in talking about Trayvon Martin , so they were able to get that news... ...the same way that we were talking about Trayvon Martin , and the president sort of talkin... ...and the president sort of talking about Trayvon Martin looking like the son that he would hav... ...this a little bit in the context of Trayvon Martin yesterday, but the president reall... Show more... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the East Wing East Wing