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Trump Holds Rally in Sanford, Florida, Home of Trayvon Martin

April Ryan
October 12, 2020

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The White House Medial Unit has given the all-clear for President Trump to travel. His first stop is familiar to Black America; Sanford, Florida.

Trayvon Martin was killed by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated community in Sanford in 2012.

April Ryan speaks with attorney Benjamin Crump, who represented the Martin family, and NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson, who blasts President Trump’s racial politics.

Click ▶️ to listen to AURN Washington Bureau Chief April Ryan’s White House Report:

Hanna Brianna, 5, holds a sign in front of her home in the Goldsboro Historical neighborhood, Saturday, July 13, 2013, in Sanford, Fla. while residents wait for word on the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. Zimmerman is charged with the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin. (AP Photo/Mike Brown)

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan