Cop who brought targets that looked like Trayvon Martin to gun range fired
JUST REMEMBER BLACKS ALWAYS PULL THE RACE CARD eh?
Sgt. Ron King was leading a target practice when he asked group members if they wanted to shoot at images of the 17-year-old, who was shot and killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman.
Ron King, formerly of the Port Canaveral Police Department, was dismissed after taking a photo of Trayvon Martin to a shooting range for target practice.
A police officer accused of bringing targets resembling Trayvon Martin to a gun range has been fired.
Port Canaveral Interim Chief Executive Officer John Walsh told WFTV on Saturday that Sgt. Ron King was leading a target practice with two other Port Canaveral police officers and a civilian port employee when he pulled out the targets April 4. Walsh says King asked the group if they wanted to use the targets and they said no, telling King to put them back into his patrol car.
"Whether his act was hatred or stupidity, none is tolerable," said John Walsh. The firearms training was being held at a facility at the Brevard Community College campus in Cocoa. The officers who were participating in the training, as well as King, were on duty at the time.
"He had a target in the back of his car and offered it to two other officers with the port," Walsh said. King had been employed with the Port Canaveral Police Department since January of 2011, officials said. Port officials told WFTV King purchased the targets on the internet.
WATCH REPORT FROM NEWS 9
In a statement from Benjamin Crump, the attorney for Trayvon Martin's family, he said "Using a dead child's image as target practice is reprehensible."
Officials said King has seven days to appeal his termination.
17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman in 2012 as he walked home from a convenience store.
Port Canaveral is about 50 miles southeast of Sanford. The Trial Begins in June!
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