Trayvon Martin Day was canceled at a Pittsburgh high school after parents became upset that their kids were being encouraged to wear hoodies to school.
Martin was fatally shot in a Florida neighborhood in February 2012 by George Zimmerman. Zimmerman later went on trial but was acquitted of criminal charges in the case. The Department of Justice is investigating the case and considering pressing additional charges.
Carrick High Schoo principal Dennis Chakey said Trayvon Martin Day, planned for Oct. 9, would be a “positive thing” that would “commemorate Trayvon Martin.”
When asked why they would have the day, student Sabriyah Schley asked the reporter: “Is George Zimmerman in jail yet?”
“No”
“That’s why.”
Parents of students at the school in Pittsburgh, though, told KDKA that they concerned with the “Trayvon Martin Day.”
“I am a little worried about that with the different people, how they’re going to react,” said parent Jennifer Kagle.
Jnnifer Kagle. (Screenshot/KDKA)
But some were in support.
“If they want to wear the hoodies to represent him and the kind of person he was, they should do it,” said parent Bruce Bergener.
The school received numerous complaints and canceled the day.
“A lot of people were complaining, like, the school advisers, to change it,” said Bryan Bergener, a student.
Wednesday is now Bucco hat day.
“It brought up some controversy to the point where there were people giving mixed signals about it,” said Homecoming Committee member Javon Jordan. “So we just used Bucco Day to put everybody together, put everybody as a whole.”
