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200 march in Trayvon Martin case protest

Racial profiling and police brutality decried in walk through Roxbury

By Martine Powers

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 08, 2012

At a Roxbury rally to denounce the killing in February of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin - the black teenager shot while walking home in Sanford, Fla. - protesters said Martin’s death has galvanized Boston’s communities of color, spurring them to take a stand against currents of racial profiling and police brutality they have known for a lifetime. “People are finally saying enough is enough. They want to draw the line with Trayvon,’’ said Khury Petersen-Smith, 29, of Dorchester.

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