Trayvon Martin's mother pens open letter to Michael Brown's family

Trayvon Martin's mother pens open letter to Michael Brown's family
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Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, wrote an open letter of support Monday night to the family of Michael Brown, the unarmed teenager shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri.

"I wish that all of the pain that I have endured could possibly ease some of yours but it won't," Fulton wrote in the letter, published by Time. "What I can do for you is what has been done for me: pray for you then share my continuing journey as you begin yours."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia is night editor for TheWeek.com. Her writing and reporting has appeared in Entertainment Weekly and EW.com, The New York Times, The Book of Jezebel, and other publications. A Southern California native, Catherine is a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.