Florida Police Sergeant Fired for Having 'Trayvon Martin' Shooting Targets

Florida Police Sergeant Fired for Having ‘Trayvon Martin’ Shooting Targets

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US News • April 2013 • Views: 3,204

A Florida police sergeant was fired for possessing several so-called Trayvon Martin shooting targets, authorities said Saturday.

Sgt. Ron King of Port Canaveral Police Department was fired Friday after an internal review investigated how he offered the hoodie paper shooting targets to two fellow officers, said John Walsh, interim CEO of the Canaveral Port Authority.

The officers, who saw King with the targets in his police vehicle, declined the offer, Walsh said.

“Port Canaveral Police Department considers that behavior unacceptable,” Walsh said of King’s conduct.

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15 comments

freetoken Sat, Apr 13, 2013 5:26:48pm

Just… wow.

Destro Sat, Apr 13, 2013 6:17:03pm

What Florida police racism?

Skip Intro Sat, Apr 13, 2013 6:36:30pm

The GOP is getting quote a bench of great candidates for future elections.

Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 13, 2013 6:48:23pm

re: #3 Skip Intro

What the Hell does the Republican party have to do with anything? This guy wasn’t politician or an activist, he was a cop who publically displayed his loathing of people whom he was sworn to protect. This isn’t about party politics, this about as a cop who holds racist views

Skip Intro Sat, Apr 13, 2013 7:04:10pm

re: #4 Dark_Falcon

Your party will recruit him. Just watch.

Destro Sat, Apr 13, 2013 7:04:43pm

re: #3 Skip Intro

re: #4 Dark_Falcon

This isn’t about party politics, this about as a cop who holds racist views

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FemNaziBitch Sat, Apr 13, 2013 7:17:44pm

I don’t know which is worse —manufacturing such targets or purchasing them.

Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 13, 2013 7:17:57pm

re: #5 Skip Intro

Your party will recruit him. Just watch.

I’ll bet not, not in this case, This one wasn’t a ‘dog whistle’, this was use of an ugly product that even many firearms websites had condemned.

Skip Intro Sat, Apr 13, 2013 7:23:24pm

re: #8 Dark_Falcon

I admit that was over the top, but I’m sick of this shit. I’m also sick of crap like this.

The targets were for sale on the website GunBroker.com. The item, along with a cached page, have since been removed.

The seller, who did not identify themselves by name, told a local Orlando news station he thinks Zimmerman “is innocent and that he shot a thug.” He admitted that his “main motivation” in creating the targets was to “make money off the controversy,” according to WKMG Orlando.

According to the station’s website:

In an email exchange with reporter Mike DeForest, the seller wrote, “My main motivation was to make money off the controversy.”

The seller would not disclose how many paper targets had been made, but said in an email, “The response is overwhelming. I sold out in 2 days.”

Some of those targets were sold to two Florida gun dealers, according to the seller.

Before DeForest identified himself as a reporter, the seller claimed that targets were still available for purchase. After being informed Local 6 was investigating his online business, the seller claimed the targets would no longer be sold.

Skip Intro Sat, Apr 13, 2013 7:24:53pm

re: #7 FemNaziBitch

I don’t know which is worse —manufacturing such targets or purchasing them.

As the Freepers are saying, “I love capitalism”. They have suggested some improvements to the target, though, if you feel like getting ill.

Dark_Falcon Sat, Apr 13, 2013 7:30:05pm

re: #9 Skip Intro

I admit that was over the top, but I’m sick of this shit. I’m also sick of crap like this.

I hate that shit too, and he denounced it the first minute I heard of it. Gloating over someone dying is depraved. Whoever created that target has sealed his own damnation.

Varek Raith Sat, Apr 13, 2013 7:34:34pm

Are you freaking serious???
Geez, Florida…

Dark_Falcon Sun, Apr 14, 2013 3:46:29am

re: #11 Dark_Falcon

I hate that shit too, and I denounced it the first minute I heard of it. Gloating over someone dying is depraved. Whoever created that target has sealed his own damnation.

Fixed, Preview Would Not Have Helped (PWNHH). I plead narcolepsy.

steve_davis Sun, Apr 14, 2013 4:22:26am

re: #4 Dark_Falcon

What the Hell does the Republican party have to do with anything? This guy wasn’t politician or an activist, he was a cop who publically displayed his loathing of people whom he was sworn to protect. This isn’t about party politics, this about as a cop who holds racist views

Yeah, I’m sure he’s voted straight Democrat every election since he was a child.

BongCrodny Sun, Apr 14, 2013 8:04:48am

Cross-posted from current front page thread, since there’s some info here that pertains to this story.

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LinkedIn shows a Ron King who’s a “Police Sergeant at Port Canaveral Police Department” and a “Firearms Instructor and Personal Safety Consultant (Owner/Operator)” at Practical Tactical Products and Training.

Practical Tactical Products & Training services include classes required for citizens to obtain their Concealed Weapons Permit, Advanced Concealed Carry Training, Weapon Platform Specific Training, C2 Taser sales and training and Tactical Training for the Law Enforcement Professional. We also research, consult and market products that we feel really work for the armed citizen and armed professional.

How’d those targets work out for ya, Sarge?

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