Trayvon Martin's mother: 'Racial profiling is still alive'

The mother of Trayvon Martin told a large crowd Thursday in Utah that racial profiling and injustice are still alive and that the death of her 17-year-old son is more about "the person who thought he was suspicious."

Sybrina Fulton was invited by the University of Utah to speak Thursday as part of the university's 30th annual Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

This year's theme is "Beneath the Hoodie: A Look at Racial Profiling in America."

Fulton's son, a 17-year-old black Miami high-school student, was fatally shot in February 2012 by George Zimmerman. A jury in Seminole County acquitted Zimmerman in July of murder, backed by Florida's Stand Your Ground self-defense law.

The case stirred a national debate on issues of self-defense, racial justice, gun control and profiling.

"What happened many miles away in Sanford should be uncomfortable for you," Fulton told the crowd, according to Deseret News.

Fulton said that she's working to make Florida a better place and questioned Zimmerman's judgment of her son the night of Feb. 26, 2012.

"But is it the hoodie that really made the difference? Or the color of his skin?" Fulton asked. "And if by one second, just by one mere second, we think that it's the color of his skin, then something is wrong with America."

Fulton also went on to say that racial profiling happens everywhere, according to UPI.com.

"Don’t think for one second racial profiling doesn’t happen. Don’t think for one minute even in your community of Salt Lake City it doesn’t happen," she told the crowd. "Racism is still alive. Racial profiling is still alive. Injustice is still alive."

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