Jamie Foxx Backs Trayvon Martin's Mom 'Forever'

By RYAN PEARSON
AP Entertainment Writer
SAN DIEGO
Hours after President Barack Obama delivered remarks about Trayvon Martin and the George Zimmerman trial, Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson addressed the racially charged case at Comic-Con in San Diego.

Foxx was at the massive pop culture convention to promote his role as the villain Electro in “The Amazing Spider-Man 2.” Holding his 4-year-old daughter Annalise, who wore a Spider-Man backpack and shoes, Foxx said he was “disappointed” in the July 13 not guilty verdict in Florida.

He had been among the most vocal celebrities expressing support for Martin’s family, having met the teen’s mother Sybrina Fulton at an awards show.

Foxx said Martin’s case was part of an “epidemic” of gun violence in the US.

Samuel L. Jackson was also on hand at the convention, promoting the remake of “RoboCop.” He said he’d been out of the country for much of the trial and during the verdict, but expected the result.

Still, he said, he was “encouraged by the attitude of people after the verdict, that people are willing to stand up and take a stand and get out in the streets, and let their voices be heard.”