Florida Cop Uses Trayvon Martin Images Target Practice [PHOTOS]: Sergeant Ron King Fired, Uses Images with Hoodie Wearing Boy Holding Skittles, Drink As Target Practice

The shooting death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, divided the nation on February 26, 2012 , as gun laws and racism in America were challenged yet again. While George Zimmerman, the man responsible for the shooting has yet to receive justice, one Florida police officer was fired for his recent "injustices" towards.

A Port Canaveral police officer accused of bringing targets resembling Trayvon Martin to a gun range has been fired, according to FOX News. Sgt. Ron King was terminated from the police department on Friday, according to officials, reported WFTV.

According to WFTV, Port Canaveral officials said King brought two shooting targets which had images resembling Trayvon Martin on them, featuring someone (black person most likely) wearing a dark hoodie with a drink can and a bag of Skittles candy in their hand to a firearms training session on April 4.

King was supervising the training session and asked if anyone wanted to use them. The firearms training was being held at a facility at the Brevard Community College campus in Cocoa. The officers who were participating in the training, as well as King, were on duty at the time, reported WFTV.

The Skittles and drink, became symbols of allegiance for Trayvon Martin supports, as it was reported that the unarmed teen was carrying the items when he was gunned down walking home from the store. Trayvon was gunned down at the age of 17, in Sanford, Florida last year.

Sgt. Ron King claimed that his plans for the images were taken out of context and that the Trayvon Martin target images were suppose to serve a positive purpose. In a Youtube video that he posted after he was fired, King said that the images were "to use a bad situation as a learning tool."

Was King's actions inappropriate? Should it have costed him his job?

King, a fire-arms expert and two year veteran of the force, allegedly offered the targets to two colleagues who refused to use them. One officer reported the event, which prompted an investigation.

Port Canaveral Interim Chief Executive Officer John Walsh issued a public apology to Trayvon’s parents, calling King’s actions “unacceptable, insensitive and unprofessional,” according to News One.

George Zimmerman's murder trial for the shooting of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin will commence on June 10, 2013, according to the Orlando Sentinal.