-- The Florida police sergeant fired for possessing shooting targets resembling Trayvon Martin defended himself Sunday and said the targets were meant to be used as training aids for "no-shoot" situations.

Sgt. Ron King was fired from his job as a firearms instructor for the Port Canaveral Police Department on Friday after an internal review determined he possessed the paper targets and offered them to fellow officers for use during a firearms training session earlier this month.

"When informed of the basic facts, (I) found the entire situation unacceptable," John Walsh, the interim chief executive of the Canaveral Port Authority, told reporters Saturday. "It is not the type of behavior that I want a police officer to have on both a personal and professional level. I find his conduct intolerable and I demanded that the chief immediately start procedures to terminate this employee."

The paper targets show a faceless black hooded sweatshirt with a bull's-eye on the chest. In one hand is a can of iced tea and in the pocket is a pack of Skittles candy, the same items Martin was carrying when he was shot and killed last year in a case that has drawn national attention.

King, in a video statement posted online, said he bought the targets because the two items -- the Skittles and iced tea -- were not threatening, which meant the target could be used to help train officers when not to shoot a suspect.

King did not say where he bought the targets, but similar ones caused a controversy when they were first sold online a year ago.

"While others have used it as a novelty, I view it as a tool for scenario-based firearms training," King said. Using "real-life situations" as training scenarios is not uncommon for firearms instructors, he said, and they help teach police how to respond to incidents in the future.

Many that is true, but an incomplete statement.

Congrats on being better than me, Psycory.

Trayvon Targets?

It's a hoodie with a bottle of water in its hand.

Lots of people wear hoodies and drink from a water bottle.

Trayvon Targets?

It's a hoodie with a bottle of water in its hand.

Lots of people wear hoodies and drink from a water bottle.

Trayvon Targets?

It's a hoodie with a bottle of water in its hand.

Lots of people wear hoodies and drink from a water bottle.

And have Skittles hanging out of their pocket?

I assume that you are kidding...right?

What about the Skittles?

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

Please stop being willfully ignorant, SomeGuy. I understand your bit, but c'mon...

Stop it. Not a bit , pal, didn't see the Skittles.

So settle down, thanks.

"When informed of the basic facts, (I) found the entire situation unacceptable," John Walsh, the interim chief executive of the Canaveral Port Authority, told reporters Saturday.

I rarely troll.

King has to be smarter than to get targets specifically with Arizona Iced Tea and Skittles. That's just asking for trouble.

Even without the Skittles it should have been pretty obvious. But again, I "get" you, so no need to be angry with me.

Even without the Skittles it should have been pretty obvious. But again, I "get" you, so no need to be angry with me.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

Not so sure.

Yeah, he probably should have thought that part through.

Yes I do. You are inherently wired to do the devil's advocate thing. Steve could say he wants to bring back negro-lynching and you'd say something like, "Well, there are some bad ones who deserve it."

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

It's about the opposing stance Peeps.

There is not a damned thing wrong with people who are bull shitters.

Yes I do. You are inherently wired to do the devil's advocate thing. Steve could say he wants to bring back negro-lynching and you'd say something like, "Well, there are some bad ones who deserve it."

You're batting .000 at this point. Kid.

Maybe it's time to stop swinging away.

The menstrual cycle changes among Hassidic Jewish women was something as well.

Trolls don't like being called trolls...

They were mailed with permission!

If it's a "no shoot" target why is there a bullseye on it?