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‘Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story’: Paramount Network Docuseries Gets Premiere Date & Trailer
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Posted on 07/02/2018 12:31:44 PM PDT by TigerClaws

Paramount Network has slotted July 30 at 10 PM for the premiere of Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story. The network also unveiled the full trailer for the six-part original docuseries, which recounts the life and legacy of Trayvon Martin, whose 2012 shooting death polarized the nation and gave rise to the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

Trayvon Martin was an unarmed 17-year-old African American high school student shot and killed by a neighborhood watch member in the Sanford, Florida community on February 26, 2012 where he was visiting a friend with his father. George Zimmerman was acquitted of a second-degree murder charge utilizing Florida’s Stand Your Ground Law, claiming he shot Martin in self-defense.

The fatal encounter between Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman and the subsequent trial sparked nationwide outrage and protests and shined an unforgiving light on issues including race, politics, power, money and, gun control.

Interviews combined with home videos, family photos, and news footage provide an intimate look at the story of a young life tragically cut short and that spurred a movement giving rise to a rallying cry that still resonates today, #BlackLivesMatter.

Featured in the docuseries are Trayvon Martin’s parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin; Martin family lawyer Donald Crump, Angela Rye, Reverend Al Sharpton, Angela Davis and Carmelo Anthony, among others.

Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story also addresses the significant cultural and societal issues surrounding the tragedy as well as an in-depth examination into the investigation, trial, and the not-guilty verdict.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: drank; fakenews; fiction; thuglife; trayvonmartin
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To: TigerClaws

Okay, so I actually read the piece you posted in it’s entirety and have to say a “SPEW ALERT” should have been added. ;-)

Then again, we all know there are folks who buy the “hole” young life cut tragically short by a white mexican who “claimed” he was attacked. Too bad Zimmerman doesn’t know to STFU, even today.


21 posted on 07/02/2018 12:45:16 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: TigerClaws

Trayvon Martin’s parents Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin; Martin family lawyer Donald Crump, Angela Rye, Reverend Al Sharpton, Angela Davis and Carmelo Anthony, among others.

There you have it, folks, and unbiased cast if you ever saw one

Just a po’ innocent little black boy doin no harm, and killed in cold blood by a “white hispanic”


22 posted on 07/02/2018 12:45:28 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Call RedHen (540) 464-4401 and make no-show reservations)
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To: TigerClaws

Will they feature his victims and will profits go to them?


23 posted on 07/02/2018 12:45:45 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: TigerClaws

There is no way they could make that movie.

Unless they lie their asses off.


24 posted on 07/02/2018 12:46:43 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (Roy Moore for the Supreme Court of the USA!)
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To: TigerClaws

This production didn’t take Obama very long to get to air.


25 posted on 07/02/2018 12:46:51 PM PDT by Buffalo Bob
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To: TigerClaws

Crump makes Maxine Waters look like a Rhodes scholar.


26 posted on 07/02/2018 12:46:54 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: TigerClaws

The opening scene should be in the local convenience store, with a strong-armed robbery in-progress.

Scene 1, Take 1, Action!


27 posted on 07/02/2018 12:48:42 PM PDT by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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To: Simon Green

Somehow, I’ve a hunch they’ll neglect to show Martin bashing Zimmerman’s head into the ground before Zimmerman kills him in self-defense.
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They’ll probably have a skinny, weak looking 14 year old actor, just entering puberty, play Trayvon. Gabourey Sidibe will play the “I don’t do cursives” girl who testified for for the prosecution. They’ll find some monster to play George Zimmerman.


28 posted on 07/02/2018 12:48:58 PM PDT by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: TigerClaws

I have to look up when this is on, so I don’t accidentally watch it.


29 posted on 07/02/2018 12:49:16 PM PDT by dead
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To: TigerClaws

I can’t wait to see the scene where Trayvon jumps the gay man and tries to play the Knockout Game, and then starts smashing the gay guy’s head on the pavement repeatedly and pounding his face while sitting on top of him.

Oh wait, they’re not going to have it like the evidence revealed at trial?


30 posted on 07/02/2018 12:51:13 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Kelyan

Good. Everything show is available for download on the torrents. I cancelled my subscription a year ago and just download the shows/series I like: Godless (best western series to come out on TV) and Violet Evergarden (my GF loved it) were the ones I got.


31 posted on 07/02/2018 12:52:34 PM PDT by beergarden
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To: Rummyfan

“A six-part series on a run-of-the-mill thug?!”

Yup. For 6 episodes they will tell us that WHITEY IS RACIST CRACKAS!!!!


32 posted on 07/02/2018 12:53:27 PM PDT by beergarden
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To: TigerClaws
And, the winner in the category of Best Supporting Actress, RACHEL... JEANTEL!!!


33 posted on 07/02/2018 12:54:32 PM PDT by C210N (Republicans sign check fronts; 'Rats sign check backs.)
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To: TigerClaws

I guess it will be like “Roots”. Lies, nonsense, fantasy, and garbage which the media loves and a surprising number of Americans will believe.


34 posted on 07/02/2018 12:54:54 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: Rummyfan

I usually prefer fiction over documentaries-——so I’m sure I will enjoy this. :-)

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35 posted on 07/02/2018 12:56:11 PM PDT by Mears
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"Despite fake news claims, Zimmerman did not use Stand Your Ground. He successfully claimed self-defense. Can't they even get the facts of the trial correct?"

And to clarify even further, one does not "use" Stand Your Ground. SYG simply codifies that one does not have an obligation to retreat. It isn't an optional invocation, the duty to retreat just doesn't exist.

Reporters, writers, even lawyers, are confusing SYG with Self Defense Immunity, and even with the entire concept of self defense.

36 posted on 07/02/2018 12:56:59 PM PDT by mlo
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To: Rummyfan

Wow, I figured they only had about ten minutes of material since most of his youth records are confidential.

Got to be lots of hyperbole.

Zimmerman will need to go back into hiding after this thing works up the liberals again.


37 posted on 07/02/2018 12:57:14 PM PDT by cyclotic ( WeÂ’re the first ones taxed, the last ones considered and the first ones punished)
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To: C210N

Cursive? We don’t speak cursive here.

Somebody please help her with her goiter.

5.56mm


38 posted on 07/02/2018 12:58:05 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: TigerClaws

Would they show those non school belongs of treveyons locker? Including some tools ?


39 posted on 07/02/2018 12:59:19 PM PDT by Lee25
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To: C210N

40 posted on 07/02/2018 12:59:32 PM PDT by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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