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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: Buffalo Bob
🎬🎥👎🏼. Wrong channel. 😹🍿🍻
61 posted on 07/02/2018 1:15:46 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
WHo could forget all the great gifs?



62 posted on 07/02/2018 1:17:08 PM PDT by DCBryan1 (Quit calling them liberals, progs, socialists, or democrats. Call them what they are: COMMUNISTS!!!!)
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To: Simon Green
race, politics, power, money and, gun control.

NONE of these had anything to do with the actual event.

63 posted on 07/02/2018 1:19:54 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: rktman

Just for you.....

On Netflix. The Emoji Movie

https://www.netflix.com/watch/80121840?trackId=13752289&tctx=0%2C0%2C658d99bd67c0ef505f1a0a0dd627a5a7a83645f5%3A89b82f86a2d73777fd8659ae630f2bb2278e47de%2C%2C


64 posted on 07/02/2018 1:21:46 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... In August our cities will be burning))
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To: Bodleian_Girl
"I know the media wrongly painted this as an innocent kid gunned down for no reason, but it still bothers me that Travon couldn’t walk to the store without Zimmerman trying to confront him for being black in the neighborhood."

You say you know the media wrongly painted this, immediately followed by the picture painted by the media. I don't think you're connecting the dots here.

Trayvon wasn't walking to the store when he ambushed Zimmerman. Zimmerman didn't confront him for being black. This stuff is a matter of record in the trial. You are repeating the fake media version.

"It seems more to me it was Trayvon standing his ground."

Trayvon hid in ambush and jumped Zimmerman, and was beating his head onto the concrete. That's not "standing your ground".

65 posted on 07/02/2018 1:22:10 PM PDT by mlo
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To: Bodleian_Girl

I don’t know where you got your information but Zimmerman wasn’t following him because he was black but because he didn’t recognize him and Trayvon was acting suspiciously.

And Zimmerman did not confront Trayvon he was looking for him after Trayvon had disappeared when Trayvon, who had doubled back from his father’s condo, confronted Zimmerman. Confronted him with cursing, threats and a sucker punch followed up by jumping on top of him and ground pounding him including smashing his head on the concrete sidewalk.


66 posted on 07/02/2018 1:23:47 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: C210N

I was curious as to what happened with her. Most articles on the results of her getting help to enter beauty school were scrubbed from the web. Ended in an epic fail. If it was “My Fair Lady,” Professor Henry Higgins would have probably offed himself.


67 posted on 07/02/2018 1:27:28 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (When words can mean anything, they can also mean nothing.)
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To: TigersEye

A scene that the movie will accurately portray. /sarcasm


68 posted on 07/02/2018 1:29:31 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (When words can mean anything, they can also mean nothing.)
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To: bert
Awesome. 😎😂👍
69 posted on 07/02/2018 1:30:18 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

Just what we don’t need. The Democrats know how to keep people unhappy.


70 posted on 07/02/2018 1:30:41 PM PDT by KittyKares (Drain the Swamp)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Oh, yeah! And they will show how his mother had almost nothing to do with his life until after he died. Yep.


71 posted on 07/02/2018 1:31:27 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: TigersEye

I had to come here for the truth about the whole deal. Most everything reported here matched the end results of the trial. The MSM still sticks to their own fantasy version.


72 posted on 07/02/2018 1:32:27 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (When words can mean anything, they can also mean nothing.)
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To: nesnah

lolol


73 posted on 07/02/2018 1:32:37 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LOL, that was a blast from the past. It’s still just as hilarious as it was then.


74 posted on 07/02/2018 1:36:51 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: TigerClaws

Are they going to call attention to the fact that according to his female friend he was on the phone with, Martin made it back to his stepfather’s house, and then went back to confront the man he thought was gay? And then proceeded to beat the mans head against a sidewalk until the man shot him?

Or present the media’s complicity in mangling several parts of the story, to the extent that several witnesses described the aggressor - who they thought from media presentations of old pictures was Zimmerman - but were describing how Martin was in fact dressed?

Fat chance.


75 posted on 07/02/2018 1:38:28 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: TigerClaws

So I’d guess that they are going to be erecting a Manger scene at his home as well to celebrate the birthday of that blessed saint? /Sarc off...


76 posted on 07/02/2018 1:38:35 PM PDT by prophetic (Trump is today's DANIEL. Shut the mouth of lions Lord, let his enemies be made the Cat Food instead.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

Yes, I followed it closely here on FR as well. There were only a small number of sites that FReepers were drawing from for accurate information. Less than six IIRC. None of it reported by the #FakeNews Hate America Media.


77 posted on 07/02/2018 1:40:27 PM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason.)
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To: C210N

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


Wrong hoax.


78 posted on 07/02/2018 1:41:36 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: TigerClaws

And George could have died of a broken skull had he not shot him.


79 posted on 07/02/2018 1:43:07 PM PDT by umgud
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To: choctaw man

Yep. Just in time for the mid terms. Just like the second Obie election campaign.


80 posted on 07/02/2018 1:43:13 PM PDT by blackberry1
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