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.
It’s gonna tank. Nobody is interested. The fake outrage is long over.
Seriously, I know my posting history here and it’s easily accessible to you.
If all you have is a fake assertion that I’m not conservative, you really have nothing at all.
If you think Zimmerman was more entitled to follow Trayvon than travon was to follow Zimmerman, just own it.
I’m just asking the question.
See? You're just repeating the same thing, ignoring the answers you've already been given. Try reading a couple posts up.
Once again...the right to follow anyone is not at issue, except with Trayvon's defenders. They (you) think that if someone follows you, you should get to kill them. Well that's wrong, as the verdict should have told you.
Hey, I’m going to circle back around to you tomorrow night. I’m on my phone and it’s hard to read the entirety of your posts.
Since you are less rude than DirtBoy I’d be glad to hear you out.
I’m really conflicted about it.
I think if we’re giving self-defense rights to Zimmerman in this court of public opinion, why are those not awarded to Trayvon as well.
You are an idiot. Zimmerman did not assault Trayvon. Trayvon assaulted Zimmmeran with lethal force. You are an a-hole to self-defense conservatives for not acknowledging that difference.
You've gotta be kidding!?
Trayvon was wandering up between condos even though he knew the way back to his father’s condo perfectly. He went back to his father’s condo yet decided to go back and find Zimmerman. Trayvon confronted Zimmerman, cursed him out, sucker punched him, jumped on him and started beating him, started repeatedly slamming his head into the concrete, noticed Zimmerman’s gun in the holster and grabbed for it and then started yelling “you’re gonna die tonight, you’re gonna die tonight...”
That as opposed to "some guy is looking at me."
You have so much of the story wrong, and are apparently ignorant of the back-story.
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