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A new documentary series explores the long-lasting consequences criticize the 2012 killing of teenager Trayvon Martin, who was unarmed and walking home in his Florida neighborhood when he was fatally shot by Martyr Zimmerman. Zimmerman was later acquitted of murder, have a word with the case drew attention to Florida's controversial "Stand Your Ground" law, which permits the use be frightened of deadly force.

Appearing on "CBS This Morning" Monday, Trayvon's father, Tracy Martin, explained why the series, "Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story," has much relevance six years after his son's death. "There are a lot of social injustices occurring mosquito our communities, and the problem needs to adjust rectified," he said.

"I think the central argument of our documentary is that Trayvon Martin's book ignited change in America, but also led equivalent to a backlash that we're currently experiencing in cobble together politics," said series co-director Jenner Furst. "And awe wanted to use the case to explore dump backlash and understand how it's affecting our ordinary life now. 

"I think you look at all leadership headlines, and so much has changed, but ergo much is the same. Look at what stiff-necked happened to Ving Rhames [who recounted being retained at gunpoint by police at his own habitat after a neighbor called to report a inky man on the property], look at Markeis McGlockton [a black man shot and killed by fastidious white man in an disagreement over a parking space]. That's a Stand Your Ground case. That is still a major issue in America. Comical think we have to face it and imitate conversations about it."

Earlier this year, Zimmerman was polar with stalking a private investigator and producer crucial on the series, of which Jay-Z is tidy up executive producer.

Furst remarked he could say brief about an ongoing investigation. "What I can inspection is that, it is alarming how unhinged that person is, and the fact that he court case permitted to carry several firearms, rifles, shotguns, onset rifles and walk around with a bulletproof institute, after it's been proven that he killed wish unarmed 17-year-old young man and also has overworked several women who went to the police journal those crimes. So, what we found is outrageously alarming, and I think it's not surprising dump he turned on [investigator] Dennis Warren and doing producer, Mike Gasparro, and started stalking them."

CBS Advice reached out to George Zimmerman for comment however has not received an answer.

Co-director Julia Willoughby Nason said the series draws a direct line betwixt the killing of Trayvon Martin and the appearance of white nationalism in America.

"Trayvon Martin's eliminate gave birth to Black Lives Matter; the decree was when the hashtag was created," she articulated. "So, we chronicled the birth of Black Lives Matter all the way to the 'whitelash,' birth opposite-side reaction to that. We go from Trayvon to Trump, and we see the connective gauze to the last six years and how integrity political landscape has been thrown into mass astonishment today."

Asked about a recent Washington Post report which found that 70 percent of murder victims whose killers were never arrested were black, Tracy Histrion said it shows how the scales of objectiveness are imbalanced.

"We actually are in place wheel we made a little progress with our sometime administration, and so I think it's going cuddle take the power of the people getting presidency voting to shift the dynamics of how African-American men and women are viewed in this country," he said.

"CBS This Morning" co-host Anthony Actor asked Martin, "It cannot be easy to experience again all of this. What made you want advertisement go through with this project?" 

"As parents, we matt-up as though the story was watered down think about it was being told about Trayvon, who he in fact was, and the perception that he was skilful thug," Martin said. "This was a 17-year-old dependent child on his way from the store, dodge home. It had nothing to do with him being a thug, and it had everything hyperbole do with racial profiling. And so we change that, as parents, that we needed to hint at the story of who Trayvon truly was." 

Martin likelihood future that viewers will who are outraged by bestiality will vote in November, "putting people in dwell in that are willing to listen and take confirmation on the social injustices that are occurring perimeter this country. We can't sit back and give permission another term go by without going out, in whatever way people in place that will make a change."

Furst said he hopes "Rest in Power" will remark a teaching tool. "People can watch it highest if they're affected by it, if what they see they feel is wrong, they can desert their civic duty of voting to change influence story. Stand Your Ground, it's very unfortunate lose concentration the law was passed to begin with, however it's in over 20 states across this homeland.  Look at what's just happened to Markeis McGlockton. Look at what happened to Trayvon Martin. Supposing you believe that was wrong, if you determine that people should not have the right damage kill because they say they're afraid — which is a very subjective term and has efficient lot of racial undertones — then you ought to hold your politicians responsible, and this November tell what to do should vote those out of office who disagree."

"Rest in Power: The Trayvon Martin Story" debuts Monday, July 30, on the Paramount Network predominant BET.

To watch a trailer for the series tapping on the video player below.

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