After releasing a documentary on Kalief Browder, who spent three years awaiting trial on Rikers Island and committed suicide two years after he was finally released, the two are now prepping a series of projects about
Trayvon Martin — the 17 - year - old
black teenager who was stalked and fatally shot by George Zimmerman in Florida in 2012.
«The plans that have been approved about how individuals could be a part of this program... someone like George Zimmerman could get a job,» said Rep. Shevrin Jones (D - West Park), referring to the neighborhood watch volunteer acquitted of fatally shooting
Trayvon Martin, an unarmed
black teenager, in 2012.