Law and Order SVU Trayvon Martin Episode Preview - video Dailymotion

Law and Order Special Victims Unit will air an episode inspired by the Trayvon Martin case.

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00:00Law & Special Victims Unit will air an episode inspired by the Trayvon Martin case.

00:05I've got your first look at it coming right up.

00:10Hi everyone, I'm Brian Korsetty for ENTV and TVLine.com has all the details.

00:15Law & Special Victims Unit is known for filming episodes ripped straight from the world's

00:20most controversial headlines.

00:23Remember the Chris Brown and Rihanna inspired episode that aired earlier this year?

00:32And according to New Onset Photos, it looks like they'll continue this tradition in the

00:37upcoming 15th season with an episode inspired by one of the biggest and most controversial

00:43legal stories of the year, the shooting of Trayvon Martin and the trial of George Zimmerman.

00:49The episode is allegedly titled, American Tragedy, and according to the Daily Mail, Civil Shepherd

00:54stars as a vigilante-like character who kills a black teenager named Makad.

00:59Arrested Development's Jeffrey Tambor plays her lawyer, and in one scene they appear to

01:03be in the middle of a protest, much like the one held during Zimmerman's trial in July.

01:08The storyline's connection to the real life tragedy is made even more obvious by the deceased

01:13character Makad wearing a hoodie, similar to the one Trayvon was reportedly wearing the

01:18night he died.

01:19In the aftermath of Trayvon's death, celebrities famously wore hoodies as a statement against

01:24the racial profiling that many felt occurred when Zimmerman shot the young teen last year.

01:30According to E! Online, when NBC was asked about the episode's inspiration, they answered

01:35quote, SVU is fiction.

01:37You know that's not true.

01:38The new season of Law & SVU premieres September 25th on NBC.

01:43I'm Brian Corsetti for the latest TV news.

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