#BlackLivesMatter is a recent and current social movement that is based on black people having their lives taken away from them for pretty much the soul reasoning of them being black. This report will look at the history of the hashtag itself and how the movement started. It will also look at cases where black lives were taken for being wrongly accused for something that they were not doing. Lastly, this report will touch base on what has been accomplished in the short time that #BlackLivesMatter has been around. Since the beginning of existence, black lives were looked at as not as important in society. It was not until about 50 years ago that African-Americans were found as equal, although equal in writing, there are still things that happen
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After the many deaths due to police brutality, they wanted to come together and try to form a movement that would provide a better life for people of colour. They started the hashtag back in 2012 after the death of Trayvon Martin, but they didn't get much accomplished from it until after another black mans life was taken by a police officer later in 2014. The 3 women hoped that this hashtag would get the word out about the inequality that black people face in their everyday lives and hoped that others would come together and join them on a journey for equality between blacks and …show more content…
The demands of this movement calls for “an end to the criminalization, incarceration and the killing of black people”. People involved in the #BlackLivesMatter movement are taking a stand for black lives around the world in order to take back their equal rights as humans who have already been through so much in the past. They would like for the government to fix what has been done to black communities, as well as defunding systems that harm black people. They would like for police officers and other law enforcers to have better training on how to properly judge and assess situations in order to make the right call that will not lead to taking the lives of anyone but in particular, black
After the many deaths due to police brutality, they wanted to come together and try to form a movement that would provide a better life for people of colour. They started the hashtag back in 2012 after the death of Trayvon Martin, but they didn't get much accomplished from it until after another black mans life was taken by a police officer later in 2014. The 3 women hoped that this hashtag would get the word out about the inequality that black people face in their everyday lives and hoped that others would come together and join them on a journey for equality between blacks and …show more content…
The demands of this movement calls for “an end to the criminalization, incarceration and the killing of black people”. People involved in the #BlackLivesMatter movement are taking a stand for black lives around the world in order to take back their equal rights as humans who have already been through so much in the past. They would like for the government to fix what has been done to black communities, as well as defunding systems that harm black people. They would like for police officers and other law enforcers to have better training on how to properly judge and assess situations in order to make the right call that will not lead to taking the lives of anyone but in particular, black