“Black Lives Matter is a chapter-based national organization working for the validity of Black life. We are working to rebuild the Black liberation movement. What does Black Lives Matter mean? When we say Black Lives Matter, we are broadening the conversation around state violence to include all of the ways in which black people are intentionally left powerless at the hands of the state. We are talking about ways in which black lives are deprived of our basic human rights and dignity.” “Protesting: We will not stay silent about our civil mistreatment or unjust abuse. Black Lives Matter will work directly with team members in each state to organize and achieve synchronized peaceful protest.” (Cullors, Garza & Tometi, 2014)
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He had a conviction charge from when he was 19 years old for sleeping with a under age girl. The media stated that the police was responding to a 911 call reporting a man brandishing a gun. Upon arrival of the 2 officers, words were exchanged which lead to a scuffle with Alston Sterling. The officer stated that Sterling was reaching for a gun with the free arm that they could not pin down. Shots were fired by both officers. In my opinion, I believe it was contagious fire once adrenalin came into play. As a civilian watching the video I would be upset. The media jumped on this case especially since it spread like wildfire on social media outlets. The bad part is that the news only showed one angle of the video which was recorded by an unknown bystander and not the body cam …show more content…
Police found no explosives during sweeps of the area as per the Dallas Police Chief.
“President Obama gave a statement Thursday night condemning the killings as a despicable attack on law enforcement and pointing to the need for gun control. There is no possible justification for these kinds of attacks or any violence against law enforcement he said. We also know when people are armed with powerful weapons, unfortunately, it makes attacks like these more deadly and more tragic. And in these days ahead were going to have to consider those realities as well.”
The reason I chose this topic is because the media was all over this incident especially since everyone had questions on what happened and who did it. Also because it was a Black Lives Matter protest that was aimed at exposing police brutality and racial disparities in the criminal justice system. This incident was on television, newspapers, social media and the internet giving live
Black Lives …show more content…
He had a conviction charge from when he was 19 years old for sleeping with a under age girl. The media stated that the police was responding to a 911 call reporting a man brandishing a gun. Upon arrival of the 2 officers, words were exchanged which lead to a scuffle with Alston Sterling. The officer stated that Sterling was reaching for a gun with the free arm that they could not pin down. Shots were fired by both officers. In my opinion, I believe it was contagious fire once adrenalin came into play. As a civilian watching the video I would be upset. The media jumped on this case especially since it spread like wildfire on social media outlets. The bad part is that the news only showed one angle of the video which was recorded by an unknown bystander and not the body cam …show more content…
Police found no explosives during sweeps of the area as per the Dallas Police Chief.
“President Obama gave a statement Thursday night condemning the killings as a despicable attack on law enforcement and pointing to the need for gun control. There is no possible justification for these kinds of attacks or any violence against law enforcement he said. We also know when people are armed with powerful weapons, unfortunately, it makes attacks like these more deadly and more tragic. And in these days ahead were going to have to consider those realities as well.”
The reason I chose this topic is because the media was all over this incident especially since everyone had questions on what happened and who did it. Also because it was a Black Lives Matter protest that was aimed at exposing police brutality and racial disparities in the criminal justice system. This incident was on television, newspapers, social media and the internet giving live