“Justice for Eric Garner”, was the first of many hashtags I have seen that morning. Out of curiosity, I searched up Eric Garner and I clicked on the first video I have seen. The video had a thumbnail with a man with a group of police officers on top of him, from there my heart dropped knowing that it can’t be good. As the video went on and the situation started to escalate my heart was pounding out of fear of what I thought I might see. The moment I have seen the officer get him in a headlock and wrestle him to the ground, I felt like the officer was doing that to me, like I couldn’t breathe. He died all for being accused of selling cigarette illegally.
After days of seeing Eric Garner’s death and reflecting on it, I became very interested in what people had to say, especially a news analyst named Tomi Lahren who is known for her opinions especially on race. Tomi Lahren had a 2 minute video on youtube where she was depicting the black lives matter movement to be an organization that “once had good intentions, but now it’s bullying” and then she went on to say that “throwing, burning, looting, shooting” is not the answer to solve the issue. She even said that “black lives matter movement is celebrating, resisting and defying police”, when all that 's happening is rights being exercised. Watching her response to the incident frustrated …show more content…
One of the many rebuttals people have towards the black awareness movement is we live in a capitalistic society why don’t we just get a job and work towards living a better life. Every time someone says I think of my father telling me his experience when he first came to America how he started off as a dishwasher and a hotel cleaner all while being a student at a community college hoping to be a engineer. He could have many excuses to give up and not have enough to support his family, but in his slight Haitian accent he will always say “it was a
After days of seeing Eric Garner’s death and reflecting on it, I became very interested in what people had to say, especially a news analyst named Tomi Lahren who is known for her opinions especially on race. Tomi Lahren had a 2 minute video on youtube where she was depicting the black lives matter movement to be an organization that “once had good intentions, but now it’s bullying” and then she went on to say that “throwing, burning, looting, shooting” is not the answer to solve the issue. She even said that “black lives matter movement is celebrating, resisting and defying police”, when all that 's happening is rights being exercised. Watching her response to the incident frustrated …show more content…
One of the many rebuttals people have towards the black awareness movement is we live in a capitalistic society why don’t we just get a job and work towards living a better life. Every time someone says I think of my father telling me his experience when he first came to America how he started off as a dishwasher and a hotel cleaner all while being a student at a community college hoping to be a engineer. He could have many excuses to give up and not have enough to support his family, but in his slight Haitian accent he will always say “it was a