Police brutality has become a big problem. It has turned into a racial problem and known as the black lives matter movement. Ever since the black lives matter movement took off in the United States it has became a big problem and racial concern. Police brutality has recently became a bigger problem and black lives are not getting justice and respect because nothing is being done, the black lives matter movement is not getting enough attention.
The black lives matter movement started in 2013. It began with the hash tag #BlackLivesMatter on social media. Black lives matter became nationally recognized when the death of Michael Brown in 2014 accord. The article Police Killing Rise Slightly by Michael Wines and Sarah Lonen (2015) states that …show more content…
In the article “Black Lives Matter” by Samuel H. Pillsbury he talks about his murder. The murder of Bryant Tennelle, an eighteen-year old African American shot to death on Los Angles street by a seventeen-year old African American. He shot him to apparently send a message. Tennelle was not a gang member, though he was wearing a Houston Astros Baseball cap that was associated murder, especially as led by detective John Skaggs. Interwoven throughout is an account of the human tragedy of homicide: the agony suffered by survivors. Police officers refused to do anything about this and it turned into a racial cause. They say you don’t fight violence with violence. However, you don’t create violence in a situation that didn’t call for violence either. This is human reaction when you feel that your rights have been infringed upon, when you feel your safety could be in jeopardy for a simple traffic stop or any run-in with the law, this is how it boils over, this is how tensions are built up and explode. A curfew went into effect for Charlotte, North Carolina during a third night of protests against the police. Unrest broke out in southeastern US city on Wednesday when a Black Lives Matter march spiraled out of control after Tuesday's fatal police shooting of a Black civilian. Riot police were called into action following the violence, which resulted in nine people being injured and over 40 arrested. One person that was shot during the violence later died in hospital. The police have said they won't enforce the curfew if demonstrations remain peaceful. Black lives matter protesters had disrupted campaign events and forced politicians to grapple with radioactive questions of race and
The black lives matter movement started in 2013. It began with the hash tag #BlackLivesMatter on social media. Black lives matter became nationally recognized when the death of Michael Brown in 2014 accord. The article Police Killing Rise Slightly by Michael Wines and Sarah Lonen (2015) states that …show more content…
In the article “Black Lives Matter” by Samuel H. Pillsbury he talks about his murder. The murder of Bryant Tennelle, an eighteen-year old African American shot to death on Los Angles street by a seventeen-year old African American. He shot him to apparently send a message. Tennelle was not a gang member, though he was wearing a Houston Astros Baseball cap that was associated murder, especially as led by detective John Skaggs. Interwoven throughout is an account of the human tragedy of homicide: the agony suffered by survivors. Police officers refused to do anything about this and it turned into a racial cause. They say you don’t fight violence with violence. However, you don’t create violence in a situation that didn’t call for violence either. This is human reaction when you feel that your rights have been infringed upon, when you feel your safety could be in jeopardy for a simple traffic stop or any run-in with the law, this is how it boils over, this is how tensions are built up and explode. A curfew went into effect for Charlotte, North Carolina during a third night of protests against the police. Unrest broke out in southeastern US city on Wednesday when a Black Lives Matter march spiraled out of control after Tuesday's fatal police shooting of a Black civilian. Riot police were called into action following the violence, which resulted in nine people being injured and over 40 arrested. One person that was shot during the violence later died in hospital. The police have said they won't enforce the curfew if demonstrations remain peaceful. Black lives matter protesters had disrupted campaign events and forced politicians to grapple with radioactive questions of race and