Todd Beer states that 50.9% of Caucasian citizens have been killed by law enforcement, and 26.5% of African Americans have been also killed by law enforcement, in the year of 2015-2016 in America. Fellow Americans, many of us think about the protests around America with the subject of “Black Lives Matter”, citizens started these protests for the fact of showing that police violence needed to stop against unarmed African Americans. With the protest and the investigations on the violence between law enforcement and the African American citizens many are saying that Caucasian police officers shoot African Americans more than any race, but it has been proven that African American police officers have been known to shoot at African Americans as
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Hundreds of citizens blocked the streets of downtown Chicago, after a rally in Millennium Park. They were protesting for the police violence against 18 year-old, Paul O’Neal’s, death. “Videos of police officers shooting at O'Neal as he sped past them and then after he was shot and was being arrested were released Friday, causing a slew of criticism from O'Neal's family and activists accusing the police of murdering O'Neal.”(Nitkin 1). Citizens were protesting for the justice for this young man, they believed that the young man did nothing in offense to the police. The police had to do what they did in the event of the young man refusing to obey the orders of the police officers. These events that occur are being either taken out of content or only one side of the story is told. The march that occurred on a Sunday, was organized by a group named BLM Chi Youth, they are a branch off of the Black Lives Matter formed by four high school students that are 16-17 years old. These young pupils made this group and march to help support and stand up for their peer who didn’t get the justice he should have. Sophia Byrd states, "People are angry, and they're hurt,"..."We need to show people that this is happening in our city. That we want justice for Paul O'Neal."(Nitkin 1). In these protests many …show more content…
These protesters are standing up for what they believe in and for their loved ones, they want safety and peace in their community. In Figure 1, the statistics show current data for the issue of the innocent citizens being shot or killed by the police officers. Many researchers won’t have data that is this current because this topic is a major issue currently. The number of people killed by police per 1,000,000 population for African Americans is about 2 ½ million , and for Caucasians it is about .5 million. As American Readers can see this is a massive jump between numbers for each race. Many don’t understand why so many citizens are taking on these protest and marches, because their loved ones are being murdered for no reason at all and they want their justice. Another point to make, many look at this data all they can see is numbers and the massive difference between each race and don’t realize the fact that these citizens are unarmed. When readers look at the chart in Figure 1, the number of African Americans is much greater than the other two races. These Caucasian police have shot or killed more African Americans than any race, this shows you why these citizens are fighting for their loved ones justice and to keep their streets
Hundreds of citizens blocked the streets of downtown Chicago, after a rally in Millennium Park. They were protesting for the police violence against 18 year-old, Paul O’Neal’s, death. “Videos of police officers shooting at O'Neal as he sped past them and then after he was shot and was being arrested were released Friday, causing a slew of criticism from O'Neal's family and activists accusing the police of murdering O'Neal.”(Nitkin 1). Citizens were protesting for the justice for this young man, they believed that the young man did nothing in offense to the police. The police had to do what they did in the event of the young man refusing to obey the orders of the police officers. These events that occur are being either taken out of content or only one side of the story is told. The march that occurred on a Sunday, was organized by a group named BLM Chi Youth, they are a branch off of the Black Lives Matter formed by four high school students that are 16-17 years old. These young pupils made this group and march to help support and stand up for their peer who didn’t get the justice he should have. Sophia Byrd states, "People are angry, and they're hurt,"..."We need to show people that this is happening in our city. That we want justice for Paul O'Neal."(Nitkin 1). In these protests many …show more content…
These protesters are standing up for what they believe in and for their loved ones, they want safety and peace in their community. In Figure 1, the statistics show current data for the issue of the innocent citizens being shot or killed by the police officers. Many researchers won’t have data that is this current because this topic is a major issue currently. The number of people killed by police per 1,000,000 population for African Americans is about 2 ½ million , and for Caucasians it is about .5 million. As American Readers can see this is a massive jump between numbers for each race. Many don’t understand why so many citizens are taking on these protest and marches, because their loved ones are being murdered for no reason at all and they want their justice. Another point to make, many look at this data all they can see is numbers and the massive difference between each race and don’t realize the fact that these citizens are unarmed. When readers look at the chart in Figure 1, the number of African Americans is much greater than the other two races. These Caucasian police have shot or killed more African Americans than any race, this shows you why these citizens are fighting for their loved ones justice and to keep their streets