Blacks have become the target of the police recently, in 2015, 975 people have been killed by the police (Killed by Police Org). The different cases of police brutality, shows a need for programs in every racially populated area for African Americans to go and learn about the events that surround their race. There are cases that are very popular and have become the basis of the movement “Black Lives Matter” such as; Eric Gardner, Michael Brown, and Tamir Rice, these cases make it around the United States.
Eric Garner, a men accused of selling single cigarettes is confronted by the police and after being harassed and stating that he was not selling cigarettes he is arrested. While being detained his swatted his hand back and the police officer …show more content…
“A suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, Ferguson had a population of just over 21,000 in 2013. Though African Americans comprised 63% of the city’s driving-age population in that year, they accounted for 86% of drivers stopped by Ferguson police.” (Ghandnoosh 6) In the city of New York, the population of African Americans is 51%, yet the amount of arrest to African Americans is 81% (Ghandnoosh 8). The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice informs us that the rate of fatal police killings for African Americans is 4.5 times that for other races …show more content…
The movement originally was birth from 3 women, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi as a cry for justice for Trayvon Martin; the young boy killed for seeming suspicious in a predominantly white neighborhood. The movement has grown to be bigger than that, it has become the face of many Pro-Black rallies and movements with their main desire being police reform. The program has the ability to develop into more than just justice for victims killed by the police, but the ability to evolve into equality for schools in Black neighborhoods to the ones in White neighborhoods. As it seems the “Black Lives Matter” statement would be in good spirits, it has developed backlash and a rivaling movement, “All Lives Matter” (Rethinking Schools).
The term “All Lives Matter” came to existence shortly after “Black Lives Matter” to allow the general public to not ignore the other being who are not Black and they matter too. Political candidate Martian O’Malley states after being asked to answer whether “Black Lives Matter”? He then replied with All Lives Matter (Marino). This became probabilistic because it caused African Americans whose lives are in jeopardy to take a back seat to the people whose are
Eric Garner, a men accused of selling single cigarettes is confronted by the police and after being harassed and stating that he was not selling cigarettes he is arrested. While being detained his swatted his hand back and the police officer …show more content…
“A suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, Ferguson had a population of just over 21,000 in 2013. Though African Americans comprised 63% of the city’s driving-age population in that year, they accounted for 86% of drivers stopped by Ferguson police.” (Ghandnoosh 6) In the city of New York, the population of African Americans is 51%, yet the amount of arrest to African Americans is 81% (Ghandnoosh 8). The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice informs us that the rate of fatal police killings for African Americans is 4.5 times that for other races …show more content…
The movement originally was birth from 3 women, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi as a cry for justice for Trayvon Martin; the young boy killed for seeming suspicious in a predominantly white neighborhood. The movement has grown to be bigger than that, it has become the face of many Pro-Black rallies and movements with their main desire being police reform. The program has the ability to develop into more than just justice for victims killed by the police, but the ability to evolve into equality for schools in Black neighborhoods to the ones in White neighborhoods. As it seems the “Black Lives Matter” statement would be in good spirits, it has developed backlash and a rivaling movement, “All Lives Matter” (Rethinking Schools).
The term “All Lives Matter” came to existence shortly after “Black Lives Matter” to allow the general public to not ignore the other being who are not Black and they matter too. Political candidate Martian O’Malley states after being asked to answer whether “Black Lives Matter”? He then replied with All Lives Matter (Marino). This became probabilistic because it caused African Americans whose lives are in jeopardy to take a back seat to the people whose are