Trayvon Martin Speeches

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This world is full of people who have broken a law, little or small. Some are accounted for and some aren't. When Trayvon Martin was killed for instance, there were many rules broken by George Zimmerman & he walked free with murder. When people started to protest and express their feelings it didn't change a thing because he still got away with murder. In my honest personal opinion our voices can matter to us but to the higher ups it doesn't matter. The only time our voices truly matter to them is when it's time to vote or when we're at the top of the pyramid with them. When you sit and think to yourself "Protesting peacefully" think about what it accomplished in the past, it did accomplish a lot lives were lost, places we're destroyed & people we're hurt. …show more content…
Stop being the minority, be a leader and you will receive change. Breaking the laws can result in death nowadays, so I don't agree with if because it'll end up with the same results. In order to save my brothers and sisters, I won't agree with it because it's what they want. They want us to protest, they want us to provoke them, they don't want us being lawyers, presidents & lawyers! A dead man words vs a alive man words, An alive man words will be twisted and deranged & he will still walk free because he's alive to tell only one side of the story & make himself look like the victim. Protesting will always end up with negative results before they even see a positive result. The black lives matter movement has been in the works for a couple of years now & white police are still killing black citizens for reading a book, walking to the store, selling cigarettes, for just being black basically I should say! Being who I am is a crime basically, I get judged because of my skin color. You can't keep fighting this way it's time to fight with statistics now, become who they don't want you

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