Amadou Diallo

the Africans and African Americans in the US. When a survey was done, many Americans thought that the two groups were different despite somewhat sharing a history. The only time the two groups were able to work together, was through the Death of Amadou Diallo, an immigrant from Guinea who was shot multiple times by New York police officers. Only through Amadou’s death did both Africans and African Americans realize the continuation of a pattern of historical racist assault on black…

From Beatings to Beats Introduction “To serve and protect.” or to beat, kill and conceal? Police brutality has remained a worldwide issue through the years. It is recently a major problem in the United States, with technology and social media being more active than ever, video recordings of beatings and deaths caused by police officers are being broadcasted and viewed worldwide on popular websites and news channels. Other video recording tools such as dashboard police cameras and…

The North American Police State Hidden Beneath our Noses For us North Americans, it is difficult to understand the life in a police state. Why? It’s because we have rights and freedoms and privacy that are all taken very seriously by the law as well; we even have our own privacy commissioners to monitor the protection of our privacy. Everyone in North America, even criminals, is treated lawfully so it’s hard to believe that these are all lies that we were told. We North Americans are…

From the shooting of Edmund Powell on June 1991 to the fatal choke hold that killed Eric Garner on July 17, 2014, police brutality is not an unfamiliar topic to American citizens. It is one of the most contradicting human rights violations in the United States and has been around for decades. The immoderate use of violence in law enforcement by police officers is overwhelming, along with the number of “alleged” crimes by officers swept under the rug. New York City police officer Dennis…

old Kathryn Johnston, and African American woman, was shot dead in her own house after a falsified report of drugs being in her home (Amalcar 17). In another case of unnecessary violence, back in 1999, forty-one police officers shot and killed Amadou Diallo in the Bronx. He was only armed with a wallet but no weapon (Amalcar 16). In a case in 2006, police office took the life of Sean Bells. He was shot fifty times by police. He was shot by three undercover officers and three uniformed officers.…

Black Lives Matter Ashleigh Yelverton-Best | CCJ 101 | 11/28/2016 Black Lives Matter Movement The Black lives matter movement, often called BLMM, is a worldwide activist movement. This movement is described as a “clear vision of the world where black humanity and dignity is a reality. BLMM protests police killings, racial profiling, brutality, and racial inequality (Lee). The movement began as a hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter, back in 2013 after George Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges in…