Chokehold

Introduction The Black Lives Matter movement’s initially focused on ending state-sanctioned violence, police brutality, and injustices against African Americans. The movement grew to include related issues including getting African American achievements throughout history to be affirmed and recognized widely. The injustice that sparked the movement was the killing of an unarmed African American teenager in February, 2012. The victim, Trayvon Martin, was profiled by the shooter for wearing baggy…

The broken windows theory was proposed by two men named James Q. Willson and George Kelling in 1982. Their theory states “that crime is disorder and that if disorder were stopped, then serious crimes would therefore not occur.” If the smaller crimes were stopped, it would prevent bigger crimes in the future is how I see it. The simple definition is that if a broken window, left unattended, this would signal that no one cared and therefore ultimately lead to more disorder and even crime. So how…

Yet, police are constantly criticized over the way they do their jobs. They have two jobs and that is to protect others and to protect themselves from danger in the fastest way possible. They must respond carefully and faster than the criminal. For example, two Lancaster County Sheriff 's shot and killed a man in the summer of 2014. He was armed with a weapon and when the officers busted through his door, there he stood, waiting. They told him to drop his weapon, and then opened fire. It turned…

In the last week, media has shed light on the cases of Eric Garner, a black man who was videotaped being put in a chokehold by a white police officer that led to Garner’s death, and Tamir Rice, a twelve year old black child who was fatally shot by a white police officer while playing with a toy gun. It has been recently released that the police officer in the case of…

He watched the woman disappear through the same side door Susan had used upon her arrival. There was another fifty feet or so before Jim reached the same spot across town. When he rushed past the picture window of the building, he completely ignored the worn out sign proclaiming: Mama’s House of Pain. Jim headed directly for the door the woman had stepped through seconds before. He turned the knob to find it unlocked and walked inside without hesitation. Jim followed in his wife’s footsteps…

Stiffer consequences for police brutality against violence towards black lives increase gun control, save lives, and promote equality amongst the races. Strict gun control law reform needs to take place in order to prevent unnecessary killings of black lives. According to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health, it was found that “fatal police shootings were about half as common in states whose gun laws place them in the top 25% of stringency than they were in states where…

Black people have long been the victims of police brutality and racial profiling in the United States criminal justice system. On the streets, a majority of people, especially white people, still do not feel at ease when they see tall black men at night. In our society, these black men are more likely to get killed by a police officer than other Americans. A single bullet fired can not only end a life, but also trigger riots and racial tensions in the country. For instance, Trayvon Martin was…

Riot was written by Andrew Moodie in the late 20th century involving a cast of six black Canadians with different backgrounds and cultures residing in a house in one of Canada’s major city, Toronto. The plot of the play involves this group of diverse teens touching on different political and social issues that was faced in Canada during that time period the play was written, sparking a lot of drama within that particular environment. Out of most of the political and social issues discussed in…

One Flew Over Her Nest It is a man’s world and the woman 's place is in the house. This popular misconception has plagued American society since the time of the founding fathers. It was believed that the man was expected to be the master, the leader, or the commander in chief, while the woman is supposed to be passive and subservient. Women did not have the right to dictate how they used their money, how they dressed in public, and how they behaved in the presence of men. For a long time,…

African American teen named Trayvon Martin. He was shot and killed by George Zimmerman in Georgia. Black Lives Matter started to be well known for their large street demonstrations after the shooting of Michael Brown and the death of Eric Garner by chokehold. Since the Ferguson protest the members of the Black Lives Matter group started the protest and demonstrate for the death of many other African American Deaths by police actions or while in police custody. Some of the deaths would be Tamir…