The #BlackLivesMatter movement was created in 2012 when the grand jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of the fatal killing of Trayvon Martin. Stemming from the horrible experiences of Black people in the country who actively fight to resist de-humanization. #BlackLivesMatter is a call for action and a major response to the racial bias of Black Americans. What people fail to realize is that the movement goes far beyond killings of black Americans by police and others, it sends out awareness to not only to Black Americans but to all the other races. The movement has been a growing topic of social media to spread awareness. The movement gained more exposure after the shooting and killing of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, millions of people
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The untimely killings of Black men stem from simple things such as Traffic stops or simple a disturbance then their being targeted and killed. This horrible pattern dates back to centuries, but growing up I remember hearing about my first unarmed killing of Sean Bell in 2006. Sean Bell’s murder had stuck a big controversy, in fact, he was supposed to get married the next day. Sean Bell was having a normal traditional bachelor party like most people do. Cops accused Bell and his friends of bringing a gun back to the club and threatening people at the club, but several witnesses say that had never been said by Bell or his friends. As Bell and his friends were set to leave the club a team of officers fired 50 shots into the car, killing Sean Bell and wounding his friends, you would think those officers would have been all sent to jail for murder and attempted murder but that wasn’t the case all were found not guilty. Hearing about this case was a chilling one I couldn’t imagine going out on my bachelor night in hopes of having a nice time out to end up shot and killed by police. When you think of shooting 50 bullets into one car it should be looked at as brute force, unnecessary and excessive. Black men are beaten and violated in the most gruesome way by the people whom are sworn to protect and serve. Dating back to the civil rights era when Black Americans had a hose turned on them or having police dogs attack
The untimely killings of Black men stem from simple things such as Traffic stops or simple a disturbance then their being targeted and killed. This horrible pattern dates back to centuries, but growing up I remember hearing about my first unarmed killing of Sean Bell in 2006. Sean Bell’s murder had stuck a big controversy, in fact, he was supposed to get married the next day. Sean Bell was having a normal traditional bachelor party like most people do. Cops accused Bell and his friends of bringing a gun back to the club and threatening people at the club, but several witnesses say that had never been said by Bell or his friends. As Bell and his friends were set to leave the club a team of officers fired 50 shots into the car, killing Sean Bell and wounding his friends, you would think those officers would have been all sent to jail for murder and attempted murder but that wasn’t the case all were found not guilty. Hearing about this case was a chilling one I couldn’t imagine going out on my bachelor night in hopes of having a nice time out to end up shot and killed by police. When you think of shooting 50 bullets into one car it should be looked at as brute force, unnecessary and excessive. Black men are beaten and violated in the most gruesome way by the people whom are sworn to protect and serve. Dating back to the civil rights era when Black Americans had a hose turned on them or having police dogs attack