The Trial Of Jason Stockley Case

July 7, 2016 was already an unusual day and night for the officers of the Dallas Police Department in Texas. Dallas, like more than a dozen other major cities in the U.S., was home to a massive Black Lives Matter protest to denounce the shooting of two unarmed black men by police. Officers were having to deal with enormous crowds, heckling, and mid-summer heat. They had no way of knowing what was to come next. A lone wolf, with an extreme hatred of police officers, was about to inflict the worst casualty rate on a police force since the September 11th terrorist

Civil rights groups are not a new thing in the United States, but after the disputed case of Trayvon Martin who was killed by George Zimmerman, the movement has been growing tumultuously. After Martin’s death, hundreds of high school teens began protesting, demanding both Zimmerman and chief police be fired. With the help of social media, Umi Selah and other activists were able to organize a forty-mile march from Daytona Beach to the headquarters of Sanford Police Department (the department that dealt with Martin and Zimmerman’s case.) The march lasted four days and ended in a five-hour blockade of the Sanford Police Department’s door. This organized protest was just the beginning of what quickly became the Black Lives Matter movement (McClain 2016).

For decades racial discrimination has been a reoccurring issue that has shaped the relationships across the country. Riots, in the case of the L.A. riots, are a form of venting and a negative form of freedom of expression. Almost immediately after the jury`s decision to seize the officers of charges that included assault with a deadly weapon and excessive use of force towards King, riots broke out across Los

In the weeks that followed the death of Freddie Gray at the hands of the Baltimore police, a group of protestors known as BlackLivesMatter, gathered with the intentions of demanding public awareness over the persistent discrimination and violence that African Americans are subjected to by Police Officers around the Country. Following Mr. Gray’s death, on April 25th of 2015, a small number of protestors attending the B.L.M. protest turned an otherwise non-violent protest into a violent bout of civil disorder which led to several dozen arrests, an estimated 15 officer injuries and mass rioting, looting and burning of the local businesses including a CVS pharmacy. Ultimately, a state of emergency was declared and the National Guard was brought in to resolve the conflicts.

In Ferguson, Missouri there was a shooting that resulted in law enforcement siding the oppressor rather than the 18-year old whose life was taken in the incident. Michael Brown’s killer never faced consequences for his actions, which resulted in a protest that practiced civil disobedience, but resulted in violence by the people destroying the community of Ferguson.  Many protesters used this event as a chance to speak up because they were always silenced. These people couldn’t understand the consequences of their actions. Many feared saying anything that the individual had witnessed because signs

After his death, a group of protesters chanting “black lives matter” shut down a local shopping mall which lead to further deaths of unarmed black men. The phrase started appearing on t-shirts and posters banners everywhere. Black Lives Matter surfaced and the movement created itself. There are now more than 37 movement chapters in the U.S and one in Canada. “The movement doesn’t win if there’s only a small set of people who understand the solutions. It wins when there’s a broad understanding that we need a system that doesn’t kill people, when a critical mass of citizens can envision what that looks like, and what concrete steps are taken to make it happen.” Says Deray Mckesson, a 29-year-old man who drove 600 miles to witness the Ferguson scene himself. McKesson met a woman here who he began sharing information about events and tweeting updates, who then quickly became the most recognizable figures associated with the movement in

Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Eric Garner, Freddie Gray, Tamir Rice, Sandra Bland, Sean Bell and unfortunately so much more were senselessly murder because of the color their skin. “Garner, an asthmatic father of six, was seen yelling, “I can’t breathe!” 11 times before losing consciousness and No one have been charged criminally” (Citation). In this quote from Eric Garner, he is fatally choked to death by a police officer , he yelled that he couldn't beneath and officer continued to applying pressure to his neck. George Zimmerman, had been found not guilty of shooting dead an unarmed black 17-year-old named Trayvon Martin (Citation). In this quote from cnn a unarmd teenage was walking home and George shot him dead and George Zimmer was acquitted from all criminal charges. The destruction of black lives needs to stop immediately. African Americans are being hunted down and they are using the color of their skin as a way of avoiding responsibility of their actions. African Americans should not worry about being killed when they walk down the street to buy some

March 16 saw a demonstration in Montgomery, Alabama in which 580 demonstrators planned to march “from the Jackson Street Baptist Church to the Montgomery County Courthouse” (Reed 26). These protestors included a large number of northern college students. They met a police line a few blocks from the Courthouse and were forbidden from proceeding because “they did not have a parade permit” (Reed 26). Across the street came 40 or so students who planned on joining the group en route to the Courthouse. Eventually a few of the demonstrators dared to cross the street, led by James Forman who had organized the march. When it seemed the whole group would cross, police took action, with mounted officers and volunteers arriving at 1:12 pm. Riding into the small group of protestors, they forced most to withdraw, but a few stood fast around a utility pole where horsemen began to beat them. “A posseman

Protesting has become an extremely common way for people to voice their opinion with the aid of our current social media boom. Author Rich Emberlin’s article, How police can work effectively with protest groups”, addresses the current issues with police presence at protest and provides tactics that have worked for his department (2017). Emberlin explains that proper communication has served as the Dallas Police Department’s main combatant against these activist groups. The Dallas Police Department Criminal Intelligence Unit constantly dealt with high-profile activist groups like Black Lives Matter and Dreamers. To reduce violence toward police and maintain a safety for all

Police officer have recently been criticize for shooting African American and using excessive force on them. Groups like Black lives matter and other organizations have crated organization against police officer, those organization have ask for justice for those people that have been killed by police officers. One of the biggest stories in resent time is Samuel Debose a young African American that was shot and kill by Officer Rey Tensing in Cincinnati. Mr. Debose died instantly and Officer is being charged with murder.

Kaepernick began his silent, kneeling protest at the beginning of last season, not as an assault against the United States military or the flag but as a dissent against a system that has, with a great degree of consistency, failed to hold accountable police who kill unarmed citizens. Since he did this, forty-one unarmed individuals have been fatally shot by police in the United States, twelve of them African-American, according to a database maintained by the Washington Post. The city of St. Louis recently witnessed three days of protests after the acquittal of Jason Stockley, the former officer who, while still working for the city’s police force, fatally shot Anthony Smith, an eighteen-year-old African-American motorist who had led officers on a chase. Stockley emerged from his vehicle, having declared that he would “kill the motherfucker,” then proceeded to fire five rounds into the car. Later, a firearm was found on the seat of Smith’s car, but the weapon bore only Stockley’s DNA. The issue is not imaginary.

Not only does Olango’s incident have affected the American society, but it has also had an tempestuous impact on the lives’ of individuals nationally. Norma Chavez-Peterson, the executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union chapter in San Diego and Imperial counties, was disturbed by Olango’s incident and she issued an explanation saying that “the videos raise disturbing if sadly familiar questions about how police respond to crisis calls involving people of color in general and people of color with disabilities in particular” (Perry 2016). Hence, supporters became fearful by the outcome of the incident and they were different to support Olango’s parents and family during their grievance. Local officials, including Police Chief Jeff Davis had decided to release the video of Olango’s incident by hoping that supporters and residents would avoid impeding on the streets (Perry 2016). Unfortunately, that was not the case, instead, local religious and African American community leaders, marched on a Saturday and by midnight there was fight (Perry 2016). Law Enforcement was also being told that someone was intended to go and get a gun and by then officers had to declare the demonstration as an illicit activity (Perry 2016). As a result, some chose to leave and others found it difficult and most were arrested on misdemeanor

Surely, an outrage and protests were sparked during and after the investigation and ruling of the case. Since Missouri’s geographical location resides in the south, where Jim Crow laws originated, racist protests also occurred. During black protests, newscasts adopted the term ‘riots’ and focused explicitly on looting and arsons; ignoring marches of klansmen and arsonists who burnt down Michael Brown Sr.’s church, NBC reports. But, the violence is focused mainly on black people’s ‘riots’. When white people burn cars after the Raiders football team loses the super bowl (SFGate.com, Raider Rage) it is called ‘protests’. The term #BlackLivesMatter was coined, gaining solidarity to fight racism and promote unity in black culture. But, alternatively #AllLivesMatter became coined at the same time. Google trends show by November of 2014 a ratio of 29:0 came up for #BlackLivesMatter and #AllLivesMatter. But, by December 2014 a ratio of 100:21 became present, #AllLivesMatter being used to silence black protesters. It is similar to the situation of attending a breast cancer research rally, and someone protesting that rally because other diseases exist as well. In a black time of need, some of society did come to lend aid, but many others came to silence and oppress further; in terms of social media, reporting, and even complete silence on the topic.

The riots in Ferguson, Missouri, occurred to oppose the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black man, by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. The public carried out protests for weeks in Ferguson after the murder of Brown, and then in March, once the grand jury did not indict Wilson, there was a resurgence of protests. There were many peaceful protesters,

During the Pride parade in Twin Cities, Minneapolis, Black Lives Matter demonstrators laid in the street to stop the march. The parade was being led by a police escort and police officers were intertwined with the Pride participants. Due to recent acts of police violence, people were outraged by their presence in a march meant for liberation. Complaints started rising from the protesters as they met the concrete. Their fight for justice was much harder to achieve when temperatures were reaching 100* in the street.