Chokehold

"You are enough to start a movement. Individual people can come together around things that they know are unjust. And they can spark change.", Deray Mckesson speaks to the youth of our country, attempting to get it across his message across of justice and equality. Many individuals are not aware of the fraudulence that our criminal law system holds, and activists such as Mckesson try to bring as much light as possible to this urgent topic. Awareness is watered down significantly of the issues that

Deadly excessive force used by police that has led to death is not some new hot topic on some television show; it is an issue within the Black communities that has spread rampantly. Civilians don’t have the trust that they should in law enforcement due to their belief that a police officer may shoot and kill them during contact. Excessive force in the form of shooting continues to be a nationwide problem that has spiraled out of control having a domino effect across the entire country. Reform measures

I walk out my room and see my mom and Todd he was holding her in a chokehold, I ran as fast as I could to her but Todd threatened that if I moved any closer he would kill her. My life flashed before my eyes and my anxiety only grew stronger. “Stop… please don’t hurt my mom I’m begging you.” My head facing the ground as I shook with fear. “Alissa please”Mom's voice was trembling and her face was turning a bright red. “Alissa no one was talking to you so shut up or else I will kill you and

Police brutality, or the general brutality towards black people, is not a new issue in America. Over 700 unarmed African-Americans were murdered in 2015 alone. Michelle Alexander argues in “The New Jim Crow” that the criminal-justice system in America has purposely been used as a means for oppressing black people after the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was passed. In 1903, Hon. Frank Moss, a former police commissioner of New York City, published this paragraph: For three years, there has been through

As recent incidents of police brutality toward minority groups plague our nation, especially that of African Americans, the question asked by many is such deadly force necessary, and what other actions could have led to a better outcome? Although our primary thought is to blame police officers for death, we must realize that sometimes deadly action is unavoidable, and anyone put in a similar situation would act the same way. According to the U.S Supreme Court in the 1985 case, Tennessee vs Garner

in place like the one in Seattle, where they ended the use of criminal background checks in employment decisions because of the unfair impact it had on men of different races, will help end mass criminalization (RSJI). From unnecessary searches, chokeholds and even

2014: Two years after the death of Trayvon Martin, the world was introduced to Michael Brown, a Ferguson, Missouri Black native who had just become the next victim of a fatal officer involved shooting. In the early morning of August 9, 2014, the 18 year old man was said to be involved in a strong arm robbery of a convenience store. Officer Darren Wilson received the alert from the police dispatch and quickly surveyed the neighborhood until finding a walker who fit the victim’s description. The officer

Why we should put an end to racism. America has had a rough past with racism, sadly it still exist till this day. Everyday people of different races or cultures are still being judged and profiled all around America. Being born a certain race or raised believing something different than others because of your culture or religion is something you as a child can not control. I strongly believe everyone deserves to be able to express themselves through opinion, culture, and religion. In today's

Today we hear so much on the issue of police brutality and recent cases where notice lives have been lost therefore there is the current talk of incorporating police body cameras. Since the major event that occurred on August 9th in 2014, where an 18-year-old boy named Michael Brown who was shot by Officer Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri many people around the nation believed that if there has been any footage of that day, Officer Wilson would be able to show and demonstrate his actions without any

shortly after and went viral. In the footage, the asthmatic, three-hundred-fifty pound Eric Garner was put into an apparent chokehold in an effort to subdue him after he told the arresting officers that he “was tired of being harassed” and refused to comply with their orders. In the footage audio Garner can be heard exclaiming “I can’t breathe” eleven times before the chokehold is released. Garner had to be hospitalized immediately, and was pronounced dead less than an hour after the incident. Garner’s