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    district we depend on. We depend on them to protect us , and serve in the most positive way for the people. The importance of this topic in my eyes is that the Police get-away with things that they shouldn’t. What inspired me the most is the Trayvon Martin case, and the Eric Garner case that really opened my eyes to see that the black community is so broken and we as a unit cannot seem to fix it. The black communities have many stereotypes about them and they tend to be negative this is why people

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    About two or three years ago, I joined a couple of my friends from high school to have dinner with our old American history teacher. This is a man we respected as exemplary of good character, an intelligent man who had provoked us those years ago to think critically in new ways about the issues that have shaped our country and the debates that formed our American structures and institutions. The conversation that night, however, felt strangely alien to me despite how predictable it should have been

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    a 17 year old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed. He was killed at 7:16 PM at the Twin Lakes, in Sanford Florida, while Trayvon Martin was returning from a local store, where he bought an Arizona ice tea, and skittles. A 28 year old hispanic man name George Zimmerman spotted Trayvon Martin, who he thought acted suspiciously. Moments later, there were an altercation between the two individuals, which resulted in Trayon being shot. The most important question is, why was Trayvon Martin killed? This

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    “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character.” Martin Luther King, Jr in this historic speech demanded racial justice and equality. In the speech that electrified the world he endeavoured to secure the future of racial equality. On August 28, 1963, the historic march on Washington drew more than 200,000 people in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial. It was here that King made

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    On February 26, 2012 Trayvon Martin the seventeen year old boy was walking back from the convenience store with skittles and a drink. George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch, saw him and called the cops. The dispatcher told Zimmerman that the officers was on their way and told Zimmerman not to follow the allegedly suspicious person, but Zimmerman got out of his car and followed him to his house. Sometime after that Zimmerman and martin got into a physical altercation and ended up Zimmerman

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    color. Racism is just a part of the human nature. Trayvon Benjamin Martin was just 17 when he was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain, in Sanford, Florida on February 2012. The murder of Trayvon Martin affected many people. The death of Martin was just the first of several deaths where a white person killed a black innocent person. Since the deaths weren’t stopping the #BlackLivesMatter movement began. Trayvon Benjamin Martin was a 17 year old African American from Miami

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    Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.” Obama makes a note about the people who have resorted to signs and symbols as a way to take a side, whether it’s a protest or in a jury. People will look for meaning in things like signs and books, or things more

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    Racism between Trayvon Martin & Jeremiah Racism in “If You Come Softly" should be important in the society because it can happen in real life, like the Trayvon Martin case. We see racism every day in this cold world. We judge people by their looks and not their personality not realizing it hurting people and entertaining us. Racism is the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to

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    in 2009, to inflammatory comments made during the Trayvon Martin case and the Michael Brown shooting, Obama is always sure to let his true ideology shine through. Michael Brown and Trayvon Martin were no strangers to run-ins with law enforcement. When the Martin case broke we were flooded with school pictures of a very young boy, only to find out that young Trayvon was anything but innocent. Ignorance of both George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin aside, Obama was quick to express where his support

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    murder trial of Mr.Nesbitt. Trayvon Martin was pronounced dead at the scene. An example to Steve would be Trayvon Martin. This compares to Steve for the reason that, Trayvon was shot by not even an officer and was accused of being a real suspicious guy”. Steve compares to this since he just went into a store to get some things and he was accused of being part of a murder.In contrast Trayvon Martin was shot and Steve Harmon was not shot. They are different because Trayvon was 17 years old and Steve

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