Black Lives Matter Analysis

News channels across the world has exposed the excessive use of force by police officers within the black community. Over policing has become quite common for news channels or social media outlets to report the injustice use of force against black men. Law enforcement is under constant scrutiny for questionable forceful tactics that relinquishes lives of black men in urban communities. The weaponry of Police Brutality, Group Discrimination, Excessive Force, and Police Profiling have been sending black men to their graves for far too long. The realization of these expedients has created the movement Black Lives Matter. Since the creation of this movement the commonalities of protestors has become scrutinized for their use of the phrase. Outside

After carefully reviewing the numerous sub-topics within each field. I had elected to research topics within the Civil Rights genre. During the time of my presentation, there was a vast interest in the unlawful force used by three police officers that terminated the life of 42 year old, Eric Garner. In my presentation I mentioned the names of other black men whom lives ended far too soon from the weapons of Police Brutality, Group Discrimination, Excessive Force, and Police Profiling. In addition to other high and low profile crimes of racism and police brutality, subsequently the racial profiling death of 16 year old Trayvon Martin had begun the protesters movement of Black Lives Matter in 2012 (About Black Lives Matter).. These cannon balls of tragic events, heightened the world’s awareness and the worldwide of people began to fixate their eyes on the injustice of the silent killer that has plagued the black community since the days of “Black Wall Street” (Atlanta

Black Lives Matter has established a stage for all of the world to see. Just as the scripture’s says, “We have been at this mountain far too long” (New Life Translation, Duet 1:6). This mountain has obscured the world perception of the black community and imprisoned the black race for far too long. The time has come to join together and issue this unjust justice system its eviction notice. Police brutality has to be s a race cannot just sit any longer waiting for that day to come. Racism has tortured and provoked the black community for years much longer than the presence of social media and technology. The hateful and harsh death of black men to over policing has continuously displaced lives but occupied graves long enough. We cannot afford to have another mother look down onto the grave of another son, especially while the culprit behaviors are rendered as justified. As a community, we have questions and the movement of Black Lives Matter will invoke an answer. The urgency for an unprejudiced system is in high demand. I believe Langston Hughes had said it best when he stated, “Negros – Sweet and docile, Meek, and humble, and kind: Beware the day – They change their mind.”(Langston Hughes). The transitioning of minds has been long overdue, I despise the day that my people has become the interpretation of “Strange Fruit” (Billie