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Black Lives Matter

Silence is Violence

By Lynda YoungPublished 2 years ago 5 min read
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Black Lives Matter is a decentralized political and social movement protesting against incidents of Police brutality and all racially motivated violence against black people. First, it is a central target of disinformation, and I am a solid defensive line. In February 2013, George Zimmerman shot an innocent young black boy named Travyon Martin in Florida. He was just Seventeen years old. Trayvon went to the nearby gas station just getting Amazon green tea and a bag of skittles with his hoodie jacket on his head. The receipt was in his pockets; George thought that Trayvon looked very "suspicious", like he was a robber of the night, and called the police about it. Trayvon was on his cell phone talking to his friend when she heard the gun fired and killed her friend. George Zimmerman claimed that he shot Trayvon in Self-defense and, there was an alternation between them before he pulled out his gun. The case went to trial and debuted live from the courthouse in Florida, but the juror returned with the verdict, and he stood up and, the jury found him "NOT GUILTY" of second-degree murder and of manslaughter charges.

Which sparked a nationwide activism movement named "BLACK LIVES MATTER." It raises awareness and calls for action against the world's police department and its problems for people of color. Also, the police have been getting away with homicide, and these cases have never been inside a courtroom before. In Cleveland, Ohio_ Tamir Rice was a 12-year-old boy playing at the park with his toy gun when the cops shot him down in cold blood. Meanwhile, in New York, the cops put the prohibited chokehold on Eric Garner when he kept repeating to them, "I CAN'T BREATHE." He was pronounced dead shortly after arriving at the hospital; he was just 44 years old when his unexpected death occurred. Freddie Gary was 25 years old when he died from a knife to his spinal cord injuries by the Baltimore Police department. The trial of the arresting officers ended in a mistrial found not guilty, and the remaining charges had dropped. Still, the ligation stated that the city of Baltimore settled with the family of the deceased over $6.4 million before filing to sue.

#ICan'tBreathe was trending on Social media_ Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube. Starting a war, screaming, "Peace" at the same time All the corruption, injustice, the same crimes Always a problem if we do or don't fight And we die, we do not have the same right What is a gun to a man that surrenders? What is it going to take for someone to defend her? If we all agree that we are equal as people, why can't we see evil?

Monika Diamond was a 34-year-old transgender business owner woman who died by the North Carolina police. According to The Human Rights Campaign, it represents the envisions a world where members of the LGBTQ+ families have the freedom to live their truth without fear and equality under the law. We empower our 3 million members and supporters to mobilize against attacks on the most marginalized people in our community. HRC believes that Monika Diamond's death is the fourth death of a transgender or gender non-conforming person in 2020.

In 2020, in Louisville, KY, Breonna Taylor was just a typical 26-years old working for the University of Louisville as a full-time ER technician. She was a former emergency medical technician living with her boyfriend when her death by police issued a no-knock warrant by her apartment as part of an investigation into drug-dealing operations. She was shot six times with police gunshots. Furthermore, the worst of all is that The Police did not search Breonna's apartment because she was never a part of these drug-dealing operations from the beginning. News reporters attacked Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron and the police about covering up Breonna Taylor's untimely death. When the grand jury decided not to indict the officers, Americans added protests across the United States against police brutality and racism.

The light at the end of a tunnel begins to shine when the trial of George Floyd' leading killer: Derek Chauvin, was found guilty on three charges of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter; It was the conviction of a white police officer in Minnesota for the murder of a black person, and he was limited to 22.5 years in prison for the Second-degree murder. As for the other police officers that were there as accomplices, they had pleaded "NOT GUILTY" for violating George Floyd's civil rights. The investigation known as a "pattern or practice" — examining whether there is a pattern or practice of unconstitutional or unlawful policing — includes a sweeping review of the entire police department. It may result in significant changes to protection in the Minnesota city. How do you judge my skin color when I did not do anything wrong, just bad timing or being at the wrong place?

Trying times all the time Destruction of minds, bodies, and human rights Stripped of bloodlines, whipped and confined This is the American pride It's justifying a International crime that's Romanticizing the theft and bloodshed That made America the land of the free To take a black life, land of the free To bring a gun to a peaceful fight for civil rights You are desensitized to pulling triggers on innocent lives Because that's how we got here in the first place These wounds sink more profound than the bullet Your entitled hands could ever reach Generations and generations of pain, fear, and anxiety Equality is walking without intuition Saying the protector and the killer is wearing the same uniform The revolution is not televised Media perception is forced down the throats of closed minds So it's lies in the headlines And generations of supremacy resulting in your ignorant, privileged eyes We breathe the same and we bleed the same But still, we don't see the same Be thankful we are God-fearing Because we do not seek revenge We seek justice, we are past fear We are fed up eating your garbage Because you think your so-called "Black friend" Authenticate your wokeness and erases your discrimation. That kind of uncomfortable conversation Is too hard for your trust-fund pockets to swallow the strange fruit hanging from my family tree. Audacity says all men are created equal in the eyes of God But disparage a man based on the color of his skin. Please do not say you do not see color; When you visit us, see us We can't breathe.

It is time to defund the police and bring justice to those not here with us because there is no peace without justice in the world; we have to live forever. You refuse to remember all of the names of people who are not here with us anymore because you know they were somebody’s mother, brother, father, sister, daughter, and son.

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Lynda Young

I was born and raised by a single mother and, I'm not the type of person that doesn't want a hand out when it comes to money because I want to work hard for it myself and, one day, I want to become successful in my terms and conditions.

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