Last week on October 27th we did not have class but met with our groups for our Unit Two Projects. We had to decide on a topic to focus on for our projects. We then had an activity that dealt with the Black Lives Matter movement mainly on what it was and how it started. Rodney King was why the movement was created. He was involved in police brutality in 1991 after he was involved in a high speed chase with the police. According to the article "Rodney King and Black Lives Matter" he was acting like someone who was on PCP when he was asked to get out of his vehicle. He was beaten over fifty times by four different police officers and was tazered two times. "He was treated for '11 skull fractures, permanent brain damage, broken (bones and teeth), kidney damage, emotional and physical trauma". The officers who took part in the arrests and beating of Rodney King were acquitted. Because of the way that Rodney King was beaten and the officers did not have to be punished was the reason that the movement started. Police brutality was the biggest factor in the start of this movement because African Americans were not being treated in the way that white people who were getting arrested were. This movement is still something that is going on because police brutality is still an issue. This treatment of African Americans should not be tolerated anymore and should not be a problem. People who promote Black Lives Matter want to end police brutality something that is a big problem even in this day in age.
In my response paper two I am talking more about Black Lives Matter and the other movements that were created such as "All Lives Matter" and "Native American Lives Matter" and the impact that they have and why one is better than the other.
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