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To begin, the Black Lives Matter Movement is not suggesting that only Black Lives Matter. However, it is only highlighting the higher stakes and standard black people are held to.

The name of the movement is not meant to turn people away but, instead it wants to prove and show how many more black people are scrutinized than any other race. The purpose of this is to share stories of unequal treatment black people face just walking down the street.

Clink on the link to learn more about how this movement first began. To view video, click on "view original" when you expand the post.

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An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter | Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, Opal Tometi

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Trayvon Martin was a 17 year old kid when he was shot and killed by the volunteer neighborhood watch program. His shooter, George Zimmerman, was not initially charged but after the public caught news of this he was then charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter. This is when the Black Lives Matter movement first began.

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Jordan Davis was a 17 year old boy that was out with his friends at a gas station to buy gum. A man named Michael Dunn gets in an argument with the group and sets of 10 rounds into their car, killing Jordan Davis. Dunn was sentenced to life in prison.

Click on the link to learn more about Davis' death in the documentary film 3 1/2 Minutes. To view video, click on "view original" when you expand post. You many have to rent for $3.99

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Renisha McBride was a 19 year old girl that knocked on a nearby house for help after a car crash. Instead of answering homeowner, Theodore Wafer, shoots her through his door.

Wafer was sentenced 17 years for second degree murder and manslaughter.

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Eric Garner was a 43 year old man that was killed by the NYPD. The officer, Daniel Pantaleo, put Garner in an illegal choke hold and even while he says, "I can't breathe" NYPD continues to choke and arrest him as he turns limp.

Below is the video of the incident. To view video, click on "view original" when you expand the post.

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NYPD Publicly Executes Eric Garner For Illegal Cigarettes

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Tamir Rice was a 12 year old kid pointing a fake gun at random people. When policeman Timothy Loehmann shows up he fires two shots at Rice, injuring him and eventually killing him the next day.

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John Crawford was 22 years old when he was shot and killed by the police when he was seen with a toy gun. Crawford and his girlfriend were just at Walmart to pick up groceries for a family gathering.

To read more on his story and the officers conviction click here:

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U.S. Attorney Benjamin Glassman and the Department of Justice said Tuesday they found insufficient evidence to pursue charges against Beavercreek police Officer Sean Williams, who fired the fatal shot. They said investigators analyzed store surveillance video using resources at the FBI laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, interviewed witnesses and used an independent crime scene reconstruction expert in their review.

"The government would be required both to disprove his (Williams') stated reason for the shooting - that he was in fear of death or serious bodily injury - and to affirmatively establish that Officer Williams instead acted with the specific intent to violate Mr. Crawford's rights," they said in a statement, adding that the evidence "simply cannot satisfy those burdens."

The statement said Department of Justice officials had informed Crawford's family.

The family's attorney, Michael Wright, said it has been a frustrating wait and now their only recourse is their civil lawsuit, which is pending in federal court for trial next year.

"The family is very upset. They're still grieving," he said. "And now it appears there's no recourse and that nothing will be done through the criminal justice system. It's almost like these guys are getting away with murder."

The lawsuit by Crawford's relatives, who say he was "shot on sight," was filed against Beavercreek police and Bentonville, Arkansas-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and alleges negligence and civil rights violations. The city and Walmart denied the allegations.

The Crawford shooting is among several fatal police shootings of black men across the United States that have raised attention over the last three years to how police deal with black people.

In Cincinnati, a prosecutor is considering whether to seek a third trial of a white former University of Cincinnati police officer in the fatal shooting of a black motorist after two hung juries.

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The officer who fatally shot John Crawford III in a Walmart won't face charges

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U.S. Attorney Benjamin Glassman and the Department of Justice said Tuesday they found insufficient evidence to pursue charges against Beavercreek police Officer Sean Williams, who fired the fatal shot. They said investigators analyzed store surveillance video using resources at the FBI laboratory in Quantico, Virginia, interviewed witnesses and used an independent crime scene reconstruction expert in their review.

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Freddie Gray was a 25 year old when he was arrested for  possessing a switchblade. Through the arrest and restraint Gray falls into a coma, from the injuries the Baltimore police gave him, and dies a week later.

Months later on July 13, 28 year old Sandra Bland was found hung while in custody. She was first called in after a minor traffic violation three days before.

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Philando Castile's shooting was live streamed to facebook while he reaches for his wallet after being pulled over. He died later that night in the hospital.

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Michael Brown was a teenager when he was killed outside of an apartment complex by an officer named Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri.

Two days later Ezell Ford was shot in the back by LAPD while walking in the street.

This began a right in Missouri, causing the state to go into a state of emergency.

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Laquan McDonald was a 17 year old that was shot 16 times when he refused to listen to police officer Jason Van Dyke.

To read more about McDonald's case click here:

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Three years after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, the fallout continues on many fronts, primarily in the Chicago Police Department, the courts and the community. Here is how the case unfolded.

Officer Van Dyke shoots 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times near 41st Street and Pulaski Road. McDonald is later pronounced dead at Mount Sinai Hospital.

Tribune reviews of emails later released from the Emanuel administration reveal that City Hall scrambled on how to deal with the shooting and its aftermath during this time.

Journalist Brandon Smith files a Freedom of Information Act request with the Chicago Police Department asking for videos from the night Van Dyke shot and killed McDonald.

Protests, several in the Loop and along Michigan Avenue, are held, with many lasting hours. Protesters chant "16 shots" and call for Mayor Rahm Emanuel's resignation and the firing of police Superintendent Garry McCarthy.

Emanuel fires Superintendant McCarthy.

"We have to recognize that if we don't like the way the system works, change the system, right? I described to you all the things that people wanted from police oversight, and outside investigatory agencies exist (in Chicago), and at the end of the day they didn't like the results. And somebody had to take the fall and somebody had to take the hit."

-- Garry McCarthy, speaking on a panel on policing at Harvard University, several months after being fired

Mayor Emanuel announces the creation of the Task Force on Police Accountability, which will study the processes, oversight and training at CPD, and make recommendations.

Van Dyke indicted on six counts of first-degree murder and and one count of official misconduct.

A lieutenant, Anthony Wojcik, who will be later recommended by Inspector General Ferguson to be fired, retires.

Deputy Chief David McNaughton retires. McNaughton ruled the shooting was in compliance with departmental policy, one day after Van Dyke shot and killed McDonald.

McNaughton is one of the people Inspector General Ferguson would later recommend firing.

"Officer Van Dyke fired his weapon in fear of his life when the offender while armed with a knife continued to approach and refused all verbal direction."

-- Then-Deputy Chief David McNaughton, signing off on the shooting of McDonald by Van Dyke.

Videos released show McDonald did not walk toward police at the time of his killing.

Superintendent Eddie Johnson recommends that seven police officers involved in the shooting's cover-up, many of them patrol officers at the scene of the shooting, be fired. The officers' names were not released.

Van Dyke and at least five other officers claimed that McDonald, who had a knife and did not respond to police commands, moved threateningly toward officers before Van Dyke shot and killed him. The video shows McDonald did not lunge.

"Each of these decisions was based on a methodical and substantive review of the facts by both internal and external counsel. Each officer will have their right to due process."

-- Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson

More than a year after it was announced by Lynch, the Justice Department releases a report that says CPD engages in abuse against citizens, excessive force and unfair treatment of minorities. The city and the Justice Department are now negotiating a consent decree that would include specific reforms overseen by an outside monitor.

"The pattern of unlawful force we found resulted from a collection of poor police practices that our investigation indicated are used routinely within CPD. We found that officers engage intactically unsound and unnecessary foot pursuits, and that these foot pursuits too often end with officers unreasonably shooting someone -- including unarmed individuals."

- Justice Dept. investigation on CPD

Copyright © 2018, Chicago Tribune

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Laquan McDonald timeline: The shooting, the video and the fallout

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Three years after the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke, the fallout continues on many fronts, primarily in the Chicago Police Department, the courts and the community. Here is how the case unfolded. Officer Van Dyke shoots 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times near 41st Street and Pulaski Road.

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Alton Sterling was a 37 year old man when he was pinned to the ground and shot 5 times by Baton Rouge police.

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New video released of Alton Sterling shooting

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Charles Kinsey was shot by Miami police as he was lying on the ground from an injury he acquired while helping a man with autism. Kinsey lied down with his arms in the arm begging police not to shoot.

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Jamar Clark was 24 years old when he was shot in the head, while handcuffed by Minneapolis police.

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Some may say "there's nothing I can do" but that is wrong. Spreading awareness and not ignoring this obvious bias is what needs to be done. The more these stories are spread the more we bring attention to the changes we need to make in a our day to day lives and in the representatives we choose to represent us. If we keep allowing this incidents to go by unnoticed or unpunished they will continue. We need to start holding people responsible to create a more fair country.