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Year: 2014

What she was doing: At home.

How she was killed: Rosser's boyfriend, Victor Stephens, called 911 to ask the police to escort her out of the house because of an altercation. The official report says that when the officers entered the home, Rosser was holding a knife and refused to drop it. Officer Mark Raab used his taser. Officer David Ried fired a single shot that killed her.

Action taken: Ried did not face any charges over Rosser's death. The police department and city implemented reforms, including equipping officers with body cameras.

Correction - 3/3/2021: A previous version of this profile showed an incorrect image for Aura Rosser. That illustration has been replaced with a new sketch.
These are just a few of the Black Americans killed by police. There are many, many more. Produced by:
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Know their names: Black people killed by the police in the US

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Between 2014 and 2020, police in the United States killed at least 7,680 people. Twenty-five percent of those killed were Black, although Black Americans make up just 13 percent of the population. In most cases, little or no action was taken against the officers involved.

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Protesters Chant 'Black Lives Matter' at Trump Supporters in Kenosha

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Racism never goes away because so many people do nothing about it. You can see this more throughout the end of the book during and after Tom's trial. No matter what, white men will be favored over black men. This happended a lot more back then, but it sadly still happens today.

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Atticus gets called a negro lover which is a very racist term that most people would take offence to. However, Atticus is almost proud of the name and doesn't let it hurt him because he knows that defending African Americans is the right thing to do. This connects back to the theme, because Atticus is one of those people who tries everything he can to stop racism.

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At such a young age Scout innocently uses the n word showing such inconsideration. This word being used makes younger kids think that it's okay and that you can call African Americans such a rude term. It doesn't allow children to see what they are doing is wrong which is where the concept of racism is grown and developed. This also happens is today's society where people think racism is okay.

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Blue lives Matter protests have also been happening to try to get their believes across. (https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/09/03/back-the-blue-and-black-lives-matter-protests-face-off-in-danvers/)

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George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Elijah Mcclain are only 3 African Americans who have been killed by police officers in the past year. (https://www.washingtonpost.com/).

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Recently a lot of Black Lives Matter protest have been happening in hope for change. (https://www.cbsnews.com/video/the-power-of-the-black-lives-matter-movement/).

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"The older you grow the more of it you’ll see. The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box. As you grow older, you’ll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don’t you forget it— whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, that white man is trash"(Lee 252)

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“I certainly am. I do my best to love everybody… I’m hard put, sometimes—baby, it’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is, it doesn’t hurt you" (Lee 124).

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"Jem scooped up an armful of dirt, patted it into a mound on which he added another load, and another until he had constructed a torso. “Jem, I ain’t ever heard of a ni**er snowman,” I said. “He won’t be black long,” he grunted" (Lee 75).

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There are people in the world who will do everything they can to stop racism, but also people who will do nothing at all.