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-The fact that we still need to be discussing whether or not people deserve the right to live is appalling. Nobody deserves to be treated as "less than," or "other," "inferior," "alien," and so on based off of the colour of their skin. There is absolutely no way to justify the actions of the police who have murdered innocent Black people. The cops had the guns and their victims were unarmed. Had it been the other way around, there would have been an uproar and justice would have been served swiftly. Not only that, but if there had been protests, the we can say for sure that the police wouldn't have been throwing tear gas at the protestors.
-Whenever we manage to make progress, somebody swoops in and undoes it. We can't stop fighting. We can't stop learning. We can't stop educating. We can't stop speaking up. We have to be loud so we can be listened to. We will not make progress unless we stand as a group. It is the only way to make positive, meaningful, permanent change.

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-“As much as we admire and support the RCMP, we know we need to do better. It is not just the individual examples we have seen, it’s the issues faced by Canadians of diverse backgrounds over years, decades and generations.” Quote from Justin Trudeau regarding systemic racism being present in the RCMP
-“The RCMP was not created to protect Indigenous people. It was created to protect white settlers from Indigenous folks – while suppressing our ceremonies and implementing laws that sought to decimate us,” said Brooks Arcand-Paul, a Cree lawyer and executive on the Indigenous Bar Association. “Even today, the police will always look at Indigenous people and Black folks in our territories as potentially requiring some kind of suppression.”
-The above quotes are directly taken from the source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/14/canada-systemic-racism-history
-Some political leaders in Canada, such as the Québec premier François Legault, do not believe that systemic racism exists
-Students are not taught about Canada's racist history, like how Indigenous and Black people were enslaved by the colonial powers
-Only recently have schools started teaching students about residential schools

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-These were Eric Garner's last words
-He was arrested on suspicion of illegally selling cigarettes
-He died in a confrontation with officer Daniel Pantaleo
-Pantaleo placed Garner in a prohibited chokehold
-Garner was a father of 6 children
-Pantaleo was fired five years after the incident
-A state grand jury still refused to press criminal charges

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-Breonna Taylor was an African American woman who was fatally shot by police in her own apartment
-She was an emergency room technician
-Her killing was swept under the radar due to COVID-19, which is disproportionately affecting communities of colour

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-Floyd was suspected of using a forged $20 bill
-Police officer Derek Chauvin held his knee on Floyd's neck for 7 minutes
-All four officers involved in Floyd's killing were arrested on murder charges
-There were protests held worldwide after Floyd's death
-People came together to demand change, and to honour George Floyd

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-In 2019, 1 098 people were killed by police in the USA
-Black people are three times more likely to be killed by police
-99% of killings by police don't result in criminal charges (2013-2019)
-There were 4 571 violent hate crimes in the USA in 2018, the highest it has been in 16 years

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-After George Zimmerman's acquittal, Garza posted the phrase "Black Lives Matter" in a FaceBook post

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The First Time #BlackLivesMatter Went Viral: The Acquittal of George Zimmerman

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The First Time #BlackLivesMatter Went Viral: The Acquittal of George Zimmerman

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-George Zimmerman fatally shot an unarmed, innocent Black 17 year old named Trayvon Martin
-Racial profiling
-The jury found Zimmerman not guilty
-People were outraged at the outcome of the court case, as George Zimmerman literally got away with murder

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The Second Time #BlackLivesMatter Went Viral: The Shooting of Michael Brown

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The Second Time #BlackLivesMatter Went Viral: The Shooting of Michael Brown

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-18 year old Michael Brown was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri on the ninth of August, 2014
-In front of the grand jury, Wilson claimed that he feared for his life even though he had a gun and Brown was unarmed
-The prosecutor was Bob McCullough, who did not indict Darren Wilson
-This time, #BlackLivesMatter went global as people worldwide went to the streets in protest to the non-indictment of Darren Wilson

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-30 local chapters worldwide
(Australia, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom)

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-Activist and theatre maker from Los Angeles, California
-Working on a play to give Black Seattle residents a voice
-This piece is allowing Black people's stories of criminalisation and State violence to be told
-She also wants to build a community around this piece, not just have the performers do their part and leave, as that would be exploitative
-Moreover, Cullors hopes this will be a call to action for the audience
-In 2013, she posted #BlackLivesMatter (inspired by Alicia Garza's FaceBook post), which went viral, and changed the conversation around State violence and police brutality

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-Tometi is a writer and immigrant rights activist
-She offered to build social media platforms where activists could connect with each other