BLM padlet by Seamus Tunney

BLM: why is BLM a celebrated holiday

seamustunney — 2025-01-09 18:05:18 UTC

it is celebrated to honor the lives of black people that where lost during the times of slavery and the time 1900-1964 which was mainly segregation during that time period and is still celebrated today for the lives that are still being lost.

Viola Desmond

seamustunney — 2025-01-13 17:21:20 UTC

Viola Desmond was one for the many people who fought for her rights and the demanded to be treated equally and was over being discriminated and decided not to move when sitting in the "white people section" and later was arrested for tax invasion after not paying approximately 1 cent of tax even though she offered to pay 2 tickets for her to sit in that area. later in December 8 2016 she was put onto the $10 bill

George Floyd

seamustunney — 2025-01-15 17:42:19 UTC

George Floyd age 46 died after being arrested by police outside a shop in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It began with a report of a fake $20 bill. A report was made on the evening of 25 May, when George Floyd bought a pack of cigarettes from Cup Foods which was a grocery store.

Believing the $20 bill he used to be counterfeit, a store employee reported it to police. once arrested one of the police officers Chauvin put his knee for more than nine minutes on Floyds neck the prosecutors say. later on a female bystander told the police: "His nose is bleeding, come on now." About six minutes into that period, Floyd became non-responsive. In videos of the incident, this was when Floyd fell silent, as bystanders urged the officers to check his pulse.

Officer Keung did just that, checking Floyd's right wrist, but "couldn't find one". Yet the other officers did not move. Floyd was then put onto a gurney a brought to a nearby hospital were he was pronounced dead an hour later