Breonna Taylor was a 26-year-old African American woman who was fatally shot by police officers in Louisville, Kentucky on March 13, 2020. Her death, which occurred during a nighttime raid on her apartment, has become a tragic example of the systemic racism and police brutality that has plagued the United States for generations.

Breonna Taylor was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She attended Western Michigan University, where she studied to become a nurse. After college, Breonna moved to Louisville, where she worked as an emergency medical technician for the city's public hospital system.

Breonna was known for her kindness and generosity. She was deeply committed to her family, particularly her mother, Tamika Palmer, and her younger sister, Ju'Niyah. She also had a close relationship with her boyfriend, Kenneth Walker, who was with her the night she was killed.

On the night of March 13, 2020, police officers executed a "no-knock" warrant on Breonna's apartment. The warrant was issued as part of a drug investigation targeting Breonna's ex-boyfriend, who did not live with her and was not present at the time of the raid.

According to reports, police officers used a battering ram to break down Breonna's front door, and Kenneth Walker, who was in bed with Breonna at the time, fired a single shot, believing that someone was breaking into their apartment.

In response, police officers fired more than 20 rounds of ammunition, striking Breonna at least eight times and killing her. Kenneth was arrested and charged with attempted murder of a police officer, although those charges were later dropped.

In September 2020, a grand jury indicted one of the police officers involved in Breonna's death on charges of wanton endangerment for firing into a neighboring apartment. The other officers involved in the raid were not charged.

The decision not to charge the officers for Breonna's death sparked outrage and protests across the country, as many people felt that justice had not been served. The case also drew attention to the issue of no-knock warrants, which allow police officers to enter a person's home without warning or identification, often leading to dangerous and deadly confrontations.

Breonna Taylor's death has become a tragic symbol of the deep-seated issues of systemic racism and police brutality that continue to plague the United States. Her family and supporters continue to demand justice for her and for other victims of police violence, calling for reforms that address the root causes of these problems and ensure that such tragedies never happen again.

In my opinion, it's outrageous that the police officers didn't took a heavier sentence, they broke the privacy of a couple and slew a woman for no reason, probably because of her skin. And it's probably for the same reason that they didn't have a heavier sentence, I doubt that they'd have the same if the person they killed was a white woman. The protests and reactions that followed this event are completely legitimate. This was a racist and injustified murder, and there's still other events like this one in america and in the world, it has to stop, and everyone must fight against police violence and racism until it stops.

_{^{Written and published by Alaéddine Joaber on March 8th, 2023}}

What happened to her ?
Aiyana Jones, a seven-year-old girl, was sleeping on the couch next to her grandmother in their home in Detroit, Michigan, when a SWAT team threw a grenade through the window, that landed so close to Aiyana that it burned its cover. After a few seconds the SWAT team expecialy Officer Joseph Weekley, the commando in chief - broke into the house. His gun fired a single shot, the bullet hitting Aiyana in the head and coming out of his neck

This is compounded by the fact that the police threw this grenade into the wrong apartment. Another murder had been committed a few months before, that of Jacob Blake. Thus, the suspect accused of Blake’s murder, Chauncey Owens, had been found and lived in the apartment upstairs .

It all happened in seconds. Police entered the lower apartment of a two-unit house on the east side of the city looking for murder suspect Chauncey Owens while a team working for the TV show "The First 48" was filming outside. Owens was arrested in the upper apartment and later convicted of murdering 17-year-old Je'Rean Blake outside a Detroit party store.

What happened to the killer of Ayana?
Joseph Weekley is currently an officer in the Detroit Police Department. He was a member of the elite special intervention team when the raid took place on 16 May 2010.

Moreover, this is not the first time that police officer Joseph Weekley has faced American justice. In 2011, Weekley was charged with manslaughter and death with a firearm. But this crime did not result in any sentence because according to the judges, there would not have been enough evidence which would have allowed to reject the crime charge.

During the trial of Aiyana’s tragic death, the prosecutors accused Weekley of negligence and recklessness in carrying out his mission. But Weekley’s lawyer argued that the shooting was a tragic accident. We don’t know exactly that she was his sanction.

What happened to his family ?
Obviously, we can think that the Jones family was upset by this tragic death. Thus, during the trial with his assasin in 2019, the American justice and the police decided to pay 8.25 million dollars to the Aiyana Stanley-Jones’ family hoping that this could compensate for their suffering.

The consequences on society ?
Aiyana’s death shocked the people in the black lives matter movement. Indeed, because of his young age, Aiyana was entitled to many facebook pages in his tribute, petitions on the internet and even the Detroit chapter of the Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) and Black Lives Matter Detroit organized a rally on what would have been her 14th birthday. Even, Aiyana’s grandmother Mertilla Jones said, "Accountability needs to be expected from cases like this, because cops can't keep killing people and getting away with it.”

My point of view:
I think that "accident" wasn’t. Of course the mistake is human but as a policeman, Weekley should have checked the apartment where he was before shooting, maybe it’s my journalist side that made me say that;) But when we know that this was not the first violence, the first murder of this policeman, we can question this "accidental" murder. I find it unfair that American justice is not sanctioning Weekley during his first attacks in 2011 just because there was "not enough evidence". Justice is simply done by giving the Jones family money, as they always do.

Fortunately, in the 21st century, people are fighting inequality, and I am proud to know that some citizens do not let this story go by and pay proper tribute to this young girl. I hope that this story will not be forgotten and that it will serve as a lesson, so that American society can evolve positively. Thus, the different populations will be able to live in peace without this question whether they will lose a family member or a friend.Let’s not forget that Aiyana Jones was just a little girl, only 7 years old.

     Clement Lloyd was a 23-year-old African-American man who rode motorcycles and lived a perfectly normal life in Miami. But on January 16, 1989, Clement Lloyd was shot in the head by a police officer, William Lozano. But it was not only him who died during this attack. There was also his friend, Allan Blanchard, 24 years old, who died the day after the accident as a result of injuries sustained during the accident.

Of course you're wondering, what happened? 

Well, the shooting sparked three nights of rioting, resulting in more deaths, hundreds of arrests or injuries and millions of dollars in property damage.

Well, 33-year-old Colombian-born police officer William Lozano was once at the center of the most racist case in Florida in the last decade. He was charged with two counts of manslaughter in the shooting deaths of two young black men. And again at the trial of Clement Lloyd, he was acquitted on the same charges.

Indeed, in December 1989, the Miami jury found Lozano guilty of two counts of manslaughter in the deaths of Lloyd and Blanchard. And he was ultimately sentenced to seven years in prison,

Isn't it great that he was arrested? It would be if he had actually been imprisoned. 

In fact, in 1991, the court of appeal overturned the decision to imprison him for seven years, because the jury was afraid that an acquittal would trigger further unrest in the city.

Don't you find it normal? That even nowadays the police think they are superior to us because we are a black man, a woman, we practice another religion than Christianity, and therefore give them their right "to defend themselves because they feel in danger". I'll tell you, no, this is not normal! 

We have to stop exonerating the police for what they did. But also stop reinforcing stereotypes and discriminations on our skin color, our physical appearance...

Clement Lloyd's case is one of many. So let's fight for our rights, for our freedom, for our lives!

As Rosa Parks said: "I believe we are here on the planet Earth to live, grow up and do what we can to make this world a better place for all people to enjoy freedom." So let's try to do as she said: live in a better world.

At approximately 12:45 a.m. on the night of March 12-13, 2020, Louisville police officers break down the door of the apartment in which Breonna Taylor, 26, and her partner, Kenneth Walker, were sleeping. The officers were not equipped with cameras. With a search warrant, they were acting on an erroneous warrant that focused on two men, Jamarcus Glover and Adrian Walker, suspected of selling drugs through Breonna Taylor's apartment. In addition, a car registered to Breonna Taylor had been seen several times in front of Jamarcus Glover's home, and the names of the nurse and her companion were also included in the warrant.

Kenneth Walker, thinking it was a robbery, fired at the police officers. One of them was shot in the leg, the others returned fire. A policeman, still on the landing, shoots SEIZE TIMES, "blind", as he admits during his interrogation. He and his colleague fire TWENTY-TWO times in less than a minute. Breonna Taylor was shot six times, including in the abdomen, and died. Another officer fires several bullets through the windows, which pass through the apartment and into the neighbors' apartment.

No drugs were found in the apartment; the wanted drug dealer was in fact already arrested when the police intervened .

The Kentucky State's Attorney announces in September 2020 that only one of the officers (but not Myles Cosgrove, the one who killed Breonna Taylor) will be prosecuted, as the others acted in self-defense. Myles Cosgrove and another officer are nonetheless dismissed from the force, and the city pays $12 million in restitution to the victim's family, while a separate federal criminal investigation continues.

 In the Black Lives Matter movement, Breonna Taylor's death is remembered with the slogan #SayHerName, which seeks to make visible not only black women but also men victims of police violence in the United States.

I think that once again the policemen should have been more informed about the situation before intervening because they knew that potentially the person in the apartment could defend himself, which is on the one hand normal, because when we break our door in the middle of the night it is normal not to let the aggressor act. Moreover I think that before acting with the force of other methods can be put in place I think that this kind of intervention is to review. 

We can add that the SWAT agents themselves admit the bad preparation of the team that intervened (they didn't know who lived in the apartment, nor that Breonna Taylor didn't live with the man they were looking for).

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It also highlighted shortcomings in the department’s vetting process for recruits. Police records show that Officer Loehmann was hired without a review of his file at a previous department, where he resigned after suffering a “dangerous loss of composure” during firearms training.

The Cleveland police department and mayor’s office declined to comment for this article.

For Cleveland residents, the shooting highlighted another longstanding problem: The department’s community policing programs had been whittled down to a token effort, a result of cuts a decade earlier that might well have made a life-or-death difference to Tamir. A sign on a telephone pole yards from where he was shot down still advertises a police mini-station in the nearby recreation center where he played basketball. The station is long gone.

“If there was one there,” Councilman Jeffrey Johnson said, “he would have known Tamir, because Tamir was a regular, and he would have heard the call and gone out there and said, ‘Tamir, what are you doing?’”

But the government knew how to deal with all of this and get out of it like nothing happened 

Several months later the prosecution presented evidence to a grand jury, which declined to indict, claiming that Tamir was drawing what appeared to be an actual firearm from his waist as the police arrived. Tamir Rice’s family brought a lawsuit against the city of Cleveland and it was subsequently settled for $6 million.

So a family that lost a 12 years old boy , a young man that could have had a beautiful life in front of him, he could’ve achieved great and beautiful things make his mum and dad proud , accomplish his dreams and have a his own family but no they get 6 million dollars instead without any justice regarding his « killer »

In sum, after extensive examination of the facts in this tragic event, career Justice Department prosecutors have concluded that the evidence is insufficient to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Officer Loehmann willfully violated Tamir Rice’s constitutional rights, or that Officer Loehmann obstructed justice.  In this case, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, and the FBI each devoted significant time and resources to examine the circumstances surrounding Tamir Rice’s death and to completing a thorough analysis of the evidence gathered.  The Justice Department remains committed to investigating allegations of excessive force by law enforcement officers and will continue to devote the resources required to ensure that all serious allegations of civil rights violations are thoroughly examined.  The department aggressively prosecutes criminal civil rights violations whenever there is sufficient evidence to do so.


My opinion on it :

It’s cruel and sad , yes , but that’s the world we live in it seems like it’s not real but it is.
Tamir wasn’t the first person that was killed because of his skin color and not the last neither, some are getting killed for their skin color , others for their believe or their sexuality, but it’s all the same it’s all racism and human life abuse.

White peoples life doesn’t matter more or less than a black one or an homosexual person life ,we’re all different but we’re all the same , we’re humains we must have some humanity deep in us . We may be built , born , educated differently or believe in different cultures but we still from the same kind, we due respect to each others not hatred 

No one can change our reality for us if we want change we should look for it and try to reach our rights, black people must be treated for who they are not what they are , white people too 

Many people lives were abused in the past for no reason usually just because of their skin color . unfortunately white people still feels like they still owe black people like in the past , if we don’t stand for this , other innocent lives will be taken . 

Tamir was just one of hundreds that lost their lives for no reason , this must stop being normalised because it’s not normal, a 12 years old boy isn’t supposed to be included in any of these problems, not any other innocent person neither.
We can’t abuse any persons life, whoever it’s the person is the one who can decide of his own existence

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At 5 a.m. on April 28, 1973, 10-year-old Clifford Glover was shot in New York when he and his stepfather were stopped by two undercover officers, Thomas Shea, and his partner Walter Scott. The two officers believed the boy and his stepfather were guilty of robbery so they tried to question them. Glover and his stepfather were afraid of the two officers and ran from them, believing they themselves were about to be harmed. The plain-clothed police opened fire. Before firing the fatal shot that would strike little Clifford in the back and take his life, the man yelled out, “You black son of a bitches!” Glover was hit by at least two bullets. Hearing shots, the stepfather didn't realize that Clifford had been felled. The officer said he fired when Clifford, in flight, pointed a gun at him, which the mortally injured boy had then managed to toss or hand to his stepfather but the gun was never recovered. According to Scott the boy told him "Fuck you, you're not taking me".

In the hours and days that followed the shooting, armies of investigators scoured the streets and sewers, pored over court records and arrived, without warrants, to search the homes of Clifford’s family and relatives.

What happened to the policeman ?

Mr. Shea testified that he did not realize that Clifford was a child but however, he became the first police officer in nearly 50 years to be charged with committing murder while on duty.

“Shea says that the kid turned and appeared to have a gun,” Mr. Gaudelli who was the chief homicide prosecutor in Queens at the time said. “That’s what got him indicted: The ballistics made Shea a liar.” But not, apparently, a murderer, in the eyes of the jury composed of 11 white men and one black woman who found him not guilty on June 12, 1974.

After that, many of the jurors joined Thomas Shea and his lawyers at a Queens Boulevard restaurant to celebrate victory. The defense lawyer, Mr. Evseroff, said that "the case was resolved as a result of a trial”.

What happened to the family ?

The family received a settlement from New York that, in the memory of the children, came to about $50,000.

What was the reaction of people ?

There were several days of riots in the South Jamaica neighborhood. At least 24 people, including fourteen policemen, were injured and 25 protesters were arrested. There were also smaller demonstrations accusing Shea of racism outside the courthouse during the trial. The day after Shea was acquitted, hundreds of people began a riot, turning over cars, breaking windows, and stealing cash registers. Morevover, one protester was arrested in the aftermath and rioters injured two police officers.

Cultural impact

The killing of Clifford Glover marked people. As a consequence, "NYC Cops", a 2012 song by rapper Heems, has been created in memory of Clifford. Besides, The Rolling Stones reference the shooting in their 1973 song "Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)" on the album Goat's Head Soup and today there are still many songs that denouce police brutality and racism such as "One Four Love" by Hip Hop For Respect (2000) or "This Is America" by Childish Gambino (2018). 

I find it very disgusting to kill an innocent child of 10 just because he's black and even more to lie about the fact that he was armed. I also find extremely unfair the fact that Mr. Shea was tried by white people because during such a racist era, he was favored.
It's not a simple sum of money given to the vivtim's family that will be able to return their son to them so it's not enough. I think that they would have liked the murderer of Clifford to be emprisoned.
I don't understand how a policeman could kill a child who was so young for no reason, a badge is not a license to murder black children.
In my opinion, i find the protests understandable, it's a normal reaction because it's very serious what happened and unfortunately, this is not the only murder. Finally, i think that the fact that Mr. Shea celebrated his victory while he knew very well that it was not true is shocking because i don't understand how he could live with the murder of a child on his conscience.

All this must stop.
^{Savoia Léana}

      On February 16, 2014, Yvette Smith was at her friend’s house, in Texas, United States. She was a 47-year-old former housekeeper and mother of 2 boys. 

Willie Thomas, the owner of the house, had an argument with his son, and Smith tried to solve it but she failed. She therefore called 911 to help her stop this dispute. At a time when officers arrived to investigate this, the argument was -ironically- already settled by Smith. 

So, when the sheriff’s deputy, named Daniel Willis ( a Bastrop County ) who came, asked everyone to leave the house, she complied automatically. Three seconds after she opened the door, the policeman shot her twice with his personal AR -15 semi-automatic assault rifle, in the head and abdomen. She died instantly. 

     The shooter justified himself by saying that she refused to cooperate and then, that she threatened him and the other officers with a gun. But his version of events has been denied by the testimony of W.Thomas, the video taken by his own body camera footage and the fact that no weapons were found in the home. 

Moreover, D.Wallis had been already rejected by the Austin Police Department  because he failed the psychological exam. And his superior, the Bastrop Sheriff T. Pickering assumed that he made a lot of mistakes during his training. Mistakes which were illegally erased from its training records by his colleagues at this time. 

All of that served to accuse Deputy Daniel Willis of murder. 

A first trial took place but it was declared invalid after the jury could not reach a unanimous decision. 

A second one took place on April 7, 2016, but Willis has been acquitted of all the charges by the District Judge Albert McCaig.

      In 2014, Yvette Smith’s family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bastrop County and Sheriff Terry Pickering. Her death was decreed from the negligent hiring of Willis.

They got $1.2 million from the trials, but not the conviction of Daniel Willis, his killer. 

   
  There was no big consequences to this murder but - as an example - the name of Yvette Smith was mentioned on the 2021 song “ Say Her Name”, by Janelle Monáe, which talks about the Black women killed by police officers.
Her name is also a part of the list " Say there names : Green Library Exhibit supporting the Black Lives Matter movement " in the website Stanford Libraries. 

      I think this tragedy is a good representation of the stupidity in the logic and functioning of the police. They hired a man who doesn't have a clear psychology. And it was proved and known before thanks to his failure on a psychological exam and with his mistakes after in his training. But they keep him in the system despite all this. They give the power of killing - and the authority that comes with - to a man like that. And this same man killed an innocent woman, without any reasons and without any thought. He just did it. He wasn’t in danger, nobody was, and the reason for his coming was already settled.

He became the one and only danger. And he killed someone. 

Perhaps the worst thing in this story is that a human took the liberty of killing another human, the liberty of taking their mother from two little boys, but no one reduced his freedom to him. He was acquitted. These sons were given $1 million as a consolation prize and then everyone forgot about it. All that is left is a name in a list that does not seal to grow and a single small article on the internet. And, most of the time, that’s the same for every victim of police brutality. It became a habit on America's news and society.

And that’s probably what saddens me the most: the habit of unjustified and unjustifiable murder in the American collective unconscious. 

 

Vivian Strong was a 14 year old Afro-american girl shot in the head by a white policeman on June 24, 1969 in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. 

She was born in Philadelphia in 1954 and often visited hospitals because of a bad heart condition. She planned, in despite of her disease, to become a secretary later. She was described by her friends as a "sweet person" and "a good friend for everybody". She was obviously too young to die this way, although no ones deserves this fate.

 

 

At 10:35 pm, some neighborhoods called the police 'cause they believed of a breaking in at an abandonned house. A white police officer and his partner, a black man, entered the apartment where it was in fact just teenagers playing around, dancing inside during the summer. 

However, the white policeman suddenly shot in the head of Vivian Strong, while the teenagers were leaving the house at the arrival of the police : he shot into the crowd of kids.

Rumors says that his collegue and Vivian's sister (Carol Larry) asked why he did that ; but he never responded.

 

 

James Loder, the one who shot, was supposed to be suspended and then fired, but was finally released from jail on a 500$ bond. He rested in an area of « not guilty to petty murder » before being acquitted of his sentences for a lack of evidences by a all-white jury and was even reinstated by the police for two years. 

He later claimed he had three times yelled at Vivian to stop running or he would shoot, then felt « forced »  to do or she could had escaped. Pretty curious, since the policemen also confessed to having been sent to the apartment to arest « Negros », that he "would not have fired if he knew it was a female" and that the twenty-one witnesses didn’t count from the moment the children began to « sobbing ».

 

 

The period was, even before the case, full of tensions between police and the black community. At the time, it was the beginning of the black panther movement and rage immediately erupted in the neighborhood. People took to the streets and a three-day riot began. Shops were burned, others vandalized and even today the district isn’t fully rebuilt. 

“The real target really was Caucasian establishments,” says one barber shop owner ; “but most everything was owned by Caucasians. So, it wasn’t a case – people were very angry.”

The judgement’ verdict worsened the feeling of injustice in the population. 

Courtney Allen-Gentry was one Vivian’s neighborhood at the time. She wrote : « Just 7 years old at the time of the shooting, the events following that moment aren’t crystal clear; however, I know it changed the life course of the entire black community in North Omaha. And without a doubt, Vivian’s killing left an indelible stain on my soul; affirming there is no safety in the world for black people. Even black children are not safe. » 

Afterall, an adaptation of the killing scene was made in theaters. Plus, during the 69 summer, the Black Panther Party members established the Vivian Strong Memorial Liberation School in Omaha, as for others who have suffered the same fate, but it unfortunately closed one week after. 

 

 

Everything was, of course, extremely rough for Carol Larry, who witnessed her sister’s death. She was a teenager at the time and had to deal with traumas while they parents were divorced – and her mother was falling into a severe depression. She had to take care of the others siblings and they never benefited any psychological support. 

Larry said that the destruction of the neighborhood only amplified the unnecessary violence of her sister’s death. 

The same year, on 25 October 1970, one of Vivian’ brothers published a poem about the shooting in newspapers. Here an extract :

“He could have fired a warning shot

as he gunned her down in a very small lot.

What a price for suspicion of burglary

and Loder walked away – scott free.”

The neighborhood forever kept a trace of the events, as long as her family’heart. Her body was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery in Omaha, Nebraska.

Vivian’s mother said “The Jury did wrong ... If it would have been a white girl shot by a black policeman, he'd be serving time right now.” And I can’t relate more. I can’t even figure out the differences of traitments between white and black charged, although justice is supposed to be just. It just lost its whole sense. And it’s obvioulsy an all-white court who was in charge of the case, contemptuous of all his height the whole black community. Moreover I can easily understand the riots of the neighborhood, cause James Loder was reintegrated to his post as if nothing had happened, sitting on his honor and his self-respect. It’s simply emphasizes the bad vision we could have of the police – supposed to protect the population instead of killing her because of racist ideology. I feel sorry for the family and particulary her sister, whom this young assisted at the scene. Taking away such a young life and so quickly, without being incrimined, show that police blunders must stop. Stop descriminate black people as they don’t have enough suffered from the whites. I can only sympathize with the black community and resent institutions that actually act (the police acts…in a negativ way), or don’t act for their rights.

“For those with white privilege, use your power to protect our lives and defend black and brown people from the tyranny of white hate and brutality.” -Courtney Allen-Gentry

 

On February 4^th 1999, was killed Amadou Diallo, a 23 years old immigrant Guinean student with hopes of getting an education and a career while working as a street vendor but his dreams died with him when e was shot by 4 police officers from the NYPD. They fired on him 41 shots killing him on the steps of his apartment building shortly after midnight. Amadou was unarmed and harmless, as he stood on the stoop of his building in the Bronx, the four officers mistakenly identified Diallo as a suspect. They claimed to have confused him for a serial rapist, but at other times suggested they had identified him as a drug dealer. The officers, who were dressed as civilians, shouted at Diallo to show his hands. Diallo apparently reached into his pocket instead, pulling out his wallet as he attempted to run for the safety of his building. One of the officers shouted that Diallo had a gun. The officers later stated that they warned Diallo before opening fire on him. However, a witness testified that they did not give warning before firing at him 41 times, and that many of the shots were fired after he had already fallen to the ground: 19 shots hit Diallo, who died within minutes.

 

What happen to the police officers?

 

The four officers that killed him are part of the NYPD: Officers Sean Carroll, Edward McMellon, Kenneth Boss and Richard Murphy were all members of the SCU, a special plainclothes unit of the NYPD. The four officers were indicted on charges of second-degree murder and reckless endangerment by a Bronx grand jury. On February 25^th, 2000, after three days of deliberation, a jury composed of four black and eight white jurors acquitted the officers of all charges. All four officers were no longer employed by the NYPD as of 2020, though a few of them would remain with the department for years following their acquittal. One of the officers involved in Amadou Diallo's murder remained on the force until 2019.

 

My point of view: 

 

If you ask me, I would say that it is a big injustice because he was killed only because of suppositions made by the police officers on him, stereotypes that destroy life in society and in this case, who stole a men’s life. It’s also sad for his family and close friend because they lost a loved one. I want the discrimination to stop, we need to stop labeling black people: every black is not a member of a gang, not a criminal, a drug dealer. I don’t understand how it is possible for the police officers to kill a defenseless man, it’s unrealistic to be four shooting on him. For me, the police must review the training of its officers to be able to better understand and manage this type of situation so that it does not happen again.

On the 15th March 2000, at the age of 26, Patrick Dorismond was  shot to death by a plain-clothed officer working within the Street Crime Unit (SCU) of the NYPD. Dorismond had chosen to go to a bar with a friend for a drink after finishing a 3pm-11pm shift as a security guard. It happened close to his work, near Madison Square Garden, whilst he was waiting for a taxi cab to take him home.  On that fatal night,  he was approached by an undercover cop who asked him where he could purchase marijuana.  The officer  was trying to trick him and make him commit a crime so that he would be able to make an arrest. This was allegedly the method used by the SCU because,  in order to get paid for the overtime work that was required in the anti-drug campaign, there needed to be results in the form of arrests. What followed was a hostile and aggressive reaction from Dorismond who was upset by the stranger's assumption that he would know about or be himself selling drugs. Thus he felt insulted and a victim of discrimination for his race and age. The officer called for backup and Detective Anthony Vasquez assisted. There are various reports of what happened that night  ranging from civilian eye-witnesses to police attorney versions of the event. The NYPD stated that the security guard started the confrontation with an aggressive move and then when he lurched forward to grab the weapon it went off. This was considerably different from the report from eyewitnesses which stated that the shot went off during a public beating of Dorismond by Vasquez, using his armed weapon at the same time that a van screeched to a stop by the scene of the event, men jumped out and a shot went off. An ambulance team attended the crime scene and took him to hospital but it was too late to save him because the bullet had struck Dorismond’s aorta and right lung leading him to bleed to death.

Immediately following the terrible event the cop was protected by the Rudy Giuliani (Mayor) administration and evidence to try to show that Dorismond was at fault and a bad character was dug up from archives and very soon released and published.

The officer was praised for his "distinguished" career as an undercover officer, declaring that in going out and shooting an innocent, unarmed man to death in the street “he put his life on the line in the middle of the night to protect the safety and security of this city."

On July 27 2000, in a Grand Jury hearing, Detective Anthony Vasquez was acquitted and not found guilty of murder, but instead the shooting was deemed to be an accident. Based  on evidence which included the fact that the bullet was fired from a 9mm pistol at such close range that the barrel was touching Mr Dorisman’s clothing,  his lawyer had the impression  it was not intentional. 

Although he did not face state criminal charges,  the incident remained under investigation and further examination took place, during which time Anthony Vasquez remained to work on an adapted duty job, performing clerical police tasks in an office and without a weapon. 

His parents were angered and responded to the Grand jury’s decision by  vocalizing their ideas that the incident had been fuelled by racism as the three detectives were of Hispanic descent. The family  filed a lawsuit against the City of New York and on March 12 2003 they received $2,25 million in settlement from the City of New York.

Being the fourth death of an unarmed black man at the hands of police  in 13 months, this event caused much reaction from the public. It became an issue in the state as Guiliani was running in the United States Senate campaign at the time. 

 People of New York were enraged by the fact the Mayor’s offices released a sealed juvenile record of Dorismond, at the same time claiming he had no right of protection of his privacy following his death. The record was dating  from the age of 13, and involved a minor event of a childhood scuffle over a small monetary sum. The public were angry as this  allowed Giuliani to declare that Dorismond was no "altar boy" and that his previous brush with the police "may justify, more closely, what the police officer did." 

The sealed juvenile record was released to the public very soon after the event to defend the officer, and,  to add to this insult, the mayor refused to meet with the Dorismond family . His wider Haitian community and black activists were all furious and reacted to these actions.

Even at his funeral there were protests and further confrontation between protesters and the NYPD resulted in more arrests of civilians and injuries of many police officers.

The New York city feminist band Le Tigre  released the song “Bang! Bang! As a critique of the incident. The lyrics touch on the racial profiling in this event. 

Equally  the band Immortal Technique commented on the incident in the song "The Other White Meat":

I have been very touched by the elements of this very sad and tragic story. I feel strongly that there was much injustice in this case. As a  father of two young daughters who had himself hoped to become a police officer one day, he had his life robbed from him all because of the assumption of others who were acting on stereotypical beliefs. His skin color and his age lead to these idiots victimizing him by assuming that he was a drug dealer and part of a gang. There was no clear evidence that Dorismond was told or could have known that the person who was about to shoot  him was a police officer as no eyewitness accounts  claim this to have been announced by the officer. Clearly he feared for his own life when he saw the weapon. 

I believe this unacceptable behavior by police must be eliminated and people who carry out such acts of violence must not be protected by the corrupt administration. It can’t be right to give the impression that police in the city have a license to kill. I don’t  personally believe that the shooting could have been accidental as told by the lawyer. Knowing  this took place less than one month after the Diallo shooting, I am angered that further acts of murderous violence by police were covered up by a Mayor trying to protect his role in the society while running for Senate.

I also find it totally unacceptable that a human being can take the life of another innocent human being in this way and for it to be deemed to be something that can be solved with a financial settlement. What does that tell people about their society and the morals and beliefs they withhold?

It makes me sad that in our society the color of your skin can lead to stereotypes still upheld by people . The actions and decisions wrecked a family and incited anger amongst a community. How can we expect people to live in harmony with their neighbors when the mistreatment of people and prejudice still exists and is not brought to justice? Although this happened in 2000 there have been more recent events that have proven there is no change for the better today.

I support fairness and justice in our world and Black Lives Matter!

Arthur McDuffie was an Afro-American man, born in 1946 and died in 1979 at the age of 33 years old. He was an insurance agent and former marine. He lived in Miami, Florida. 

On December 17th 1979, Arthur McDuffie had accumulated traffic tickets and was riding with a suspended license. According to the initial police report, he had led police on an eight-minute high-speed chase through residential streets at speeds of over 130 kilometers per hour. Four of the officers involved in the chase claimed McDuffie had run a red light and a stop sign. Herbert Evans (a sergeant) added that McDuffie lost control of his motorcycle. McDuffie subsequently struck his head on the ground, after which he attempted to flee on foot but the officers caught him and brutally beat him until he got into a coma.

The officers also attempted to cover up the beating by hitting McDuffie’s motorcycle with their nightsticks and the sergeant on duty telling the other officers to report this as a motorcycle accident to police and medical personnel. McDuffie was transported to a nearby hospital where he died four days later of his injuries.

An investigation led to the arrests of twelve officers when one of them confessed to the cover-up. All were charged. In May 1980, five months after McDuffie was killed, an all-white jury in Tampa, where the trial had been moved, acquitted the officers.

On Saturday evening, on learning of the verdict, the black leaders of Miami invited the population to participate in a silent demonstration which was to quickly degenerate. Within minutes, the furious mob marched towards the police premises, clashing with the men of the national guard. In the black neighborhood in the northwest of the city, called Liberty-City, the fires multiplied while gunshots rang out.

-Herbert Evans earned a master's degree from the University of Miami and stated he may apply to law school.

 -In the immediate aftermath of the trial, William Hanlon worked part-time as a chauffeur and real estate agent. 

-On April 20, 2006, Hanlon, who had trained as a lawyer, was permanently denied admittance to the bar by Florida's state Supreme Court. 

-Alex Marrero's wife petitioned for divorce the day after the acquittal. Marrero became a private detective, and was later indicted for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and commit bribery in 1989.

-Mark Meier worked as a security guard.

-Eric Seymen was never charged criminally, but was dismissed from the police for complicity with the cover-up.

-Charles Veverka resumed his job as a security guard after his December 1980 acquittal on the charges he had violated McDuffie's civil rights.

-On May 22, 1980, Michael Watts was rushed to the hospital after attempting to commit suicide by breathing carbon monoxide. The police said that his attempt was related to a romantic breakup and not his trial.

In my opinion, the death of Arthur McDuffie is unfair because it was caused by police who were racist, not by police who were doing their job. 

The reason for his death was just because of his skin color, he should have been judged for what he did for sure but causing a death was not necessary. This case demonstrates a real racial problem in the United States and marks the history. Just after the abolition of Segregation in 1964 made by Martin Luther King who created the historical law (Civil Rights Act) this terror happened. This shows that racial discrimination is not over and even today we can always see the same problems even if it’s less violent than before.

Sean Bell, a 23-year-old-men was shot and killed in New York by police officers in the Queens neighborhood on November 25, 2006. The night of his death, Sean Bell organized a bachelor party because the next morning it was his wedding day. The fight took place in front of the Club Kalua, a strip club that was being investigated by the police because of accusations that the owners fostered prostitution. Sean Bell had apparently run away in a car when the police stopped him, but in the car chase, the police reinforcements that the first policeman called, shot Sean Bell in his car while unarmed.

However, the witness stories of the event conflict are in contradiction with the story told by the police. According to Joseph Guzman, a Bell’s friend, the police officers never identified themselves as they approached with their weapons. According to theNew York Daily News, witnesses claimed that the officers didn't  warn Bell before opening fire, beginning to shoot as soon as they left their cars.


What happened to the policemen ?

Three of the five police officers involved in the shooting were judged on charges of first- and second-degree manslaughter, first- and second-degree assault, and second-degree reckless endangerment; they were found not guilty.

New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg said, "it sounds to me like excessive force was used”,  and called the shooting "inexplicable" and "unacceptable".

NYC police commissioner Raymond Kelly put the five officers involved on paid administrative leave and stripped them of their weapons, a move the New York Times called "forceful". The Public Advocate extended condolences to Bell's former bride and family following the killing.

Thousands of people took to the streets to protest against the excessive use of force the weekend following Bell's death, with protests continuing into the following week.

Some noted the similarity between this incident and past shootings of unarmed people, such as Amadou Diallo and Ousmane Zongo.


My opinion about that ?

In my point of view, I see two huge injustices : on the one hand the fact that police officers shoot a man for no reason and on the other hand, the fact that the guilty are declared not guilty. So what is the main role of the justice if she doesn’t defend the victims of his own country ? The US system is blind. Riots are the only solution.

Amadou Diallo was a 23-year-old young man who had recently moved to a neighborhood in the Bronx with his cousin and a friend. Originally from Guinea, he came to the United States in 1996 to continue his studies. He works hard as a street vendor in Manhattan. While going to get supplies on the evening of February 4, he was arrested by four NYPD agents, because he matched the profile of a wanted serial rapist. Thinking that the police wanted to carry out an identity check, he took his wallet out of his pocket. During the trial, the police maintained that they thought that the young man had taken a weapon out of his pocket, which was enough for them to fire 41 bullets, 19 of which hit him. Wounded, he tries to flee to his apartment and dies in his building. Of course, he was unarmed and completely peaceful at the time of the arrest.


The murder of Amadou Diallo, a racist act.

The four police officers who killed Amadou, Edward McMellon, Sean Carroll, Kenneth Boss and Richard Murphy are all white men, which has angered the black community in the United States but also in Guinea. Qualified as a police blunder, this murder is quickly associated at the Rodney King affair, a symbol of police violence in the United States. The use of such violence by four white men on a long-persecuted minority man outraged many, leading to mounting protests against racist police brutality.


4 murderers, 4 acquitted.

The police plead not guilty and attribute their act to the stress caused by the fear of Amadou's imaginary weapon. Three of them had already been judged for police violence and had won their respective judgments. The four police officers were acquitted by the court, which caused a great feeling of injustice in Amadou's family, but also in the black community of the United States. The Street Crime Unit to which the police belonged was disbanded in 2002 due to the negative publicity of this scandal. The similar unit that replaced the SCU after this case (SCORPION) was disbanded on January 28, 2023 following the murder of Tire Nichols, a young black people.


Social consequences of this murder.

This murder had great social consequences in the United States and in Guinea but especially in the New York city. Former mayor Rudolph Giuliani supported the police, that raised a wave of protests against him. In the middle of Hip-hop, many titles refer to this crime. 

"You just told me to reach for my wallet
So I reached for my wallet, now I'm dead" Z-Ro - No Justice No Peace (Prod. by Mike Dean)

My opinion about this : 

From 1980 to today, dozens of people have been killed for no reason, and hundreds of people have been mutilated by the police. In the United States, much of this violence is directed against people from the black community, often assaulted by white police officers. These acts of barbarism, which are never punished by the courts, are the consequences of the stupidity of the police, mixed with racism and the carrying of lethal weapons. The racism of police officers leads them to think that all black people are rapists, muggers, killers, drug users or sellers. This creates tension and gratuitous police violence against black people. Moreover, this violence is never sanctioned by the courts, the murderous police officers are very often acquitted, under the pretext of self-defense. Today, we have to change the police because, like say Bob Marley, policemen are "all dressed in uniforms of brutality" (Burnin' and Lootin'). Police have to protect us but she mutilate or kill, especialy black people.

Finaly, All lives matters !

Sean bell, a 25 years old man, undergo a shooting in New York, in the Queens on November 25th, 2006, one night before his own wedding. He visited a strip club with 2 of his friends, Joseph Guzman and Trent Benefield, to celebrate the end of his long life as a virgin. While he was living the club, Sean Bell, an Afro-American citizen and his friends were shot by 5 police officers while entering in Sean’s car. The Sean Bell’s friends have been hurt but Sean Bell died. This shooting happened in front of the Club Kalua, the strip club which have been accused to forced prostitution.

 

From the officers’ point of view, Guzman disputed with a stripper and a group of men then threaten to go to take a weapon because the stripper was not able to take care of every body. She has said she was only able to take care of one or two men, but not more. So, Sean Bell’s group went to the car followed by the plainclothes policeman who, when at the car, asked them to raise their hands. But Sean started the car and hit a plainclothes policeman and an unmarked police minivan. Consequently, officers fired the car and the men inside. 

One of the prostitute, who was the principal witness said an other version of the story. The stripper said that an undercover cop car had hit Sean Bell’s car and opened fire. Sean Bell was not found with any kind of weapon on him. 

According to Guzman who has been hurt, the policemen didn't notify Bell while they approached the vehicle with their guns, they started shooting as soon as they got out from the police vehicles

On March 16, 2007, three of the officers involved in miscellaneous were charged. The officers were charged with murder, endangering the lives of others, blows and injury. 

Later on, they were released on a bail and were cleared from all charges. 

As an homage, in 2008, the rapper « The Game » wrote a song with Lil Wayne where they show in the clip, the Sean Bell’s grave. 

A toxicological test done after the Sean Bell’s death, has proved he has drunk and was over the law limits. But for me it’s a coward behavior… because that always makes him a victim.

The fact he was drunk is not a justification of this police blunder ? Of course not. 

In addition, Sean Bell and his friends were innocent and didn’t do anything illegal. 

In my opinion, Sean Bell was an Afro-American and the police officers were racist. So it’s why the shot has been set off. 

This story revived the wave on the racist crimes in the New York police era with this murder added to the long list of Afro-Americans killed while being unarmed.

Yvette Smith was a 47 years old american former housekeeper and mother of three kids.

On the 16th of February 2014, a terrible event happened to her. Indeed that day, she was at her friend's house when all of a sudden, the owner of the home, Willie Thomas had an argument with his son. Yvette smith tried to stop this disagreement peacefully. Since the situation is not improving, she called 911 about half an hour after midnight on February 16, to help her to settle this dispute as soon as possible. Ironically, the disagreement was settled before the officers arrived. When Bastrop Country police arrived, they asked all residents come outside. Yvette Smith was shot three seconds after the door was opened as shown by body camera footage. She was shot twice in the head and abdomen by the deputy sheriff's named Daniel Willis, with his personal AR-15 semi automatic assault rifle. Unfortunately, Yvette Smith, innocent woman, died in the hospital.

In his defence, Daniel Willis claimed Smith disobeyed officers and threatened them with a gun, but

Willie Thomas' testimony later retracted that claim: indeed, body camera video shows that no firearms were found at the home.

Futhermore, Willis had worked as an assistant at Bastrop for less than a year before the murder. He was fired after being charged with murder. Previously, Willis had been rejected by the Austin Police Department, where he failed the psychological exam. Less than two weeks after the shooting and with an ongoing investigation, Bastrop Sheriff Terry Pickering said some of his employees tampered with Willis' training records in order to correct the errors by having them signed correctly.

Everything suggests that Daniel Willis would be accused of murder, on the contrary, during a first trial, it was declared invalid after the jury could not reach a unanimous decision. Then in a second trial, which took place on April 7, 2016, he was cleared of the murder by visiting District Judge Albert McCaig, and later sued Bastrop County because his rights were violated. He claims he was not relayed vital information in order to handle the situation. As stated previously, he didn't have the training to handle the situation in anyway.

The victim's family attempted in 2014 a civil lawsuit against Bastrop County and the killer.

Unfortunately, the civil case filed by the family for wrongful death was settled with 1.22 million in compensation. However, his family will not get the conviction of Daniel Willis, the man who killed an innocent, unarmed black woman.

Yvette Smith's name was mentioned among other victims in Janelle Monáe's 2021 song "Say Her

Name" , which honors black women victims of police violence.

In my opinion, racism is still too trivialized in our society.

Indeed, How is it that the majority of police brutality is exercised against black people? I think the police are abusing their status to allow themselves to use violence on anyone and more specifically on innocent black people. What I mean is that far too many black people have died in the United States, including Yvette Smith who was horribly killed by Sheriff Daniel Willis. What is completely absurd is that all the evidence is gathered to convict the policeman of murder, even if he claims that the victim was armed. In my opinion this is a tiresome claim that has been used in countless senseless murders. Yet justice declared him innocent and he was acquitted. I think it's unacceptable and unfair to the family who got ransomed on $1.2 million bail.

In addition, this case calls into question the responsibility of the police in the United States with regard to recruitment standards. Indeed the papers of the killer were falsified after having failed the psychological examination. To conclude we can say that this case highlight the inhumane way the police treat black people and therfore justice has not been fully rendered to Yvette Smith and her family.

On April 12, 2015, Lieutenant Brian W. Rice, Officer Edward Nero, and Officer Garrett E. Miller were patrolling following Attorney Mosby's request for more patrol in the street near Baltimore's Gilmor Houmes housing project, a famous area to have high level of drugs deals and violent crimes.

During this patrol, they met Freddie Gray's eyes who proceeded to flee on foot "unprovoked upon noticing police presence".After a brief chase, Gray was apprehended and taken into custody "without the use of force or incident", according to Officer Garrett Miller, who wrote he "noticed a knife clipped to the inside of his [Gray's] front right pocket".  Nevertheless, Video recordings by two bystanders capturing Gray's arrest showed Gray, screaming,being dragged to a police van by officers, and then stepping up into the van. Medical examinations will have proven that during the journey, the young man suffered many violence. 

In addition, a bystander with connections to Gray stated that the officers were previously "folding" Gray: one officer bent Gray's legs backwards, and another held Gray down by pressing a knee into his neck. Witnesses commented Gray "couldn't walk", "can't use his legs". Baltimore Police Commissioner Anthony W. Batts noted from the video that "Gray stood on one leg and climbed into the van on his own". The Baltimore Sun eported that another witness saw Gray being beaten with police batons. 

Thanks to the many videos of the cameras, we were able to reconstruct the route of the van and see several times the police being violent towards Gray; this will then be proven during the medical examination that will prove that many injuries were made during the journey: "apparently breaking his neck; a head injury he sustained matches a bolt in the back of the van". When the transport has arrived at the West District police station, paramedics treated Gray, then he was taken to the University of Maryland’s R Adams,Cowley Shock Trauma Center in a coma. 

He succumbed to his injuries 7 days later, on April 19, 2015, mainly due to his cervical injuries.

Following this, an investigation is opened and will lead to the suspension of the 6 police officers concerned: Lieutenant Brian Rice, Sergeant Alicia White, Officer William Porter, Officer Garrett Miller, Officer Edward Nero, and Officer Caesar Goodson. In addition, Commissioner Anthony W. Batts denounces that the police did not respect the protocol during the van movement of Freddie Gray to the post station ; indeed they did not secure him during transport causing, according to the medical examination, many injuries to his neck leading to his death.

State’s attoney Marilyn Mosby defends the police by saying that the only thing they must have committed was not to have checked Gray's condition during the journey and that "no crime was committed". But the nature of the knife was legal although the police said otherwise.

All six officers were taken into custody and processed at Baltimore Central Booking and Intake Center.
All six officers were released from jail after posting bail the same day they were booked. Two officers were released on $250,000 bail and the four others' bail was $350,000.

Social reaction :

On April 18, 2015, hundreds of people participated in a protest outside the Baltimore Police Department. Three days later, on April 21, 2015, hundreds of demonstrators gathered in Baltimore, protesting Gray's death.
The next day, Gene Ryan, the president of the local lodge of the Fraternal Order if Police, criticized the "rhetoric of protests" and suggested that "the images seen on television look and sound much like a lynch mob". 

There have been several tributes or references in popular culture such as Camélia Jordana who pays tribute to Freddie Gray in one of her songs from her album LOST or the artist Kevin Morby also refers to the death of Freddie Gray in his song Beautiful Strangers.

My point of view :

If I should say my opinion, I would say that an act of barbary. In this situation particulary, Freddie Gray was a person who had done nothing; The only thing that condemned her to death was the neighborhood in which he lived. If he had been in another neighbourhood, the police would not have attacked him. 

Because in the United States especially, the police judge you without knowing who you really are. They judge you according to your neighborhood, your skin color, your associates, and put you in the criminal box without even knowing. In addition, if you have the "wrong" skin color, they will react excessively and disproportionately; which is the case in this situation. 

Every lives matter, Black Lives Matter !

Said George V. Denny 3d, the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs.

Although Mr. Leonard was a non-Hispanic white, most of the victims are black or Hispanic. Their lawyers say minority and low-income residents are more likely to be the victims of police brutality and misconduct.

Several victims of the lynwood cherif :

Darren Thomas, the primary plaintiff in the case, said he had been choked and beaten and subjected to racial slurs after being arrested by Lynwood Sheriff's Deputies for drinking beer in his front yard.

M. Thomas : 

who added that he did not fight back.

In my point of view :

The starting point would have been that William Leonard was above the limit granted.
But was it really necessary to arrive at such violence, inhuman if I may say.

Unfortunately we can see that William Leonard was one of the most graceful cases but what is more horrible is that he is far from having was the only, too much stirring and violence we were made in this city.

the video shows us the case of violence on the road.
Research Shows Black Drivers More Likely to Be Stopped by Police

What happened :


Roman Ducksworth Junior passed away on August 22, 2021, at the age of 77. His death was announced by his son, Roman Ducksworth III, who said that his father had been in declining health for several years.


Early Life and Education :

Roman Ducksworth Junior was born on November 27, 1943, in Jackson, Mississippi. He grew up in a segregated society where racial discrimination was rampant. Despite the challenges he faced, Roman was a bright student and graduated from the historic Tougaloo College in 1966 with a degree in Political Science. He then attended the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he earned his law degree in 1969.

Roman Ducksworth Junior began his legal career as a public defender in Hinds County, Mississippi. He then moved on to work as a staff attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), where he represented poor people and marginalized communities in various civil rights cases. He also served as the director of the Jackson Office of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF).

One of Roman's most notable cases was the defense of the "Angola Three," three black inmates who were held in solitary confinement for decades in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Roman worked tirelessly to expose the inhumane conditions in which the men were held and eventually won their release.

Roman also played a pivotal role in the fight against voter suppression in Mississippi. He served as the lead counsel in a lawsuit that challenged the state's discriminatory voting practices, which resulted in the first successful voter registration drive in the state since the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

In addition to his legal work, Roman Ducksworth Junior has also been an active participant in the civil rights movement. He was a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and participated in the Freedom Rides and other protests throughout the 1960s.

Roman Ducksworth Junior's contributions to the fight for civil rights and social justice have been immense. He has received numerous awards and honors for his work, including the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 1993. In 2013, the Mississippi House of Representatives passed a resolution honoring his contributions to the state.

Despite his many achievements, Roman Ducksworth Junior remains humble and committed to his work. He continues to advocate for the rights of marginalized communities and to inspire the next generation of civil rights leaders.

Roman Ducksworth Junior is a true hero and an inspiration to all who believe in justice and equality. Through his legal work and activism, he has made a significant impact on the lives of countless people and has helped to make our society more just and equitable. His legacy will undoubtedly continue to inspire future generations to fight for a better world.

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In Balch Springs, the officers were responding around 11:00 pm to a 911 call, the call was about several underage kids drunk walking around at a party of around 100 people. The police officers went to the place but according to the police officers they heard gunshots. Those gunshots created panic and caused partygoers to flee. In this confused moment the Officer Roy Oliver saw a car and fired three rifle rounds into a vehicle. We don’t know exactly why the police officer shot in the car but we can suppose that Roy Oliver believed that the persons in the car were the shooters and he wanted to stop the car. Indeed the problem is, Roy Oliver striking in the head of the young boy and killing him. A few times later Edwards was pronounced dead at a local hospital. Jordan was the only one who was shooted and the car contained two of Edwards's brothers and two friends who were not killed and not touched. According to the police officer there was a mistake. He shot at the car because there was an « unknown altercation with a vehicle backing down the street towards the officers in an aggressive manner » . After reviewing body-worn camera footage, the police chef admitted that the vehicle was not moving toward the officers, but rather away from them. The verdict is that the police department said, « The vehicle then pulled forward as the officer continued to approach the vehicle giving verbal commands. The vehicle continued on the main roadway driving away from the officer as an officer shot into the vehicle, striking the passenger. »

He was fired on May 5, 2017. And next on August 28, 2018, Oliver was found guilty of Edwards's murder. The sentence is 15 years in prison for Roy Oliver. Today the murderer is in prison for 5 years and continues serving a sentence for another 10 years more. 

The family is in mourning and the surroundings are shocked by the tragic death of Jordan Edwards. The Edwards’s family don’t expose themselves in the media and didn’t showcase the murder, they continue to be discreet. The lawyer says that the family is disappointed with the length of the prison sentence, they want the maximum sentence for Roy Oliver, 99 years of prison, for them the verdict is too lenient.

The first thing is a vigil was held at Edwards's school on the evening of May 1, 2017 to make a ceremony for Jordan Edwards. Thousands of people began using the hashtag #jordanedwards on social media in response to the shooting. That’s the only reaction of people on social media, and there are some articles on traditional media (New York Daily News, Vox, New York Times…). The murder of Jordan Edwards fills the list of every unarmed African American who was killed by the police.

For me, we won’t be able to know the truth about this story, the only thing sure is the killing of this 15-year-old boy is collateral damage and a police blunder. Nobody knows the truth but there are so many mistakes in this case that I can’t say anything about it. We can suppose that the killing is true racism, but we can’t be sure about it. The only thing sure in all situations is horrible to kill a young boy, so when you kill him for invalid reasons it’s more horrible. I think it is shameful to shoot at a car because you’re not sure of the ID and the intentions of the people in the car. The police officer makes an error but when you make an error and you kill an innocent boy it’s a crime, so remember that Jordan Edwards died because a police officer was thinking that the car is « backing down the street towards him ». You can’t kill someone and still less because you were thinking that it was a potential danger… Also I think that you can’t shoot him because he didn’t have any weapon and he didn’t represent any danger.  RIP Jordan Edwards, I hope that your death can be, nevertheless an example to remember of a doubt with killing an innocent boy.

What happened :

Bell was celebrating his bachelor party with two friends at a strip club in Queens (the club was under surveillance by a unit looking for evidence of prostitution, illegal guns and drug dealing) when an altercation broke out between Bell's group and another group of men.

After leaving the club, Bell and his friends got into their car, and NYPD undercover officers followed them, suspecting that they had a weapon. When Bell's car was stopped, officers fired a total of 50 shots. The officer in front of the car opened fire first, shouting "he's armed, he's armed."

, killing Bell and injuring his two friends.

This spawned :

The shooting sparked widespread protests and debates about police brutality and racial profiling. The officers involved were indicted on charges of manslaughter and reckless endangerment, but were acquitted by a judge in 2008.  

There were many demonstrations after the death of Sean Bell, about 200 people were arrested by the police.

New reforms :

The case led to reforms in the NYPD's training and tactics, including changes to its use-of-force policy and the creation of a new unit to investigate police-involved shootings. Bell's death remains a tragic and controversial incident that highlights the ongoing issues of police violence and systemic racism in the United States.

My opinion about that :

Sean Bell's death was a tragedy that deeply affected his family, friends and the wider community. The circumstances surrounding his death, including excessive use of force by NYPD officers, have sparked outrage and raised important questions about the role of law enforcement and the treatment of black Americans in the United States. United.

Loehmann shot Rice within two seconds of getting out of his patrol car, according to surveillance video. He then stumbled back and fell, reportedly hurting his leg and ankle. Loehmann’s partner, Garmback, remained at the wheel of the car.

According todocuments from the Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department, it’s unclear whether Loehmann shouted any warnings before opening fire. Loehmann claimed that Rice grabbed the pellet gun, which he thought was an actual firearm, forcing him to shoot — a claim that McGinty, the former local prosecutor, said he believed.

“He gave me no choice,” Loehmann told another officer moments after the shooting. “He reached for the gun and there was nothing I could do.”

It’s crucial, legally, that Loehmann perceived the pellet gun as a real firearm. What matters legally is not whether Rice actually posed a threat, but whether Loehmann perceived one. So if Loehmann genuinely thought Rice was carrying a real gun and aiming it at other people, that would legally justify using deadly force — even if Rice was in reality doing no such thing and the gun was a toy.

The person who called Rice into 911 told dispatchers that a “juvenile” is “pulling a gun in and out of his pants and pointing it at people.” The caller later added, “It’s probably fake.” But the 911 dispatcher never told officers that Rice was a kid or that the gun was likely fake.

Garmback quickly reported the shooting to dispatch and requested emergency personnel respond to the scene. But the officers, neither of whom reportedly had first aid kits or training, then stood around without applying first aid for about four minutes after Rice was shot. It wasn’t until an FBI agent — a trained paramedic — walked onto the scene that Rice received first aid.

The FBI agent described Loehmann and Garmback as almost shell-shocked — wanting to do something but not knowing what to do.

Rice acknowledged the FBI agent, showing signs of life as the agent tried to tend to the boy’s wounds without any medical tools. “He turned over and acknowledged and looked at me, and he, like, reached for my hand,” the agent said, later adding that Rice said his name and mumbled something about the pellet gun.

The video also shows Rice’s sister running to the scene, reportedly to check on her wounded brother. The officers confronted the 14-year-old girl, wrestled her to the ground, and restrained her in the police car.

Paramedics arrived a few minutes later. They eventually took Rice to the hospital, where he died on November 23, 2014.

What happened to the police men ?

According to the release, federal prosecutors with both the Civil Rights Division and the US Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio concluded that they could not prove that Rice’s constitutional rights were violated or the officers obstructed justice.

“In order to establish a federal civil rights violation, the government would have to prove that Officer Loehmann’s actions were unreasonable under the circumstances, and that his actions were willful,” federal attorneys said. ” … an officer is permitted to use deadly force where he reasonably believes that the suspect posed an imminent threat of serious physical harm, either to the officer or to others. “

Prosecutors said that because the officers’ stated that Loehmann thought Rice was going for a gun, the Justice Department would have to prove that “1) Tamir was not reaching for his gun; and 2) that Officer Loehmann did not perceive that Tamir was reaching for his gun, despite his consistent statements to the contrary.”

The attorney for Tamir Rice’s family, Jonathan Abady, told CNN that he has spoken with Rice’s mother, Samaria, and she is beside herself with grief and disappointment.

“This case involves the totally unjustified shooting of a 12-year-old child,” he said. “This is part of a problem that we’ve been living with as a society for as long as anyone can remember, that is the unjustified excessive use of force by police officers against people of color.

“And the idea that people would not be held accountable for this is really more than upsetting.”

CNN also reached out to Loehmann and Garmback for comment.

The prosecutors looked at video evidence from the incident as well as officer statements, witness interviews and statements from experts.

They said video footage was grainy, shot from a distance, didn’t show all of the incident and does not provide detail.

Loehmann was fired in May 2017, not for the shooting, but because investigators found he wasn’t truthful about his employment history when he applied for the job, officials said.

Garmback was suspended for 10 days because he violated tactical rules relating to how he drove up to the site where Rice was shot that day.

Loehmann shot Rice after a witness called 911 to report that someone was brandishing a gun in a park. The caller noted that the person was “probably a juvenile” and that the gun was “probably fake,” records show.

But a dispatcher did not share the qualifiers with the responding officers, Loehmann and Garmback.

Loehmann and Garmback said in written statements dated November 2015 they thought Rice was pulling out a real gun from his waistband.

A grand jury in 2015 decided not to indict Loehmann and Garmback on criminal charges.

The city of Cleveland settled a federal wrongful death lawsuit in April 2016 with the Rice family for $6 million.

My point of view :

In the United States racism is still very deeply rooted and it is a violent society. This problem manifests itself structurally in the font but it is a general problem. Fear is a decisive factor since it determines the violence of the response made daily by the police. However, the level of fear is itself determined by racist prejudices, sometimes unconscious, and processes of dehumanization aimed mainly at black men: the police will be less sensitive to the pain of black men, they will more often assume that they are armed, that they are delinquents…
The fact that the police act in public view shows that impunity is very deeply embedded in their culture.

Indeed the police have a certain number of problematic individuals because as a force of order, they attract profiles of violent people. But also white supremacists and far-right people. The problem is also structural since these police officers often enjoy great impunity. It is also very difficult for police officers who would like to denounce excesses to be heard. They are often stigmatized or even shelved.
It is very rare that the police are charged, and therefore convicted. When they are, they are often very light sentences and they are sometimes commuted. This is partly explained by the weight of the police unions, which allows the police to be very well defended. There is also the problem of the proximity between the police and the justice system, which creates an imbalance of powers. Finally, it should be remembered that the police are authorized to use force if they feel they are in immediate danger. However, the legal terms appeal to the perception and the feeling of the danger, which is very subjective.
In conclusion, and above all the most important thing, I think that we must move forward and further progress mentalities. For this, we must continue to show our rage in manifestation and continue to fight, but we must also educate future generations, raise awareness among those around us and above all toughen the penalties for those who cannot be caught...

This man, aged 45 and a father of two, was a protester in a city gripped by social tensions. He and others were protesting against the economic and social injustices they felt they were facing. The protest had started peacefully, but the situation quickly escalated. Law enforcement had begun to use tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd.

It was at this point that the man took out his cellphone to film the events. He began filming the grenades flying nearby, when suddenly, a grenade landed right at his feet. He immediately shouted "watch out, grenade" before the grenade exploded.

The video was widely circulated on social media and the media worldwide. It sparked outrage from many citizens who denounced the excessive use of force by law enforcement. The authorities eventually admitted that the use of stun grenades was inappropriate in this context.

The man's death had a profound impact on his family, friends, and community. But it also raised awareness among many people about the dangers of protests and the responsibilities of law enforcement. Peaceful protests were organized in his honor, calling for an end to violence and justice for all victims of police brutality.

Ultimately, the video of the man who filmed his final moments saying "watch out, grenade" became a symbol of the fight for social justice. It reminded all citizens of the world that life is fragile and that each person must be aware of their actions and responsibilities. It's a reminder that we all need to listen to if we want to build a more just and peaceful future.

VERSION FRANCAISE:

Il y a des moments qui changent une vie pour toujours. Pour certains, c'est la naissance d'un enfant, pour d'autres c'est la réussite professionnelle ou encore la rencontre de l'amour de leur vie. Mais pour un homme dont l'histoire va être racontée ici, le moment qui a changé sa vie et celle de beaucoup d'autres était le jour où il a filmé ses derniers instants en disant "attention grenade".

Cet homme, âgé de 45 ans et père de deux enfants, était un manifestant dans une ville en proie à des tensions sociales. Lui et d'autres personnes protestaient contre les injustices économiques et sociales dont ils estimaient être victimes. La manifestation avait commencé pacifiquement, mais la situation avait rapidement dégénéré. Les forces de l'ordre avaient commencé à faire usage de gaz lacrymogènes et de grenades assourdissantes pour disperser la foule.

C'est à ce moment-là que l'homme a sorti son téléphone portable pour filmer les événements. Il a commencé à filmer les grenades qui volaient à proximité, lorsque soudain, une grenade a atterri juste à ses pieds. Il a immédiatement crié "attention grenade" avant que la grenade n'explose.

La vidéo a été largement diffusée sur les réseaux sociaux et les médias du monde entier. Elle a suscité l'indignation de nombreux citoyens qui ont dénoncé l'utilisation excessive de la force par les forces de l'ordre. Les autorités ont finalement admis que l'utilisation de grenades assourdissantes était inappropriée dans ce contexte.

La mort de cet homme a eu un impact profond sur sa famille, ses amis et sa communauté. Mais elle a également suscité une prise de conscience chez de nombreuses personnes sur les dangers des manifestations et les responsabilités des forces de l'ordre. Des manifestations pacifiques ont été organisées en son honneur, appelant à la fin de la violence et à la justice pour toutes les victimes de violences policières.

En fin de compte, la vidéo de l'homme qui a filmé ses derniers instants en disant "attention grenade" est devenue un symbole de la lutte pour la justice sociale. Elle a rappelé à tous les citoyens du monde que la vie est fragile et que chacun doit être conscient de ses actes et de ses responsabilités. C'est un rappel que nous devons tous écouter si nous voulons construire un avenir plus juste et plus paisible.

One day, while he was typing an important tweet, he accidentally knocked over his desk lamp, breaking it into a thousand pieces. Already frustrated with a difficult day, this incident was the last straw. TK 78 immediately began shouting and throwing objects around him, unable to contain his anger.

In the following minutes, TK 78 began to experience chest pains and difficulty breathing. He was having an acute nervous breakdown. His partner called for help, but unfortunately, it was too late. TK 78 had succumbed to a heart attack.

The next day, his friends discovered that TK 78's breakdown was due to his obsession with Twitter. He had recently lost access to his Twitter account after being reported several times for violating the platform's rules. He had unsuccessfully tried to recover his account, and this had been the final straw.

The sad story of TK 78 is a poignant reminder of the importance of taking care of our mental and emotional health. Social media can be a source of distraction and entertainment, but it's important not to let it take over our lives. Sometimes, we need to disconnect to better connect with the people who truly matter to us.

VERSION FRANCAISE:


TK 78 était un homme qui avait une passion pour les réseaux sociaux. Il passait des heures sur son téléphone portable, partageant ses pensées et ses opinions sur Twitter avec ses nombreux followers. Pour lui, Twitter était bien plus qu'un simple outil de communication, c'était un lieu où il pouvait s'exprimer librement et rencontrer des personnes partageant les mêmes idées que lui.

Un jour, alors qu'il était en train d'écrire un tweet important, il a accidentellement fait tomber sa lampe de bureau, la cassant en mille morceaux. Déjà énervé par une journée difficile, cet incident a été la goutte d'eau qui a fait déborder le vase. TK 78 a immédiatement commencé à crier et à jeter des objets autour de lui, incapable de contenir sa colère.

Au cours des minutes suivantes, TK 78 a commencé à ressentir des douleurs dans la poitrine et à avoir du mal à respirer. Il avait une crise de nerfs aigüe. Sa compagne a appelé les secours, mais malheureusement, il était trop tard. TK 78 avait succombé à une crise cardiaque.

Le lendemain, ses amis ont découvert que la cause de la crise de TK 78 était due à son obsession pour Twitter. Il avait récemment perdu l'accès à son compte Twitter après avoir été signalé à plusieurs reprises pour avoir violé les règles de la plateforme. Il avait tenté sans succès de récupérer son compte et cela avait été la goutte d'eau qui avait fait déborder le vase.

La triste histoire de TK 78 est un rappel poignant de l'importance de prendre soin de sa santé mentale et émotionnelle. Les réseaux sociaux peuvent être une source de distraction et de divertissement, mais il est important de ne pas les laisser prendre le dessus sur notre vie. Parfois, nous avons besoin de nous déconnecter pour mieux nous connecter avec les personnes qui comptent vraiment pour nous.

The case quickly gained national attention, with many people outraged by what they perceived as racial profiling and an unnecessary use of deadly force. Protests and rallies were held across the country, with many calling for Zimmerman's arrest and conviction.

The case also sparked debates around Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, which allows individuals to use deadly force in self-defense if they feel threatened. Critics argued that the law emboldens vigilantes like Zimmerman to take the law into their own hands, while supporters argued that it was necessary to protect individuals who feel threatened in dangerous situations.

What is happening for Zimmerman :


Zimmerman was initially not arrested, but after a public outcry and pressure from Trayvon's family and civil rights groups, he was charged with second-degree murder. The trial began on June 24, 2013, and lasted for several weeks. The defense argued that Zimmerman acted in self-defense, while the prosecution argued that he had profiled and pursued Trayvon without justification.

On July 13, 2013, a jury acquitted Zimmerman of all charges, finding him not guilty of both second-degree murder and manslaughter. The verdict sparked further protests and discussions about race and the criminal justice system in the United States.

The Trayvon Martin case continues to be a flashpoint for debates around racial profiling, gun laws, and self-defense. It has inspired movements like Black Lives Matter, which seek to address systemic racism and police brutality against Black people in the United States. Trayvon's legacy has also been remembered through the creation of the Trayvon Martin Foundation, which aims to raise awareness about gun violence and provide support to families affected by it.

In conclusion, the Trayvon Martin case was a tragic event that sparked important conversations around race, justice, and the role of law enforcement in America. While Zimmerman was acquitted of all charges, the impact of Trayvon's death continues to be felt by many who see it as a symbol of racial injustice and the need for change.

My Opinion :

I think the use of excessive force, racial profiling, and other forms of violence by law enforcement officers can have severe and long-lasting consequences for individuals and communities.

That impact : Violation of human rights, Racial and social injustice, undermines the rule of law, perpetuates cycles of violence

I think police brutality is a serious issue that has significant negative consequences for individuals and communities. It undermines human rights, perpetuates cycles of violence, and erodes trust in law enforcement and the justice system. Addressing police brutality requires a multifaceted approach that includes changes in policies, training, and accountability measures, as well as broader efforts to address systemic issues of racial and social injustice.

Mama's pizzas were so good that people in the neighborhood talked about them to their friends and family. Soon, Mama began receiving orders for her pizzas from outside the neighborhood. Mama was thrilled to share her passion for pizza with the world.

Mama began working harder than ever to meet the growing demand for pizzas. She began buying ingredients in bulk and renting a larger kitchen space. She also began hiring friends and family to help her keep up with demand.

Mama's pizzas continued to grow in popularity, and soon she opened her own pizzeria. Mama's restaurant was small but cozy, with rustic wooden tables and enticing smells of freshly baked pizzas.

Customers came from far and wide to taste Mama's pizzas. They loved how Mama used fresh, high-quality ingredients to make her pizzas. They also loved how Mama always smiled and took the time to chat with them.

Over the years, Mama's pizzeria became an institution in the neighborhood. People loved Mama's pizzas for their authentic taste, superior quality, and artisanal preparation. And Mama continued to make pizzas with love, pride, and passion, just as she always had. That's how Mama's pizzas became famous throughout the pizza world, even to this day.

And that's the story of Mama's pizzas by Mister V! I hope you enjoyed it.


VERSION FRANCAISE :


je serais ravi de raconter l'histoire des pizzas de la mama par Mister V !

Il était une fois, dans le quartier de Little Italy à New York, une femme italienne nommée Mama. Elle avait une passion pour la cuisine italienne et elle était particulièrement douée pour faire des pizzas délicieuses. Mama a commencé à faire des pizzas dans sa petite cuisine et les vendait aux voisins et aux amis.

Les pizzas de Mama étaient tellement bonnes que les gens du quartier en ont parlé à leurs amis et à leur famille. Bientôt, Mama a commencé à recevoir des commandes pour ses pizzas de l'extérieur du quartier. Mama était ravie de partager sa passion pour la pizza avec le monde entier.

Mama a commencé à travailler plus dur que jamais pour répondre aux demandes croissantes de pizzas. Elle a commencé à acheter des ingrédients en gros et à louer un espace de cuisine plus grand. Elle a également commencé à embaucher des amis et de la famille pour l'aider à faire face à la demande.

Les pizzas de Mama ont continué à gagner en popularité, et bientôt, elle a ouvert sa propre pizzeria. Le restaurant de Mama était petit mais chaleureux, avec des tables en bois rustiques et des odeurs alléchantes de pizzas fraîchement sorties du four.

Les clients sont venus de loin pour goûter les pizzas de Mama. Ils ont aimé la façon dont Mama a utilisé des ingrédients frais et de qualité pour faire ses pizzas. Ils ont également aimé la façon dont Mama a toujours souri et a pris le temps de discuter avec eux.

Au fil des ans, la pizzeria de Mama est devenue une institution dans le quartier. Les gens ont aimé les pizzas de Mama pour leur goût authentique, leur qualité supérieure et leur préparation artisanale. Et Mama a continué à faire des pizzas avec amour, fierté et passion, comme elle l'avait toujours fait. C'est ainsi que les pizzas de Mama sont devenues célèbres dans tout le monde de la pizza, même jusqu'à aujourd'hui.

Et voilà l'histoire des pizzas de la mama par Mister V ! J'espère que cela vous a plu.

Michael Brown was an 18 year old African-American man (unarmed at the time of the incident) who was shot six times by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson in Missouri on August 9, 2014.

According to police, Wilson acted in self-defense.On Saturday, August 9, at approximately 2:00 p.m., Michael Brown and Dorian Johnson are walking toward Brown's grandmother's house.  At that time, a police officer directs his vehicle toward them. What happened next is described differently by different witnesses. According to witnesses, Brown was shot while he was hands up. Brown had no criminal record and Wilson's service record was clean at the time.

According to St. Louis County Police Chief Joe Belmar, Michael Brown was fatally wounded after he assaulted a Ferguson police officer and attempted to rob him of his gun. According to this version, an initial shot was fired from the officer's car, then the officer exited the vehicle and fired several times in the direction of the young man. According to the police officer, Brown lowered his arms after raising them and moved toward him in a threatening manner, prompting him to resort to shooting to kill

Dorian Johnson claims he was walking alongside Michael Brown when a police officer told them to walk on the sidewalk rather than in the street. He and Michael Brown ignored this, he says, so the officer returned to the car and then outside, where he fired a shot. The two young men were frightened and ran away.18

Dorian Johnson says the officer "fired again, and when my friend felt that shot, he turned around, put his hands in the air and started to duck. But the policeman continued to approach with his gun at the ready and fired several more shots. »

In addition, there are many other versions of witnesses that contradict the version of the chief of police.

On August 10, at the request of Tom Jackson, Jon Belmar announced the opening of a local investigation. The local police refused to identify the officer involved in the shooting, citing safety concerns. They also did not give any details on when the autopsy report would be available.

On August 11, the FBI opened an investigation. Attorney General Eric Holder directs Justice Department personnel to monitor any developments.

After three months of investigation, the St. Louis County District Attorney announces that the grand jury of nine whites and three blacks has decided not to indict the police officer who killed Michael Brown. But the American news channel MSNBC claims that prosecutor Kathy Alizadeh read to the grand jury members, just before Wilson's testimony, an excerpt from a law that allegedly allows police officers to shoot a fleeing suspect, but was declared unconstitutional in 1985, thus influencing the jurors' decision.

In response to the uproar, the Justice Department, led by Attorney General Eric Holder, investigated the case and the Ferguson Police Department. The Justice Department released two reports on March 4, 2015, one of which cited many problems with the Ferguson Police Department, including racist practices

I think that simple words are not strong enough to describe the gravity of the facts. How do you explain to children that their father was just murdered for no reason other than the fact that he was black? When it comes to the genocide of the Jews, many people say that humanity will never again be as cruel as it was before. But killing people for their skin color is not the same thing? So yes, the Jews were more numerous but the "causes" are the same. The foreigner is frightening, the difference is frightening for the human being. It is so sad... And to think that some people think that it was deserved is the most frightening thing. For all the black people who were killed I wish you all peace. Let's make peace instead of confrontation, let's make our differences a richness and let's punish those who prevent us from doing so. Black lives matter !

According to reports, Clement Lloyd was unarmed and had been driving a car when he was shot multiple times by a police officer. The shooting further inflamed tensions in Miami, leading to more violence and unrest.

What happened to the policemen ? :

In the aftermath of the shooting, the police officer who shot Clement Lloyd was initially charged with manslaughter, but the charge was later dropped. He was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing by a grand jury.

The case of Clement Lloyd's shooting and the police response to the Miami riots continues to be a controversial and contentious issue. Many critics have pointed to the shooting as an example of police brutality and systemic racism in law enforcement. Others have defended the actions of the police, arguing that they were necessary to restore order and prevent further violence.

My opinion :

But in my opinion it was not necessary to use violence against a peaceful protest.

When the case was brought to court, the officers involved were acquitted of all criminal charges by an all-white jury. This decision led to riots in Miami that lasted three days and resulted in the deaths of 18 people, hundreds of injuries, and millions of dollars of damages.

The riots highlighted the racism that existed at the time in Miami and throughout the country. African Americans were victims of police brutality, discrimination, and injustice in the justice system. The riots forced authorities to take action to improve relations between the police and the African American community.

At the end, the five officers were convicted of minor charges for violating McDuffie's civil rights. However, the impact of the case was enormous. It contributed to raising awareness of the need for justice system reform and the fight against institutional racism.

In tribute to Arthur McDuffie, Wade James released a song called "The Ballad of Arthur Mcduffie" This song condemn police brutality and racism. 

Personally as a general rule I don’ t support violent riots because it can break the message that you want to spread, in addition it can make people disapprove you cause because you use violence to achieve you goal however in this case I support the riots because at this time there was to many cases like that and I think sometimes you don’t have other way to change things and make the government act and condemn that. It is unbelievable to see that the police, which is the institution that is supposed to protect you, kill people for anything and be unpunished just because of his skin color. 

 

Elijah Johan Mcclain was a 23-year-old African American massage therapist living in Aurora, and the Colorado.

 

What the hell happened?

            

It is on the parking lot of a supermarket that Elijah then went to the supermarket to do his shopping was stopped by 3 policemen. the police found the suspicious young man because his last one was wearing a ski mask and was “doing weird things.”. it will be immobilized for 15 minutes, 15 minutes on the ground. On his way to the hospital he will have a heart attack and die a few days later. after the death of the young man his sister claimed that his brother wore a ski hood because of his anemia, moreover the «bizarre gestures» were only of simple dance because the young man passionate about violin listened to music. Moreover, the young man had no weapons during the events and had not committed or counted on committing any crime.

 

In addition, it was not until November 2020 that the videos of the young man’s arrest were finally released and we can very clearly hear him say “let go of me. I am introverted. please respect a distance when you speak to me.” all can information can be drawn from his images as the police claim to have dropped their camera. We can also hear in the video that an officer claims that Elijah did nothing wrong and another accused him of trying to take their weapons.

 

After the 15 long minutes on the ground, the police called the firefighters who, to ease his pain, injected too much ketamine, which caused an overdose that caused his brain death and then his death.

 

What happened to the murderers?

 

The police were quickly cleared for Elijah’s death. they will then be judges after the publication of an independent investigation and plead not guilty. But it was on September 2, 2021, that the 3 police officers and the 2 rescue workers responsible for the overdose were charged with manslaughter and criminal negligence. but this could only have been possible thanks to an independent investigation which brought to my attention the problems of this arrest. Moreover, the officers never clearly stated the reasons for the arrest of Elijah mc Clain

 

What happened to family? 

 

Right after the arrest Elijah’s family had filed a complaint. We also know that if Elijah was present in this parking lot it was to do errands for his family, so it is last that his most certainly felt guilty for his death.

 

 the consequences for society? 

 

A wave of support for the family , it is felt in the United States with including 2 celebrities known internationally (Ariana grande and Ellen DeGeneres) called their fan asking for justice for Elijah Mcclain. and in particular its numerous demonstrations that will relaunch the debate on the investigations of the death of Elijah

 

my point of view:

 

We all know that in states police unity is rarely lenient with African Americans but now knowing that they are firefighters is a real shock. We can no longer trust anyone, and African Americans, even in this day and age, live in fear of dying by simply going to race. it also shows that nothing is taken for granted and that it is important to make their voice and ours heard to ensure that this kind of affair is punished or even abolished from our society but we still have a long way to go before that happens.
the thing that saddens me the most in this story is the lack of information about elijah, we know him «only» for that dead and not for whom he was, He could have accomplished great things being happy like you like me but not his life was just stopping clean and without going back. I wish I could hug the family, tell them it’s gonna be okay, but nothing’s going to happen after I lose my brother or son. he was like us a human being with feelings a heart and plans but life is to stop and we never hold anything. I wish it would all stop, but it’s easier said than done. if I had to send a message it is to enjoy the people you love, because they can leave at any time and never come back 

Kisses, love everyone!

On February 16 in 2014, sheriff’s deputies were called to settle a dispute between two men who lived in the household. It was actually Yvette, who was at her friend’s house, who called them after she tried to settle an argument between the father and his son.  When officers arrived, they requested Yvette to open the front door, as she complied obviously. But almost as soon as she did, Daniel Willis, a Bastrop County Texas sheriff's deputy, shot her in the head and abdomen, ended her life in an instant.

A deputy’s body camera footage revealed that Yvette Smith was shot just three seconds after opening the door. The sheriff’s deputy shot her twice with his personal weapon. 

Officers initially claimed Smith had a gun but recanted that statement later the next day. Indeed, no weapons were found in the home. Sheriff’s deputy reports claimed that Yvette Smith disobeyed officers and was carrying a firearm. When two camera footage showed otherwise, 

Officer Willis was charged with the murder of Yvette Smith, but the trial was declared invalid after the jury could not reach a unanimous decision. A second trial was held on April 7, 2016, at which Willis was acquitted of all charges. The family of Yvette Smith was eventually awarded $1.2 million, but that would never reach them back their Yvette. Deputy Daniel Willis, who fatally shot Smith, wasn’t charged with murder. He didn’t get what he deserved, that shows many things about the judiciary system.

Yvette’s relatives described her as a kind woman who never intentionally disrespected or taunted law enforcement officers in any way. She was even considered as a conservative and law-abiding. Unlike Daniel Willis had previously been rejected as a patrol officer by other law enforcement agencies, where he failed the psychological exam.

It’s ironic to see what happened to a  caring woman who was helping others, trying to avoid violence, finishing a shot in cold blood just for her skin color by a corrupt sheriff. Of course the police wasn’t expecting the caller would be a black woman because they have a clearly disturbed racist view of them, as violent criminals. If they want to see real criminals they should just take a look at the police department, it’s full of it. 

Yvette Smith was mentioned among other victims in Janelle Monáe’s 2021 song “Say Her Name,” which is about Black women killed by police. Smith was survived by her children and identical twin sister.