https://padlet.com/md22042006/w0mf2ki1aoz6q55f Here is my final English assignment, I am a high school senior who is very concerned with the cause of police brutality and racism in general. That is why after I turn in my work to my teacher, I am going to leave this padlet open and maybe it will give some ideas and solutions for other people :) en-us 2023-02-19 19:34:00 UTC 2023-02-21 18:50:26 UTC hello@padlet.com md22042006 https://padlet.com/md22042006/w0mf2ki1aoz6q55f/wish/2487725260 The activist movement Black Lives Matter was created in the United States in 2013, by the African-American community. It campaigns in particular against police violence against racialized people, and against systemic racism in the country., After being widely taken up in the demonstrations related to many cases where African-Americans died while in police custody such as that of Eric Garner, Jonathan Ferrel, or Freddie Gray, the slogan and the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter take on particular importance in May 2020, at the death of George Floyd, an African-American who died of asphyxiation by a white police officer (Derek Chauvin) in Minneapolis.]]> 2023-02-19 19:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/md22042006/w0mf2ki1aoz6q55f/wish/2487725260 md22042006 https://padlet.com/md22042006/w0mf2ki1aoz6q55f/wish/2487727440 Each February, National Black History Month serves as both a celebration and a powerful reminder that Black history is American history, Black culture is American culture, and Black stories are essential to the ongoing story of America — our faults, our struggles, our progress, and our aspirations. ]]> 2023-02-19 19:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/md22042006/w0mf2ki1aoz6q55f/wish/2487727440 md22042006 https://padlet.com/md22042006/w0mf2ki1aoz6q55f/wish/2487731410 The death of George Floyd is a case of police violence in the United States in which George Floyd, an African-American man, died following his arrest by several police officers, including police officer Derek Chauvin, on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. In this photo, protesters hold up a portrait of George Flyod during a rally following the verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the police officer responsible for his death, on April 20, 2021. On appeal, he was sentenced to 21 years in prison on July 7, 2022.

]]> 2023-02-19 19:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/md22042006/w0mf2ki1aoz6q55f/wish/2487731410 md22042006 https://padlet.com/md22042006/w0mf2ki1aoz6q55f/wish/2487736466 Police brutality in the United States, the unwarranted or excessive and often illegal use of force against civilians by U.S. police officers. Among the diversity of groups that have been victims of police brutality in the United States, the vast majority of victims are African American. ]]> 2023-02-19 20:03:36 UTC https://padlet.com/md22042006/w0mf2ki1aoz6q55f/wish/2487736466 md22042006 https://padlet.com/md22042006/w0mf2ki1aoz6q55f/wish/2488819424 Social networks play a big role today. From a very young age children have access to it. From social networks several movements have been created and made known like the BLM movement or the violence against women. So from the networks, we can create a group of people who fight for racist violence that can even be celebrities who spread messages preventing police brutality. People can intervene in the street and in schools to prevent the subject. Websites and applications can be created and many other things like videos with many people giving their opinions on many subjects including racism. The subject of police brutality is a problem all over the world, not only because of skin color but also because of gender or sexuality. People of all ages can take action to stop it because it affects all ages. Nowadays we have to act !]]> 2023-02-20 19:28:19 UTC https://padlet.com/md22042006/w0mf2ki1aoz6q55f/wish/2488819424