Martin Luther King Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter
Society has encountered segregation for centuries, and Black Live Matter has taken control of ensuring the equality for all in the 21st century. Their protests have led to important changes in the judicial system and with law enforcement. The protest that has led to change has been because the campaigns that have followed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s guidance from his “Letter from Birmingham City Jail”. These campaigns include the collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive, negotiation, self-purification, and direct action. The protests that have not seen change do not comply with Dr. King’s suggestions, but rather with violence and lack of structure. I believe that Black Lives Matter will prevail with proper guidance from group leaders and by sticking to the non-violent campaign suggestions of Dr. King and refrain from …show more content…
The first protest tagged with Black Lives Matter began as a non-violent acts following the Michael Brown case, deciding if Officer Darren Wilson is indicted by the grand jury. After Wilson is not indicted, peaceful protest became violent after four days of marches, including thousands of protesters who vandalized and rioted in the city of Ferguson. Following the riots in Ferguson, protestors became more involved in the Black Lives Matter movement. These protests led to the Justice Department to release reports that fault law enforcement in the area for racial bias. The report claimed that blacks in Ferguson are disproportionately subject to excessive police force, baseless traffic stops and citations for infractions as petty as walking down the middle of the street (What). This shows that discrimination by law enforcement exist. Although the legal system has failed to yield outcomes that the activists hoped for, the movement has succeeded in focusing intense scrutiny on criminal justice and policing in America
Society has encountered segregation for centuries, and Black Live Matter has taken control of ensuring the equality for all in the 21st century. Their protests have led to important changes in the judicial system and with law enforcement. The protest that has led to change has been because the campaigns that have followed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s guidance from his “Letter from Birmingham City Jail”. These campaigns include the collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive, negotiation, self-purification, and direct action. The protests that have not seen change do not comply with Dr. King’s suggestions, but rather with violence and lack of structure. I believe that Black Lives Matter will prevail with proper guidance from group leaders and by sticking to the non-violent campaign suggestions of Dr. King and refrain from …show more content…
The first protest tagged with Black Lives Matter began as a non-violent acts following the Michael Brown case, deciding if Officer Darren Wilson is indicted by the grand jury. After Wilson is not indicted, peaceful protest became violent after four days of marches, including thousands of protesters who vandalized and rioted in the city of Ferguson. Following the riots in Ferguson, protestors became more involved in the Black Lives Matter movement. These protests led to the Justice Department to release reports that fault law enforcement in the area for racial bias. The report claimed that blacks in Ferguson are disproportionately subject to excessive police force, baseless traffic stops and citations for infractions as petty as walking down the middle of the street (What). This shows that discrimination by law enforcement exist. Although the legal system has failed to yield outcomes that the activists hoped for, the movement has succeeded in focusing intense scrutiny on criminal justice and policing in America