Today, I stand before you to express my concern about this recent issue regarding the killing of Minneapolis Man, Jamar Clark. On 15th of November, 2015, Clark was shot by a police, here in Minneapolis. The president of the Minneapolis Union says that Clark obtained the officer’s gun, and actively resisted arrest. The officer handcuffed Clark and choke-slammed him, then shot him in the face. You see, he was African-American.
Similarly, on 23rd of September, 2015, Jeremy McDole was shot by police, and he was African-American. And on 18th of October, 2015, Corey Jones was also shot by police. He too, was an African-American. In fact, fewer than 1 in 3 black people killed by police in America were suspected of a violent crime and allegedly armed.…show more content… Having experienced the issues, aren’t you sick of this generation? As a citizens of United States of America, aren’t you at all worried about your children’s future in this country? If you are a parent, you wouldn’t want to see your precious children experiencing the same situation. The prejudice is everywhere, and the issue can happen again anywhere at anytime. Surely, you wouldn’t want this thing to repeat again.
Therefore, we should be continuing……And again, we do this because we need to have rights! We are picking up the mantle of our forebears and our ancestors, and moving forward with this movement……So we are calling on our brothers, we are calling on our sisters, we are calling on our nephews, we are calling on our neighbors, we are calling on the men and boys in our community!
Black Lives Matter is our generation’s iteration of the black power struggle. Let us respond to the silent cries of the victims. All black lives matter: young, old, undocumented, citizen, naturalised, living in the shadows. Yes. All black lives matter! Young, old, undocumented, citizen, naturalised, living in the
