I Can T Breathe Persuasive Speech

I Can’t Breathe
“I can’t breathe.” Hundreds of people throughout America unite as one and gather to protest against police brutality. They march with their signs held high that read Eric Garner’s last words before he was choked to death by a police officer. The protests quickly turn violent as officials refuse to take responsibility but instead blame Garner for his own death. “I can’t breathe,” the people chant loudly, in hopes to catch attention and raise awareness of this growing issue. Eric Garner’s case is not the only one. As time goes on, more and more reports are surfacing global news, making everyone question is North America a police state? As more is revealed to the public about the government and the police, citizens can safely assume
A former AT&T engineer, Mark Klein, reveals to the newspaper, The Guardian, that AT&T gave the NSA full access to customer data, including all their phone calls and e-mails. Every day, the NSA saves 1.7 billion phone calls, e-mails and other information about their fellow citizens thus proving that “no digital communication is secure”(Greenwald). NSA could have information ranging from a personal phone call with a loved one to a business phone call with your boss. Mark Klein is not the only one that admits to this process. To back him up, Bill Binney, a high level NSA executive veteran, who created NSA’s surveillance program, also admits that the government spies on its people (Washington Blog). All information that is collected by the agency is also shared with other agencies and other countries. Not only that, the agencies are asked to clean the information to disguise from attorneys. Binney comments on this process, saying that “this is a totalitarism process - means we are now in a police state.”Besides having no privacy at all, the Supreme Court have frequently expanded the right to warrantless searches. Warrantless searches are no longer only subjected to airport terminals (Staff). These searches can also be done at subways, bus stations, and especially at major events like parades. In the annual Mackinac Bridge Walk, 40,000 people’s bags were searched without a warrant (Staff). Through personal experiences, having a friend look through personal information without consent is upsetting so having a complete stranger looking at personal information is unforgivable. As the government gains more control of the people, the less control people will, which ultimately relates the definition of the police state where the population is controlled by the