I have decided to choose the topic of black lives matter. The reason I that I chose this topic is because when I was a policeman‚ at the time the Michael Brown incident happened. I saw and heard a lot of things. Being an African American male and a policeman I could not be outspoken about the incident. At the time the department frowns on that type of news form their employees. I saw a lot of people rioting for what I felt was no reason. I felt that if Martin Luther King was alive today he
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They are living in poverty and are victims of violent crimes‚ which is why there is effective policing that is taking place for the people‚ who must live with the effects of these untrue assumptions. More people are becoming aware of the Black Lives Matter movement and its importance‚ but as it continues to spread murder rates have increased in cities across the United
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In a perfect world all lives matter‚ but recently the question has been‚ do all lives really matter. As an answer to this question the Black Lives Matter (BLM) Movement was created. It was established in 2012 after the murder of Trayvon Martin‚ a 17-year-old African American male from Miami Gardens‚ Florida. His death proved that blacks are still targeted because of the color of their skin. I myself‚ along with many others agree that African Americans are still at the top of the list when it comes
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for the Black Lives Matter movement. Though the protests are often supposed to be peaceful and amicable‚ they often turn disruptive and violent. Police authorities frequently get involved and try to end the gatherings‚ whether it is calmly or with force. Within the Bill of Rights‚ the First Amendment allows the freedom of assembly as well as other important rights. Are the Black Lives Matter movements and protests within the constitutional right to assemble? The Black Lives Matter movement is a constitutional
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In the essay “Does Gender Matter?” Ben A. Barres exposes the discrimination against females that’s occurring in academic scientific programs throughout the United States. Having a close female friend majoring in chemical engineering‚ Barres’s essay struck a personal cord with me. Digging deeper into the issue‚ I was shocked by the extent of gender issues in STEM majors and careers. In STEM classes‚ for instance‚ many male students and often times professors will perceive female students as intellectually
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actions. I think if he wanted to prove a point and make a statement supporting the “Black lives matter” he is wrong to do so by sitting for the National Anthem. By sitting for the national anthem he is disrespecting all the men and women who have fought to serve our country. But he is wrong by saying “black lives matter” and so is Hillary Clinton by saying it too. It’s not just “black lives matter” all lives matter. There comes a point where it’s just a bunch of racial opinions. However if you look at
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Theme: Energy Learning Area: 2. Heat Learning Objective: 2.4 Applying the principles of expansion and contraction of matter Learning Outcome: A student is able to: • Apply principle of expansion and contraction of matter in solving simple problems Materials: Activity sheets 1 – 5. (provided to the groups during the previous class)‚mahjong papers and marker pens‚ LCD projector Teacher: Good morning boys and girls. What have you learnt yesterday? Teacher waits and listens to students’
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“Her death has become one of those major modern occasions where there seems to have been a collective sense of empathy for a stranger’s fate. She has become an embodiment of the betrayal‚ vulnerability and public abandonment of children. The inquiry must mark the end of child protection policy built on a hopeless process of child care tragedy‚ scandal‚ inquiry‚ findings‚ brief media interest and ad hoc political response”.1 Upon investigating the serious nature of this case and it’s deeply
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individuals recognized the social injustice‚ decided to take a stand for those who didn’t have a voice. One of the Community activists‚ Garza‚ wrote a heartfelt appeal on Facebook with the words “black lives matter” and the principles conveyed resonated coast-to-coast. At first‚ the Black Lives Matter movement addressed and demanded change concerning the violence permitted by the state and racism that was being projected onto African Americans through the Police. The founders saw a need and realized the
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Why GM Matters is a book written about the history of General Motors Company and the struggle they endured during the 2008 economic recession. The book is broken in three parts; the first part explains what went wrong in General Motors Company including the workers that would be affected if General Motors Company had to move their production to another country or if they had to close the doors on General Motors Company and let Toyota buy them out. The book also discusses in the first part‚ the person
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