Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Police Brutality


image by: https://mappingpoliceviolence.org/




 "We as black men are looked at as the ones who are going to harm your daughters, the ones who are most likely to rob and steal and kill. Historically, dating back all the way to slavery"

-The Undefeated



Yunek Moore 



Yunek Moore told her story as a survivor of police brutality. As she attended a bonfire, she was one of the few Black individuals who were victims of her local police department. Police officers violently arrested Moore and charged her with "obstructing a peace officer."







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Teenagers are seen taking a stand against racist police brutality in memory of victims such as Renisha McBride, Eric Garner, and Prince Jones.

 “...The law has become an excuse for stopping and frisking you, which is to say, for furthering the assault on your body.” (Coates 17)
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