Black lives matter
it all began with an hastag and now it's a global network
Introduction
• The movement has fought racism through such means as political action, letter writing campaigns, and nonviolent protests. BLM activists have held large and influential protests in cities across the United States as well as internationally. A decentralized grassroots movement, Black Lives Matter is led by activists in local chapters who organize their own campaigns and programs.
• Black Lives Matter is an international social movement, formed in the United States in 2013, dedicated to fighting racism and anti-Black violence. In particular the movement is involved in protesting against the brutality used by the police towards black people and in general towards all racially motivated violence against the former.
• The main aim of the movement is to condemn the unjust killings of Black People by police, as the name of the movement suggests, and to demand the same rights for White and Black people.
The origins of the movement
BLM was cofounded as an online movement by three Black community organizers: Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi.
Alicia Garza
Patrisse Khan-Cullors
Opal Tometi
The birth of the protests
The Black Lives Matter movement began in 2013, following the death of Trayvon Martin, an African-American teenager who was shot while walking to a family friend's house, and the subsequent acquittal of George Zimmerman, the man who shot him, in Sanford, Florida, in February 2012. Zimmerman had seen Martin walking in his neighbourhood and called the police because he thought Martin looked “suspicious.” Although police told Zimmerman not to do anything, he followed Martin, got into an argument with him, and shot and killed him. Zimmerman remained free for weeks after the shooting but was finally charged with second-degree murder and arrested in April, after demonstrations demanding his prosecution were held in cities across the United States. At his trial more than a year later, Zimmerman claimed that he had acted in self-defense.
According to Black Lives Matter, the movement is "an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. It is an affirmation of Black folks’ humanity, our contributions to this society, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression." In 2018, five years after Black Lives Matter began, co-founder Alicia Garza said in an interview that BLM's "goal is to build the kind of society where black people can live with dignity and respect.''
GEORGE FLOYD
On May 25, Minneapolis police officers arrested George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, after a convenience store employee called 911 and told the police that Mr. Floyd had bought cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill. Seventeen minutes after the first squad car arrived at the scene, Mr. Floyd was unconscious and pinned beneath three police officers, showing no signs of life.
GEORGE FLOYD
By combining videos from bystanders and security cameras, reviewing official documents and consulting experts, The New York Times reconstructed in detail the minutes leading to Mr. Floyd’s death. The video shows officers taking a series of actions that violated the policies of the Minneapolis Police Department and turned fatal, leaving Mr. Floyd unable to breathe, even as he and onlookers called out for help.The day after Mr. Floyd’s death, the Police Department fired all four of the officers involved in the episode. On May 29, the Hennepin County attorney, Mike Freeman, announced third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges against Derek Chauvin, the officer seen most clearly in witness videos pinning Mr. Floyd to the ground. Mr. Chauvin, who is white, kept his knee on Mr. Floyd’s neck for at least eight minutes and 15 seconds, according to a Times analysis of timestamped video. The video investigation shows that Mr. Chauvin did not remove his knee even after Mr. Floyd lost consciousness and for a full minute and 20 seconds after paramedics arrived at the scene.
“It makes no difference,” said Jamar Nelson, who works with the families of crime victims in Minneapolis. “The bottom line is, it was long enough to kill him, long enough to execute him.”
GEORGE FLOYD
Major protests were sparked at the end of May following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. A video showing a police officer kneeling on Floyd's neck went viral following his death. Police officer, Derek Chauvin, has since been charged with second-degree murder - raised from an initial charge of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter (the case is yet to go to trial). Three other officers who were there have all been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Their cases are also yet to go to trial.
GEORGE FLOYD
On 20 April, former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts relating to his killing of George Floyd – second- and third-degree murder, and manslaughter. The jury reached the verdict unanimously after 10-and-a-half hours of deliberations.Crowds who were gathered at the spot where Floyd was killed, outside the courtroom and across the US erupted into cheers as the verdict was read out. Floyd’s family spoke of their relief and highlighted the work still to be done. “I am going to put up a fight every day,” said George’s brother, Philonise Floyd. “Because I am not just fighting for George anymore.” Darnella Frazier, the passer-by who recorded the widely shared video of Floyd’s murder when she was 17 years old, said in a Facebook post: “George Floyd we did it!! Justice has been served.”
Graphic
BLM today
In January, the Black Lives Matter movement was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian MP Petter Eide. His written nomination noted that, “awarding the peace prize to Black Lives Matter, as the strongest global force against racial injustice, will send a powerful message that peace is founded on equality, solidarity and human rights, and that all countries must respect those basic principles.”
BLM today
Black Lives Matter went on to organise protests around the world. In London, two Black activists Aima, 18, and Tash, 21, organised a rally in Trafalgar Square, which was attended by thousands on Sunday, May 31st. Many more have followed since. At one London protest, Star Wars actor John Boyega joined 15,000 others in Hyde Park, and told crowds: "Today is about innocent people who were halfway through their process, we don’t know what George Floyd could have achieved, we don’t know what Sandra Bland could have achieved, but today we’re going to make sure that won’t be an alien thought to our young ones.»
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In November, Joe Biden won the US Presidential election, and vote counts revealed that areas with high numbers of Black voters helped him win many of the states that went to Trump in the 2016 election.
“IT'S A MOMENT OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH. WE CAN’T STOP HERE. WE’RE GOING TO DELIVER REAL CHANGE AND REFORM.”
BLM today - celebrities' support
As Americans have participated in protests across the nation in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, some famous types have offered relatively empty-seeming gestures, while others have found ways to meaningfully contribute to the cause. In the hall of infamy belongs one tweet by Ellen DeGeneres, who really put racism in its place over the weekend with a post that included the remarkably Orwellian line, “For things to change, things must change.” And then there are those who have joined thousands of other Americans in showing up to protests, putting themselves on the line.
BLM today - celebrities' support
With police across the country showing themselves willing pepper spray, drive cars into, and fire rubber bullets upon even journalists and the most peaceful of protestors, the risks these people are taking is real.
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Black lives matter
it all began with an hastag and now it's a global network
Introduction
• The movement has fought racism through such means as political action, letter writing campaigns, and nonviolent protests. BLM activists have held large and influential protests in cities across the United States as well as internationally. A decentralized grassroots movement, Black Lives Matter is led by activists in local chapters who organize their own campaigns and programs.
• Black Lives Matter is an international social movement, formed in the United States in 2013, dedicated to fighting racism and anti-Black violence. In particular the movement is involved in protesting against the brutality used by the police towards black people and in general towards all racially motivated violence against the former.
• The main aim of the movement is to condemn the unjust killings of Black People by police, as the name of the movement suggests, and to demand the same rights for White and Black people.
The origins of the movement
BLM was cofounded as an online movement by three Black community organizers: Patrisse Khan-Cullors, Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi.
Alicia Garza
Patrisse Khan-Cullors
Opal Tometi
The birth of the protests
The Black Lives Matter movement began in 2013, following the death of Trayvon Martin, an African-American teenager who was shot while walking to a family friend's house, and the subsequent acquittal of George Zimmerman, the man who shot him, in Sanford, Florida, in February 2012. Zimmerman had seen Martin walking in his neighbourhood and called the police because he thought Martin looked “suspicious.” Although police told Zimmerman not to do anything, he followed Martin, got into an argument with him, and shot and killed him. Zimmerman remained free for weeks after the shooting but was finally charged with second-degree murder and arrested in April, after demonstrations demanding his prosecution were held in cities across the United States. At his trial more than a year later, Zimmerman claimed that he had acted in self-defense.
According to Black Lives Matter, the movement is "an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. It is an affirmation of Black folks’ humanity, our contributions to this society, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression." In 2018, five years after Black Lives Matter began, co-founder Alicia Garza said in an interview that BLM's "goal is to build the kind of society where black people can live with dignity and respect.''
GEORGE FLOYD
On May 25, Minneapolis police officers arrested George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, after a convenience store employee called 911 and told the police that Mr. Floyd had bought cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill. Seventeen minutes after the first squad car arrived at the scene, Mr. Floyd was unconscious and pinned beneath three police officers, showing no signs of life.
GEORGE FLOYD
By combining videos from bystanders and security cameras, reviewing official documents and consulting experts, The New York Times reconstructed in detail the minutes leading to Mr. Floyd’s death. The video shows officers taking a series of actions that violated the policies of the Minneapolis Police Department and turned fatal, leaving Mr. Floyd unable to breathe, even as he and onlookers called out for help.The day after Mr. Floyd’s death, the Police Department fired all four of the officers involved in the episode. On May 29, the Hennepin County attorney, Mike Freeman, announced third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter charges against Derek Chauvin, the officer seen most clearly in witness videos pinning Mr. Floyd to the ground. Mr. Chauvin, who is white, kept his knee on Mr. Floyd’s neck for at least eight minutes and 15 seconds, according to a Times analysis of timestamped video. The video investigation shows that Mr. Chauvin did not remove his knee even after Mr. Floyd lost consciousness and for a full minute and 20 seconds after paramedics arrived at the scene.
“It makes no difference,” said Jamar Nelson, who works with the families of crime victims in Minneapolis. “The bottom line is, it was long enough to kill him, long enough to execute him.”
GEORGE FLOYD
Major protests were sparked at the end of May following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. A video showing a police officer kneeling on Floyd's neck went viral following his death. Police officer, Derek Chauvin, has since been charged with second-degree murder - raised from an initial charge of third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter (the case is yet to go to trial). Three other officers who were there have all been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder and aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter. Their cases are also yet to go to trial.
GEORGE FLOYD
On 20 April, former police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all three counts relating to his killing of George Floyd – second- and third-degree murder, and manslaughter. The jury reached the verdict unanimously after 10-and-a-half hours of deliberations.Crowds who were gathered at the spot where Floyd was killed, outside the courtroom and across the US erupted into cheers as the verdict was read out. Floyd’s family spoke of their relief and highlighted the work still to be done. “I am going to put up a fight every day,” said George’s brother, Philonise Floyd. “Because I am not just fighting for George anymore.” Darnella Frazier, the passer-by who recorded the widely shared video of Floyd’s murder when she was 17 years old, said in a Facebook post: “George Floyd we did it!! Justice has been served.”
Graphic
BLM today
In January, the Black Lives Matter movement was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by Norwegian MP Petter Eide. His written nomination noted that, “awarding the peace prize to Black Lives Matter, as the strongest global force against racial injustice, will send a powerful message that peace is founded on equality, solidarity and human rights, and that all countries must respect those basic principles.”
BLM today
Black Lives Matter went on to organise protests around the world. In London, two Black activists Aima, 18, and Tash, 21, organised a rally in Trafalgar Square, which was attended by thousands on Sunday, May 31st. Many more have followed since. At one London protest, Star Wars actor John Boyega joined 15,000 others in Hyde Park, and told crowds: "Today is about innocent people who were halfway through their process, we don’t know what George Floyd could have achieved, we don’t know what Sandra Bland could have achieved, but today we’re going to make sure that won’t be an alien thought to our young ones.»
View +
In November, Joe Biden won the US Presidential election, and vote counts revealed that areas with high numbers of Black voters helped him win many of the states that went to Trump in the 2016 election.
“IT'S A MOMENT OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGE, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH. WE CAN’T STOP HERE. WE’RE GOING TO DELIVER REAL CHANGE AND REFORM.”
BLM today - celebrities' support
As Americans have participated in protests across the nation in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, some famous types have offered relatively empty-seeming gestures, while others have found ways to meaningfully contribute to the cause. In the hall of infamy belongs one tweet by Ellen DeGeneres, who really put racism in its place over the weekend with a post that included the remarkably Orwellian line, “For things to change, things must change.” And then there are those who have joined thousands of other Americans in showing up to protests, putting themselves on the line.
BLM today - celebrities' support
With police across the country showing themselves willing pepper spray, drive cars into, and fire rubber bullets upon even journalists and the most peaceful of protestors, the risks these people are taking is real.
+ info
Video +
Francesco Agresta, Niccolò Chimenti, Rebecca Suisola, Arianna Wilcox
THANKS!