With my Black Lives Matter research I looked up the more well known cases, for example Breanna Taylor and George Floyd and more into them and the backstory of why they actually died, I also looked into some less known cases and this meant I could show the range of ages, for example I talk about Tamir Rice, who was only 12 and was shot because he was playing with a toy gun in a park, I also talked about Daniel Prude who was 41 and was shot while having a mental health “episode” and was running down the street naked. I wanted to show that it happens to different ages, people with different jobs, people in different status’s and sometimes nobody is given consequences.
When we look at Brenna Taylor’s case action was taken against the police officers involved in her arrest Officer Brett Hankinson was charged with three counts of “wanton endangerment” for firing into a Neighbours apartment. Under Kentucky law, someone is guilty of wanton endangerment if they commit an act that shows “an extreme indifference to the value of human life.” After the shooting the police made some changes; They now must wear body cameras, all warrants must be approved by a senior officer, The police chief was fired in June because it was his fault the cameras weren’t on.
This information meant I could use more variety in the topics, we needed to talk about all the different issues so we can show it happens to everyone and not just a certain age or sex.
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