Global issues
Lucija Stipić, 8.a

#BlackLivesMatter

  • activist movement seeking equal rights for black people

  • police brutality

  • regular protests

  • twitter hashtag trending on May 28th 2020

George Floyd

  • a black, unarmed man choked to death by a white policeman

  • "i can't breath" - Floyd said

  • people protesting for his justice, want those policemen arrested

Police brutality/other victims

  • police brutality - civil rights violation where police officers exercise force against a civilian

  • known for taking innocent black people's lives

  • Floyd's killer, Derek Chauvin, is not new to police brutality, in the past

  • has been involved in other cases of similar nature

  • there are many more victims

  • Tamir Rice, a 12 year old child, killed playing with a toy gun

  • Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old, killed while on his way home because he was wearing a hoodie

  • Ahmaud Arbery, a 25 year old, killed while on a run in the middle of the day