SOC 1105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Death Of Eric Garner, Convenience Store
8 Sep 2017
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Every time these events happen, it adds fuel to the protesting - they"ve increased within time. The protestors will feel that the police are constantly in the wrong. The start of a movement: trayvon martin is shot by neighbourhood watch volunteer george zimmerman on. February 26th, 2012: the teenager had been visiting his father"s fianc in sanford, florida, when he had an altercation with zimmerman to visit to the convenience store to buy a drink and snacks. Initially zimmerman is not charged by sanford police. After a public outcry, zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder and manslaughter: the blm movement officially starts with zimmerman is later acquitted of murdering. Martin: zimmerman goes on to the sell the gun he used to shoot the teen for ,000 us. Davis" death is the focus of a documentary film called 3 and a half minutes.
