The Importance Of Civil Rights In Schools

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On April 2, 1965, Rodney King was caught by the Los Angeles police after a high-speed chase on March 3, 1991. The officers pulled him out of the car and beat him violently/harshly, while inexperienced/low quality cameraman George Holliday caught it all on videotape. On February 26th, 2012 Trayvon Martin was killed by George Zimmerman for being a young black man in the wrong neighborhood.Six Baltimore police officers faced charges ranging from bad behavior to second-degree murder in the April 2015 death of Freddie Gray. Gray died when his neck was broken in the back of a police transport van. He had been arrested with handcuffs and leg irons, but they did not secure him in a seat belt.The death set off (more than two, but not a lot of) days after the riot in Baltimore. …show more content…

(state where all things are equal) is honestly in the eyes of the (person who is seeing or looking) because if you feel you are equal to another race or to a person people no one can tell you different. There can be kind rights issues going on in your neighborhood or in your school now.The majority of kids in high school feels like they can't be their self because they will be judged for who they really are or who that want to be or the dreams they want to chase after. There can be issues in everyone's neighborhood such as a racist or (always judging other people) neighborhood or family member. Honestly, you never know what a person is going through till you see it

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