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Friday, 12 December 2014

The "Die-in" protest of USA.




 The USA's student of Michigan University of Engineering are nowadays inventing a new revolution of laying down in malls,  metros, and on railway tracks to protest the killing of one of their mates named "Michael Brown". Brown was shot and killed by police officer "Darren Wilson" on Aug. 9, 2014, in Ferguson. It's something that's not been happening this year or last year it is since the beginning of this country. From the age of Martin Luther till now black are not still safe in USA. According to a newspaper the president of USA agreed that in USA the black still does not feel free. Garner, who was black, died in July after being put in a chokehold by Pantaleo. Police had stopped the father of six on suspicion of selling untaxed “loose” cigarettes. Garner had been arrested previously for selling untaxed cigarettes, marijuana possession and false impersonation.


Who Started this protest

The die-in at the Diag was originally thought up by three white freshmen students --  Isaiah Zeavin-Moss, Kyle Forness, and Lillian Gaines -- who asked the campus chapters of the NAACP and Black Student Union to mobilize the efforts and take over the organization of the event. holding signs that read things like "BlackLivesMatter" and "ICantBreathe."





Why "I Cant Breathe"........

The last words of Eric Garner “I can’t breathe,” became the rallying cry for protests that swirled in New York. “I can’t breathe,” protesters chanted, in mostly peaceful demonstrations that brought longstanding strains over race to the heart of America’s most populous city. Earlier in the day, prosecutors announced the jury’s decision not to charge Daniel Pantaleo, one of the New York police officers who had confronted Garner for selling loose cigarettes on Staten Island in July.


The protesters’ anger echoed the tensions in Ferguson, Missouri, the scene of violence and rioting after another grand jury declined to bring charges against a white police office in the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager suspected of robbing a convenience store. His death sparked hundreds of protests across the country and snapped into focus seething race issues.

Protesters chanting “Fuck the Police” or “I Can’t Breathe” have gathered all across the nation but the epicenter appears to be New York City in a massive show of defiance against the grand jury’s decision in the Eric Garner fatal chokehold case. Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges are blocked, various highways and the Holland Tunnel, multiple arrests in Times Square and around Rockefeller Center and now 100s of protesters are heading to New York’s 1 Police Plaza as helicopters hover overhead.