The BLACK LIVES MATTER movement gained momentum in 2014 following the deaths of two Black men, Eric Garner and Michael Brown, at the hands of the police. Garner passed away in Staten Island, New York, following the use of an unlawful chokehold by a Caucasian police officer. This incident was recorded by a nearby observer. A white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri fatally shot and killed Brown, a teenager.
The fatalities, coupled with the prosecutor's decision not to press charges against the...