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Trayvon Martin Killing
Trayvon Martin, an African-American teenager shot and killed on his way to a family friend's house, and the subsequent acquittal of George Zimmerman, the man who shot him, led to petitions being circulated, and demonstrations were also held. -
Death of Jordan Davis
Jordan Davis, a 17 years old African-American teenager, and his three friends stopped in a gas station parking lot to buy gum and cigarettes. Michel Dunn, a white man, shots 10 rounds into their car and killed Davis. -
Campaigns
Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi decided to create the campaign as a response to the police killings of Black people. -
Beginning of the BLM movement
After the death of Trayvon Martin, shot by a police officer, three black women: Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi created the BLM (black lives matter) campaign. -
Death of Renisha McBride
Renisha McBride a 19 years old black woman, knocks on the door of Theodore Wafer's home, a white man, because she is involved in a car crash in Detroit, Michigan. After racial tensions, Wafer shouted and killed her.
That gave rise to protests in Detroit and online activists launch a campaign for justice. -
Killing of Eric Garner
Eric Garner, a 43 years old black man is killed by Daniel Pantaleo, a police officer, after being put in a chokehold on the side of the road.
A bystander films the footage of the 43-year-old father gasping for air and saying "I can't breathe". This sentence became popular for the BLM movement.
The jury said that Panteleo is not condemned and that gave rise to protest in New York and international uprising -
Death of John Crawford
John Crawford, a 22 years old black teenager, is shot dead by police after being seen with a toy gun, which he picked up in the store. -
Shooting of Michael Brown
A policeman killed him by shooting him with several times.
There were protests and riots -
Death of Laquan McDonald
Laquan McDonald, a 17 years old teenager, is shot 16 times in 13 seconds by police officer Jason Van Dyke after he refuses to drop a three-inch knife in Chicago, Illinois. Van Dyke is condemned. Demonstrations are taking place even though the police officer was convicted. -
Shooting of Tamir Rice
Tamir Rice, a 12 black boy, is seen pointing a gun at random people in Cleveland, Ohio. A call is made to police and the caller says the gun is "probably fake", but the information is not relayed to the attending officers. Within seconds of arriving on the scene, police officer Timothy Loehmann shot Tamir twice on Tamir and killed him.
That gave rise to protest and on December 20, two police officers are killed by protestors in Brooklyn -
Revolt
Death of numerous Black and African-American people
For example, Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, and Meagan Hockaday.
This gave rise to a lot of protests to highlight the injustices faced by Black people. -
Death of Freddie Gray
Freedie Gray, a 25 years old black man is arrested for possessing what they describe as an illegal switchblade. He dies after sustaining injuries in police custody on April 19th.
That gave rise to violent protests. -
Death of Jamar Clark
Jamar Clark, a 24 years old black man, is shot in the head by police.
The Black Lives Matter movement protests outside the Fourth Precinct police station for 18 days. -
Diffusion of the BLM movement in the sports world
At a soccer game, Colin Kaepernick bent the knee as a form of respect towards the BLM movement.
The BLM movement is therefore taken seriously by many people, and also by people known -
Shooting of Philando Castile
A police officer killed an African American man during a traffic stop.
There were local and national demonstrations -
Sterling's death
Sterling was shot in the street by two police officers who thought he had a gun on him.
100 protests took place across the country following Sterling's death on July 5th, and Philandro Castile's shooting the next day -
Five police officers killed by a sniper
Five police officers killed by a sniper during a peaceful BLM protest in Dallas -
Movement
The movement gets popularized and had a positive impact on others causes
The BLM movement continued to highlight the deaths of Black people who had lost their lives at the hands of the US police like Grechario Mack and Kenneth Ross Jr.
The hashtag #BlackLivesMatter had been used 30 million times on Twitter since 2013. -
The arrest of the rapper 21 Savage
The rapper 21 Savage was arrested and detained by the US's immigration agency.
The co-founder of the BLM movement, Patrisse Cullors convened a group of 60 high profile stars from the music and entertainment worlds in order to advocate for his release. -
Killing of Isaiah Lewis
The teenager Isaiah Lewis was shot and killed by a police officer.
Days later, his death gave rise to a hundred protests -
Big event
Many demonstrations took place all over the world, after the murder of George Floyd. There were some in Minneapolis, then in New York, Washington, Portland, France, New Zealand and elsewhere -
Shooting of Breonna Taylor
Police officers who had to search the Taylors' home killed Breonna when she wouldn't let them in, not knowing if he was a real police officer.
There were demonstrations and civil unrest following Breonna's death. -
Killing of George Floyd
Derek Chauvin, a police officer, murdered George Floyd, a black man who, while being arrested, was held on the ground with the officer’s knee on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds.
That gave rise to protests in Minneapolis in order to denounce the injustice. There is also numerous events and protests of more than a thousand people.