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Freyvon Martin Persuasive Speech

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February 26, 2015, Treyvon Martin is shot and killed by George Zimmerman. One year later a jury would find Zimmerman not guilty of murder, sparking outrage and putting the spotlight on the suspicions borne by African Americans.
Since the killing of Trayvon Martin the number of incidents involving the shooting of African Americans by white police officers has been on the rise. Jordan Davis, 17, shot and killed in Jacksonville, Fla., on Nov. 23, 2012 by Michael Dunn. Renisha McBride, 19, shot and killed in Dearborn Heights, Mich., on Nov. 2, 2013 by Theodore P. Wafer. Eric Garner, 43, killed in chokehold on Staten Island in New York City on July 17, 2014, by police officer Daniel Pantaleo. John Crawford, 22, shot and killed by police in Beavercreek, Ohio, on Aug. 5, 2014. …show more content…

I see people with ideas, great ideas, so many ideas that they all become convoluted and it just seems like a bunch of people uselessly shouting. In order to gain real traction and create real reform there needs to be an agenda, a goal in mind. I know that there is an ultimate goal, end racism, but there is no plan to achieve that goal. A goal to attain your goal if you will. I don’t agree with the mob mentality of some of the protests I’ve seen and certainly don’t agree with rioting. Once you lose sight of the plan and start to just go with the flow, you need to rethink the plan. It only takes a few to influence many. Which is why it is important to establish a goal and figure out exactly why we’re shouting and not just shouting. We as Americans, not just African Americans, can make real change possible with the right ideas and mindset. Patience is another key factor when you are wanting to make change on a national level. Things just don’t happen overnight. Dr. Martin Luther King spent many years fighting racial segregation, sparking ideas and making moves that changed the way a nation thought. And he did it

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