turbulent time, especially for police and community relations. Many police use-of-force incidents that occurred during this time period resulted in significant protests and riots. Reactions to such incidents were often based on emotions at the event; people did not wait for facts. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement came into existence, with other fringe groups such as Antifa (short for anti-fascists), complicating police–community relations. A BLM protest that had been peaceful turned tragically violent when a sniper shot and killed five Dallas police officers providing security for the BLM protestors. The suspect, a BLM sympathizer, was killed by Dallas PD when he was cornered in a parking structure. Other high-profile police murders were apparently motivated by strained police–community and race relations.
Review the following videos and associated articles:
BLM Video 1
BLM Video 2
Address the following in 3–5 pages:
Discuss the strained police–community relations of the time period of 2014–present.
Why did strained relations come to be?
What is the origin of BLM?
What role, if any, do you think BLM played in the strained police–community relations?
Identify and explain 1 other incident that appears to have been motivated by strained police–community relations.
What role might movements such as BLM have in restoring police–community relations?
Should all persons associated with movements such as BLM be viewed as the same?
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.