Community Relationship History Individual Project - Event 2

Community Relationship History Individual Project

Event 2

The 8 years of the Obama Administration and the aftermath of the 2016 U.S. presidential election was a very 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

Assignment Guidelines

• 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.