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Black Lives Matter: I CAN'T BREATHE

Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a political and social movement that protests against police brutality and violence towards black people.  In July 2013, the movement began with the use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media after the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the shooting death of African-American teen Trayvon Martin 17 months earlier in February 2012.  The movement became nationally recognized for street demonstrations following the 2014 deaths of two African Americans, that of Michael Brown—resulting in protests and unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, a city near St. Louis—and Eric Garner in New York City.  Since the Ferguson protests, participants in the movement have demonstrated against the deaths of numerous other African Americans by police actions or while in police custody. Listed below is a shortlist of black men -- grandfathers, fathers, husbands, sons, and nephews -- that have died at the hands of the police and white supremacists in America. Patrick Lynn Warren Sr.,