'Take a cause you believe in and use the power of type to make a difference.'
For this brief I have chosen the controversial topic of police brutality and more specifically how a lot of people are almost oblivious to the issue.
In the past few years there have been numerous large cases that hit the headlines where police brutality is evident such as the George Zimmerman and Treyvon Martin case, where Zimmerman shot and killed seventeen year old, unarmed, Martin in the streets of Florida in 2012.
The death of Eric Garner also bcame big news when a video of him being arrested went viral online. The video showed Garner get tackled to the ground and choked, as he shouted 'I can't breather' the officer continued to choke unarmed Garner until he eventually died.
The point I want to make through my poster(s) is that there is more to this issue than just the few cases a year that make the news headlines for a few weeks then are forgotten about. People know that the issue needs to be fixed but they are not aware of how big the issue really is, how many people are harmed or killed by police everyday, and that it is happening all the time.
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