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Leonard Pitts Attention On Social Media

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“That video shocked me.It left my heart trembling. It left my thoughts trembling” said Pitts, Leonard JR. The article explains an incident that sparks social media. The incident was an execution of a black male by an officer. Pitts argues how black deaths get a ton of attention on social media, but there has been no action for justice. Pitts explains how about black deaths are viewed and the action that is taking place to avoid any more incidents such as, Philando Castile. He provides examples of the topic and grabs the reader attention. Towards the end, it states the dialogue between Castile and the officer.This dialogue was a great way to appeal to the reader emotions and show how Castile was cooperating with the officer but was still killed.
In the article, Pitts starts off by explaining how he does not want to write about the topic.Until he saw a dashcam video which showed Philando Castile .The video displays graphic evidence of Castile telling the officer he has a legal firearm, however, he is reaching for his license and is shot multiple times by the officer. Pitts describes how the incident was spread everywhere and got everyone attention about black deaths. Then he provides a quote from Sean …show more content…

The tweet triggers a deeper thought about black deaths. He indicates how it was normal for white people to execute black people without any consequences for their actions back then. There is a website that shows graphic pictures of dead bodies and this was still not enough to prosecute the white people or arrest them for their murders.Todays generation technology has become more advanced and we have items such as dash cams, phones, computers, and etc. Pitts describes how no matter how much evidence there is, it still seems not enough to prosecute or arrest someone to get

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