Praying For Sheetrock Spark Notes

In Melissa Fay Greene's Praying for Sheetrock, the death of a black man named Ed Finch had created a huge shock to influence social communities during that time. That's not a normal death as others because this death is related to the racism heavily. Apparently, the racism in the 1970s time period was always hot in social events at that time. In addition, details of the death of this man became the focus is because Ed Finch was arrested and shot by a policeman. However, in recent years, the society still exists some cases similar to the death of Ed Finch although racism has decreased a lot in this modern era. The relevance of these cases the victims were black, and police have caused the death of the black people. Why do these problems still

What makes people immediately indignant when reading to this story is about a police shooting Finch's mouth in board daylight. Although according to the story as far as the content of the book, Finch did nothing other than to respond to the statement of the police and then he left. The policeman did not think much and just lunged and he fired a bullet into his mouth. However, the tragic fate of the black man was still not finished after being shot. He was still alive, and all the more surprising as he was dragged on the way to take the police station. He was left alone in prison, and he did not receive any treatment for all. Later, Ed Finch was accused drunk, disorderly, and assaulting and obstructing police duty. These events had created a wave of indignation of many black people. More than 200 men and women had joined hands to demonstrate for equal rights and the freedom of Finch. They wanted Finch out of prison and transferred to hospital for treatment. It was not enough. They wanted Hutchinson, who shot Finch, must be fired. Finally, they won the victory and Finch was released. Their joint efforts had brought good results and contributed to extinguish the abuse of police force. Story like that should not be repeated, but unfortunately there are so nearly identical cases had occurred in the current

His death occurred in Staten Island, New York City in May in July 2014. Officer Daniel Pantaleo put his arm around Garner's neck and pulled him down onto the ground. Then, the officer pushed Garner's face close into the ground. Garner was repeated: "I can not breathe" eleven times, but Pantaleo didn't stop. Garner then lost consciousness and was lying facedown on the sidewalk. A combination of a chokehold by an officer, the chest compression, and poor health at the same, Garner has unfortunately died just an hour after being taken to hospital. The first thing worth mentioning is the police said they did not use chokehold on Garner. Later, the medical examiner concluded that Garner's death was caused by chokehold during physical restraint by police. After the Staten Island grand jury did not indict Pantaleo, people in New York City gathered to protest and made many speeches. Surprisingly, the number of protesters increase to more than 300 people. They marched in the city center, on the road, and the shopping district. They have made use of Garner's last words, "I can't breathe", as a slogan and chant against police brutality since Garner's death and Officer Pantaleo's grand jury decision. At the end of December there were at least 50 demonstrations occurred worldwide. Garner's death has been cited as one of several police killings of African