The strained police–community relations of the time period of 2014–present

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:
o Discuss the strained police–community relations of the time period of 2014–present.
o Why did strained relations come to be?
o What is the origin of BLM?
o What role, if any, do you think BLM played in the strained police–community relations?
o Identify and explain 1 other incident that appears to have been motivated by strained police–community relations.
o What role might movements such as BLM have in restoring police–community relations?
o Should all persons associated with movements such as BLM be viewed as the same?
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.