Listening Skills - Police Brutality

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Listening Skills

Police Brutality

Think about vocabulary &
events related to police brutality,
what do we know already?

00:14

The speaker is saying that...

1. racist practises are over.
2. history repeats itself.
3. people are making a mess.
4. everything is allright.

00:20

Rage and fury are spilling not only across America, but around the ___.

00:27

Which of these is not the cause of the problem?

1. racism
2. police brutality
3. equality

00:42

The police suspected him of using ___ money to buy cigarettes.

00:51

Put the words in the correct order.

police officer

pinned

Floyd

white

ground

was

by

Mr

to

a

the

01:10

Why are the protesters shouting "I can't breathe"?

01:29

Combine the elements.

was found not guilty.

was shot.

George Zimmermann

Trayvor
Martin

01:35

The fact that the killer was not sent to jail created the Black Lives Matter ___.

02:05

America has a painful history of racism and ___.

02:15

Until the 1960s, African Americans ___.

1. could vote
2. could hang out with white people
3. couldn't vote
4. could do anything

02:30

In North Carolina it takes ___ to become a police officer.
(please use the numbers!)

02:55

America's fight for ___ has become eveyone's.

00:17

What is police brutality?

00:51

Why do police officers exist according to chief Renée Hall?

01:08

What does the reporter claim about the officers feeling comfortable with their actions?

01:41

Why is it tough to turn other cops in?

02:54

What is a solution to the problem according to chief Andrew Mills?

04:39

According to chief Renée Hall, why didn't chiefs speak up before?

05:02

Were police chiefs aware of the pain and hurt before the murder of George Floyd?

05:20

Did anything change over time?

06:18

How could other police forces learn from the way chief Joseph Wysoke dealt with the protesters?

07:26

Why is it larger then a police issue?