Power Geez 2016 Instant

The Power to the People 2016 protests were not an isolated event, but rather a culmination of long-standing grievances and frustrations among marginalized communities. The Black Lives Matter movement, founded in 2013, had already brought attention to the disproportionate number of unarmed Black individuals killed by law enforcement. The deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Sandra Bland, among others, served as catalysts for widespread protests and calls for reform.