Why we created Fight the Force
We all have a passion for social justice, and one of the movements that we are most passionat about is the Black Live Matter movement. In this time of 24/7 news and social media, we have more access than any other generation has to see the outrageous treatment that African Americans in our country recieve from police officers.
34%
of the U.S. male incarcerated population are African Americans, while white males make up only 29% despite making up almost 60% of the U.S. population.
36
African Americans in every 1 million are fatally shot by police, while only 15 in every million white people in the U.S. are fatally shot by police.