Bullet Points

Homework assignment for anyone 

who shares any variation of 

“the police won’t bother you 

if you don’t break the law”

• Step 1: 

Outline each law 

broken by Elijah McClain

Include sub headings

• Step 2:

Quote the criminal codes

violated by Atatiana Jefferson

Use footnotes

• Step 3:

Brainstorm twelve ways

Amadou Diallo could have 

more legally danced between 

the forty-one bullets fired at him

Be prepared to discuss 

your thoughts in class

• Step 4:

Write a biography 

on the seven-year life

of Aiyana Jones 

Annotate any illegality 

• Step 5:

Summarize the penal code

infringements of Tamir Rice

Submit via Google Classroom

• Step 6:

Create a Venn-Diagram

to show the intersection

of the laws broken 

by John Crawford 

and Botham Jean 

• Step 7:

Explain,

in a sonnet,

how Breonna Taylor 

could have slept more lawfully

• Step 8:

List the legal missteps

of Philando Castile

Use bullet points

• Step 9:

Write a twelve-page 

research paper

on stop and frisk policies

Single-spaced

• Step 10:

Create a Power Point

on the history 

of racial profiling 

Cite at least four sources

• Step 11:

Multiple Choice:

Find the law that calls for 

immediate street execution

a) failure to use a turn signal

b) suspected use of a forged twenty-dollar bill

c) accusations of selling cigarettes without a license

d) a broken tail light

• Step 12:

Stand in front of the class

and recite the first amendment

Use Google or Wikipedia if necessary

• Step 13:

Watch at least ten videos

of police turning tear gas

and rubber bullets on those

exercising their first amendment rights

Personal reflection due Monday

• Step 14: 

Write a limerick or a haiku

about the racism and privilege

you now see reflected in your mirror

• Step 15:

Repeat until you 

realize how fucking 

clueless you sound

Written July 2, 2020