Among all races, not just blacks, came the groundswell of support that was a product of the injustice heaped upon Trayvon Martin and the entire community black. Following the trial regarding the death of Trayvon Martin came a wave of other white injustices against blacks such as the cases of Mike Brown, Tamir Rice, Eric Garner and other cases not represented on a national platform that mirror the issues shown in "Going to Meet the Man" by Baldwin. .” In Baldwin's story, blacks who had protested for the freedom to register to vote are treated terribly in prison by the police because "they [are] animals, they [are] no better than animals, [and] what else could you do with do people like them?" (231) Jesse, the police sheriff in the story, kicked and beat the "gang leader" until the blood drained from the numerous orifices in his face. (232) While in