Answer:
As powerful deities who should be feared.
Explanation:
To be brief, they believed in a lot of gods, but some were below others. (Deities) And they were associated with the sun, moon, and stars. Anything astral related. They where feared instead of loved like we see in other religions. The gods lived at ease while the people worked for what they had.
Filmmakers most likely chose this name because it was about the Selma to Montgomery marches that Dr. King participated in. The name is Selma and not Dr. King because it is a story told over a three month period where Dr. King and many others planned the Selma marches.
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The British police are called "Bobbies" after Sir Robert (Bobby) Peer, the home Secretary who introduced the act that established the police to the Parliament in 1829. This act proposed to introduce police system instead of the watchmen that had similar responsibilities before.