I’m supposed to have words. I should have words. I have no words.
Another Black man murdered in the street by a police officer. This time in Minneapolis but it happens across the country on a regular basis. The legacy of the Fugitive Slave Act lives on today in the way Black communities are being policed. Black citizens are being hunted and controlled by our police forces.
I’ll continue a bit below the fold while I try to find more words.
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I could go on. I should go on.
Michael Brown
Pamela Turner
Laquan McDonald
Walter Scott
Freddie Gray
Eric Garner
Tamir Rice
Sandra Bland
Antonio Arce
Philando Castile
Atatiana Jefferson
Breonna Taylor
Sean Reed
George Floyd
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from eeff:
this comment from Huskers needs the picture in the diary to make the most sense
from Denise Oliver Velez:
2wontanabe commented in APR on the police murder of George Floyd - which took place in his/her neighborhood in Minneapolis
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