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Many have asked: Why are Black people so angry?

Here is why in a nutshell:

We can’t be handcuffed & arrested unless we are choked of air, until dead (#GeorgeFloyd)

We can’t go bird watching in Central Park (#ChristianCooper)

We can’t go jogging (#AmaudArbery).
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2/ We can’t relax or sleep in the comfort of our own homes (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson #BrionnaTaylor)

We can't ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).

We can't have a cellphone (#StephonClark).
3/We can't leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards).

We can't play loud music (#JordanDavis).

We can’t sell CD's (#AltonSterling).

We can’t sleep (#AiyanaJones)

We can’t walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown).
4/ We can’t play cops and robbers (#TamirRice).

We can’t go to church (#Charleston9).

We can’t walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin).

We can’t hold a hair brush while leaving our own bachelor party (#SeanBell).
5/ We can’t party on New Years (#OscarGrant).

We can’t get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland).

We can’t lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile).

We can't break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones).
6/We can’t shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford) .

We can’t have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher).

We can’t read a book in our car (#KeithScott).

We can’t be a 10yr old (#CliffordGlover).

We can’t decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese).

We can’t ask a question (#RandyEvans).
7/ We can’t cash a check (#YvonneSmallwood).

We can’t take out our wallet (#AmadouDiallo).

We can’t run (#WalterScott).

We can’t sell cigarettes (#EricGarner).

We can’t live (#FreddieGray).

We’re tired of hashtags. Tired of trying to convince YOU that #BlackLivesMatter too.
8/ What we are is tired. Not so much angry. We are TIRED.

Tired of dying.

Tired.

Tired.

Tired.

So very very tired.

(Author Unknown. Please Copy, and share). #minneapolisriots #GeorgeFloydwasmurdered #Minneapolis #AmyCooper #ChristianCooper
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