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Shot seven times

In the back

Point blank

In front of his children

Paralyzed for life

An American

A human

#JacobBlake
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These past several days I have tried to come up with the right words to express my feelings about yet another in a long and ugly chain of egregious, brutal acts against Black Americans by those who are supposed to assure safety for EVERYONE.
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Sadness, frustration, anger, repulsion, sickness. While I feel all of these things, there is something much deeper that I cannot express in words. I want to do something. I want answers. What can I do to help stop the killing of fellow Americans? What can we all do?
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How do we cure those infected by racism, the worst of all diseases of the heart? How do we heal as a nation? How do we become one? How do we achieve justice? What is our national agenda to stop deep ignorance and hatred about and against Black Americans? What is our plan?
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We should all be demanding answers every day. We should all do whatever we can within our power to stop the slaughter. I stand with Black Americans, because Black Lives Matter. But just saying this is not enough …….

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