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Originally Posted by sophie720

Since Jan. 1, 2015, 1,252 black people have been shot and killed by police, according to The Washington Post's database tracking police shootings; that doesn't even include those who died in police custody or were killed using other methods.
Eric Garner had just broken up a fight, according to witness testimony.

Ezell Ford was walking in his neighborhood.

Michelle Cusseaux was changing the lock on her home's door when police arrived to take her to a mental health facility.

Tanisha Anderson was having a bad mental health episode, and her brother called 911.

Tamir Rice was playing in a park.

Natasha McKenna was having a schizophrenic episode when she was tazed in Fairfax, Va.

Walter Scott was going to an auto-parts store.

Bettie Jones answered the door to let Chicago police officers in to help her upstairs neighbor, who had called 911 to resolve a domestic dispute.

Philando Castile was driving home from dinner with his girlfriend.

Botham Jean was eating ice cream in his living room in Dallas.

Atatiana Jefferson was babysitting her nephew at home in Fort Worth, Texas.

Eric Reason was pulling into a parking spot at a local chicken and fish shop.

Dominique Clayton was sleeping in her bed.

Breonna Taylor was also asleep in her bed.

And George Floyd was at the grocery store.

...just to name a few.

Also, there are three parts to what is currently going on.
There are the protestors who finally feel like they have a voice for change.
There are the people looting and damaging property (these people, if you have seen videos and photos, seem to be of a totally different and well organized group...bricks in the street, out of nowhere, for them to use...white people breaking windows with hammers and starting fires...it's a totally different element to this) and then people who are looting...the same people who will take advantage of any situation like this, black or white.

The other element to this is the frustration of not only police brutality and unjust profiling, but also the recent video sharing of black people having the police called on them for doing mundane things.........it needs to end. We all need to start acting like we are on the same team here. I mean, clearly those who are criminals/stealing/damaging property, etc...not on the same team...but, a change needs to happen.

Well said and documented. Shows those who have lived among the white way to long what is going on in this nation. Thank you.! Well done.