"People keep killing us and it’s got to stop."
Lavel White, a community outreach coordinator for Louisville’s mayor, told @AP’s @clairegalofaro that he's had run-ins with police that made him fear for his life at every encounter.http://apne.ws/VrE3oK2
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"We are survivors of the structures that are made to keep us down," Aysha Jones, a Gambian immigrant in Sweden, told
@AP’s@DavidKeyton.#VoicesofProtestpic.twitter.com/e7jMBmgz7n
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“I became involved out of pure frustration, and the wish to see myself, my kids, my fellow black brothers and sisters around the world having a better life, being equal, being seen as who we are humans.” - Aysha Jones
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This year, the
#BlackLivesMatter
movement went mainstream, where more people marched together for change and to protest systemic racism.
"Black Lives Matter is not just a rallying cry,” said Sakira Cook, director of the Justice Reform Program.http://apne.ws/4hosQof Show this thread -
Siggy Buchbinder felt compelled to join the protests. Buchbinder was one of four white graduates in her high school and most of her friends are black, she told AP’s
@briancmahoney. “How can I party with them, but not fight for them?” Buchbinder asked.pic.twitter.com/JcUW2bmpDl
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“I’m amplifying black voices. I’m not leading any chants, I’m not doing anything. I’m letting black people be in their space and I’m giving them the protection to be here.”http://apne.ws/oTsR57w
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Read and see more from those screaming, marching and chanting for change in the
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What point does this prove??
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