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The son of a friend of mine was pulled from his car and guns leveled at him in an ordinary traffic stop in #Gainesville.  There were no circumstances to warrant this. But he is black. As troubling as this is it is but a single manifestation of a grievous systemic problem.

This form of state terrorism takes as many black lives as lynchings did at their worst.  We can and must work at the city, county level – for that is the only immediate recourse. But the systemic problem is the legal & moral environment in which the police operate.

This is best addressed at the Federal level. The USA spends trillions on national security & military but you’re more likely to be killed by a fellow American or worse, a public servant.

There is a broken system in America, which is evident with the video of #AhmaudAubrey. A system in which we currently live in only benefits whites and it's important to recognize the issues presented and understand why #BlackLivesMatter is an extremely important movement.