I've now been contacted by dozens of people from the East Pittsburgh area to say that police just shot two teenage boys in the back. According to family, one boy is 13 years old.pic.twitter.com/6yb42XATOS
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This is
#AntwonRose. Shot in the back and killed yesterday by police in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.pic.twitter.com/xZn87fj5Jr
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My God.
The family of #AntwonRose just sent me this poem he wrote 2 years ago.
It says:
I see mothers bury their sons
I want my mom to never feel that pain.
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On Tuesday he was shot 3 times in the back & killed by police.
His mother is now preparing his funeral.pic.twitter.com/IuHper1GV6
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"I understand people believe I' just a statistic" At such a young age, he already felt such pain. This is a black boy in
! Believe them when they say: they really don't care, but we must care & must do something to make things better for young Black boys like Antwon Rose. 
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just, like BELIEVE VICTIMS. Srsly, almost all women are being truthful re: their
#metoo
, almost all black people are being truthful about being targeted by police, 7 assumed guilty of offenses where they, statistically, are much more likely to be victims than culprits.
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I can't breathe...
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I cried reading it
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Wow just tears. This is all our baby boys feelings in a poem.
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Crying at my desk. Our country is making my heart break for so many reasons today. Sending love and light to
#AntwonRose's family and friends, especially his mother. No parent should have to go through this hell.#BlackLivesMatter
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This is so heartbreaking yet also a sad truth that has to be faced everyday day by people of color...
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I am sobbing...devastating loss of a beautiful son.
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Time for police brutality accountability in
#PA@GovTomWolf@chuckmcilhinney@saragoldrickrab@FreeMumiaBrit@AMarch4OurLives@ChangeTheRef@Emma4Change@davidhogg111@codepink@BCPAGreens@knowwhereIstand@metroecos@jaytingwalker@Votegarret@GreenPartyofPA#BlackLivesMatterThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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my heart just keeps breaking, and i fear it's going to break into a million smithereens before this ongoing murder of black boys by police ends.
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My heart hurts. Police beat my son badly and we thought they would kill him. No mother should have to bury her son shot by those sworn to protect us. Praying for them to find peace in this madness.
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We have to be the voice that is taken away in standing up for
#JusticeForAntwon.#JusticeForRefugees who are having their own children stripped away from them and put in detention centers. If you don't think it's coming for you next, you are mistaken.#DontBeASucker.#StayFreeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Oh my goodness. May this young man rest in peace and may his mom have the strength to go on.
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I can't breathe
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I just broke down in tears. In public. All of my love from Canada.
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When I read the news report of this murder I could imagine the fear he felt and why he was scared and ran. This poem just said it in his own words. Words can't express what I feel for his mom. Thank you for sharing.
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