Police Shootings Are Gun Violence, Too

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'Citizens of all races and backgrounds must collectively devote ourselves to extracting violent white supremacy from the criminal justice system that disproportionately harms people of color.'

deaths at the hands of the police in 2017 alone. In the years since Mike Brown was killed in Ferguson in 2014, which sparked the Black Lives Matter movement, that number has remained at about 1,000 fatal shootings by police each year, and nonwhite people are disproportionately the victims.

Knowing there is no panacea for this issue, it’s imperative that those who have been fighting against gun violence in communities are brought to the table to discuss the myriad ways they’re specifically impacted by it, so they can lend their voices to finding encompassing solutions.

 

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I'm treating this and you as a comedic account.

A teenage magazine... really? I can’t believe twitter allows this filth to be posted. Police do not disproportionately shot people of color. Do your research prior to publishing this trash

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