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Black Lives Must Be Humanized to Stop the Killing for Good
Why restructuring police departments from the ground up is a good place to start
The trauma is never-ending.
Each time a Black person is shot or murdered without just cause by law enforcement, fresh salt it poured into the wounds of Black Americans.
Jacob Blake is the latest victim of police brutality. He was shot seven times in the back as he attempted to get into his truck, while his three small children sat in the car and witnessed the entire incident.
Miraculously he survived, however according to reports from his attorneys, he is likely to be either partially or completely paralyzed for the rest of his life. And he is only twenty-nine years old.
From Michael Brown, to Alton Sterling, to Atatiana Jefferson, to Tamir Rice, to, Aura Rosser, to Stephon Clark, to Botham Jean, to Philando Castille, to Freddie Gray, to Michelle Cusseaux, to Janisha Fonville, to Eric Garner, to Akai Gurley, to Gabriella Navarez, to Tanisha Anderson, Breonna Taylor, to Ahmad Aubrey, to George Floyd, to Rashard Brooks, and all other victims whose fates did not make headlines, there is MORE than enough proof, data, justification, and Black bodies to demand the restructuring of every police…
