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When are we going to treat everyone equally in our own damn country?

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Statistically speaking, quite a few other things—many of them surprising—pose greater risks to US citizens than the police.

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As a black and Puerto Rican male, some would wonder why I would opt out of such an important movement considering it is very relevant to my life.

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Officers in the country’s most populace city are now doing more than just turning their backs on their Mayor, they’re turning a blind eye to crime too.

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Racism won’t go away by refusing to talk about it or pretending that it doesn’t exist.

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Right now, it certainly would not be easy to be a white person dating a black or brown American.

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The number one cause of death for black males aged 15-34 is murder.

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A Grand Jury returning a non-indictment is proof of a thoroughly broken system. It is proof that no matter what people say about police cameras – the issue goes far beyond simply seeing what a police officer does on the scene during an incident, or arrest.

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Yesterday I wandered across an article about 32 of the hottest Startup CEOs. It was all very captivating until around number 26 or 27, when I realized I hadn’t seen a single black face.

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George Bush is asked what his impressions were of the protests in NYC and elsewhere angry that the police officers responsible for Eric Garner’s death weren’t even indicted.