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Photo Credits to Wix Free Media Collection
74 seconds
by Ashlie Rodriguez
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Trigger Warning: Police Brutality, Racism
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Hands up!
Don’t shoot! My daughter’s in the back!
Sure, Judge, is how it went down.
But if I hadn’t fired then, he would’ve surely fired back!
Yes, he told me he had a gun —
That’s why I thought he was reaching for it!
And okay, so he looked like someone else.
I guess that nose must’ve fooled me!
Judge, can I really be blamed?
I’m sure you’d agree when I say
all hoodlums tend to look the same.
But don’t you worry, because I swear —
I’ll never do it again.
I think I’ve learned my lesson:
Never, ever kill a Black man while his family is present …
And recording.
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