On my way home from work today, I stopped to observe a Black Lives Matter rally in Westlake Park.
I looked around at all of the people, at all of the signs, and I watched and waited for indication that someone, anyone, knew what was going on in this country.
That indication did not come. When all was said and done, I could do little more than mutter “poor fools”, hang my head and walk away.
So far this year, 136 black people (overwhelmingly male) have been killed by the police. In the same period of time, 279 white
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