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MaryMagdaline

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2. Her education and activism do move the needle for me

Reply to MrScorpio (Original post)

Fri May 11, 2018, 12:18 PM

May 2018

There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that she has read many articles about and has been made aware of the extensive use of police 911 calls to punish black people ... and that she knows that black people are at risk physically when police are involved.

She has mens rea. Guilty AF

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'Calling the Police' Is White People's AppleCare for Black People [View all] MrScorpio May 2018 OP

Cops serve as their racism valet. What could go wrong? brush May 2018 #1

Her education and activism do move the needle for me MaryMagdaline May 2018 #2

The only way this is going to stop madaboutharry May 2018 #3

There you go again using that HOT button word, the "W" word Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #4

I don't think they are afraid or even very uncomfortable. brer cat May 2018 #5