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MINNEAPOLIS WEEK

by Dee Allen.

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MINNEAPOLIS WEEK

________________

Most Black men

In the U.S.A. have

An oppressor's leather boot

Applied to their necks.

 

George Floyd

Died untimely

With the knee of

Police repression on his.

 

George Floyd

Complained of

The knee's pressure restricting his oxygen.

He couldn't breathe--we couldn't breathe.

 

Derek Chauvin

Never respected the li...

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Saturday 5th June 2021 3:38 am

insurrection   Minneapolis   police brutality   police repression   R.I.P. George Floyd

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