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We were born out of the rage and sorrow that grows from learning the ever-expanding list of unarmed Black people wrongly killed.
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Elle Moxley, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
Mike Brown’s killing – and the hundreds of days of sustained protest that followed – helped strengthen the Black Lives Matter movement and brought the issue of police use of force against unarmed Black Americans to the forefront of US policy and politics like never before.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
Nearly 10 years later and less than 90 miles away from Ferguson, Sonya Massey, an unarmed, 36-year-old Black woman and mother of two children, called local police on July 6, 2024, to investigate mysterious sounds outside of her home near Springfield, Illinois.
—Seanna Leath, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2024
After Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman suffering from a mental health disorder was shot and killed by a deputy at her home near the state capital of Springfield in July, Pritzker pushed the sheriff to resign.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024
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Elle Moxley, TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
Mike Brown’s killing – and the hundreds of days of sustained protest that followed – helped strengthen the Black Lives Matter movement and brought the issue of police use of force against unarmed Black Americans to the forefront of US policy and politics like never before.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN, 9 Aug. 2024
Nearly 10 years later and less than 90 miles away from Ferguson, Sonya Massey, an unarmed, 36-year-old Black woman and mother of two children, called local police on July 6, 2024, to investigate mysterious sounds outside of her home near Springfield, Illinois.
—Seanna Leath, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2024
After Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black woman suffering from a mental health disorder was shot and killed by a deputy at her home near the state capital of Springfield in July, Pritzker pushed the sheriff to resign.
—Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2024
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“Unarmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unarmed. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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