Dawn Vickerstaff
Jul 23, 2017 · 1 min read

This article and the responses to it are just what dismays me about the current climate of division and nothing but division. If all of us are finding difficulty in recognizing the horror and the humanity of police shooting victims regardless of their color then we are diminished. Hate wins.

There is something rotten about policing in America. They are too ready to use deadly force in any situation that frightens then. They are too ready to assume that POC are a threat. Justine’s shooting is just one more shooting that highlights that rottenness and rightly many people of all colors are rallying to say the words that need to be said. Change the culture of America that sees violence and guns as any answer at all.

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