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The North Star with Shaun King

America will riot if Derek Chauvin isn't convicted for killing George Floyd

I am holding out hope that it doesn't come to this, but now is not the time for the United States to fuck around and find out.

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Shaun King
Mar 30, 2021
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The 9 minute and 29 second slow-motion lynching of George Floyd is officially the grossest, most despicable and inhumane thing I’ve seen in my entire life. Because this is America, I’ve seen police murder hundreds and hundreds of people in virtually every way you can imagine, but to watch a man tell police at least 27 tim…

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