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I Have Written Ad Nauseum about Police Violence Against Black Americans. It's Exhausting
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I Have Written Ad Nauseum about Police Violence Against Black Americans. It's Exhausting

Through poetry and essay, I have written extensively about police violence against Black bodies for years. It never gets easier.

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Apr 14, 2021
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Photo credit: Leslie D. Rose; Location: South Baton Rouge

As news of the shooting death of Daunte Wright at the hands of Brooklyn Center, MN officer Kim Potter has dominated headlines this week, I found myself processing the specifics of yet another incident of state-sanctioned violence against a Black American the same way I’ve done for years: through a…

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