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1. That is right--something is seriously wrong when an innocent black man who is an upstanding

Mon Aug 25, 2014, 04:18 PM

Aug 2014

member of the community can be arrested and jailed when out walking because he "fits the description" of a man who robbed a bank.

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There is something seriously wrong in this country [View all] The Traveler Aug 2014 OP

In a way, it feels like we've time warped back to the early 60s The Traveler Aug 2014 #5

Thank God for that text message. Brigid Aug 2014 #2

I fear you may be right The Traveler Aug 2014 #4

Disarm the police. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Aug 2014 #3

Maybe. The Traveler Aug 2014 #6

+10000000 woo me with science Aug 2014 #7

Kick, kick, kick! Heidi Aug 2014 #8