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MadLinguist

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1. Jesus, AP! The man's name was Freddie Gray!

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 12:10 AM

Jun 2016

The aggressors all get individuated and named and humanized, while the victim is "black man's death", in the AP article's title.
This is yet another manifestation of the same ugly shit that killed Freddie Gray.

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Jesus, AP! The man's name was Freddie Gray! MadLinguist Jun 2016 #1

I think you're reading too much into this metalbot Jun 2016 #2

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