George Floyd was murdered by cops because the store clerk thought he had a bad check. When his check was perfectly fine.
Breonna Taylor was murdered by cops who decided to come into her apartment without knocking and shot her ATLEAST 8 TIMES when her boyfriend was protecting them by firing his gun at the cops.
Ahmed Aubrey was chased down by two white racist men and shot. Ahmed was unarmed.
Trayvon Martin was shot by George Zimmerman for walking down the street with Arizona tea and a pack of skittles. Trayvon was unarmed.
Tamir Rice. A 12 year old boy was shot down by a cop, for carrying a replica toy gun.
Alton Sterling. Sandra Bland. Eric Harris. Michael Brown. Eric Garner.
This is the reason why #BlackLivesMatter
So when black people ask you not to be silent and use your voice to spread awareness of what’s going on. Black people are oppressed and it is not the time or the place to say all lives matter because not all lives are being oppressed right now.
Also. If you don’t believe white privilege isn’t real. Please explain how the protests done by black people lead to tear gas but white people can carry guns to political buildings and push police officers and not get shot bc they are protesting COVID-19 restrictions.
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