Many have asked: Why are Black people so angry?

Here is why in a nutshell:

We can’t be handcuffed & arrested unless we are choked of air, until dead ( #GeorgeFloyd)

We can’t go bird watching in Central Park ( #ChristianCooper)

We can’t go jogging ( #AmaudArbery).
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2/ We can’t relax or sleep in the comfort of our own homes ( #BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson #BrionnaTaylor)

We can't ask for help after being in a car crash ( #JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride).

We can't have a cellphone ( #StephonClark).
3/We can't leave a party to get to safety ( #JordanEdwards).

We can't play loud music ( #JordanDavis).

We can’t sell CD's ( #AltonSterling).

We can’t sleep ( #AiyanaJones)

We can’t walk from the corner store ( #MikeBrown).
4/ We can’t play cops and robbers ( #TamirRice).

We can’t go to church ( #Charleston9).

We can’t walk home with Skittles ( #TrayvonMartin).

We can’t hold a hair brush while leaving our own bachelor party ( #SeanBell).
5/ We can’t party on New Years ( #OscarGrant).

We can’t get a normal traffic ticket ( #SandraBland).

We can’t lawfully carry a weapon ( #PhilandoCastile).

We can't break down on a public road with car problems ( #CoreyJones).
6/We can’t shop at Walmart ( #JohnCrawford) .

We can’t have a disabled vehicle ( #TerrenceCrutcher).

We can’t read a book in our car ( #KeithScott).

We can’t be a 10yr old ( #CliffordGlover).

We can’t decorate for a party ( #ClaudeReese).

We can’t ask a question ( #RandyEvans).
7/ We can’t cash a check ( #YvonneSmallwood).

We can’t take out our wallet ( #AmadouDiallo).

We can’t run ( #WalterScott).

We can’t sell cigarettes ( #EricGarner).

We can’t live ( #FreddieGray).

We’re tired of hashtags. Tired of trying to convince YOU that #BlackLivesMatter too.
8/ What we are is tired. Not so much angry. We are TIRED.

Tired of dying.

Tired.

Tired.

Tired.

So very very tired.

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