Thread by @mayatcontreras, 1/This is Jacob Blake's sister Letetra Widman. Here is her powerful statement."I [...]

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1/This is Jacob Blake& #39;s sister Letetra Widman. Here is her powerful statement.

"I am my brother& #39;s keeper."

2/"And when you say the name Jacob Blake, make sure you say father, make sure you say,, cousin, make sure you say, son, make sure you say uncle, but most importantly, make sure you say, human. Human life. Let it marinate in your mouth, in your minds. A human life."

3/"Just like every single one of y& #39;all and every, we& #39;re human. His life matters. So many people have reached out to me telling me they& #39;re sorry that this happened to my family. Well, don& #39;t be sorry & #39;cause this has been happening to my family for a long time."

4/"Longer than I can account for. It happened to Emmett Till. Emmett Till is my family. Philando, Mike Brown, Sandra, this has been happening to my family, and I& #39;ve shared tears for every single one of these people that it& #39;s happened to. This is nothing new."

5/"I& #39;m not sad. I& #39;m not sorry. I& #39;m angry. And I& #39;m tired. I haven& #39;t cried one time. I stopped crying years ago. I am numb. I have been watching police murder people that look like me for years. I& #39;m also a Black history minor."

6/"So not only have I been watching it in the 30 years that I& #39;ve been on this planet, but I& #39;ve been watching it for years before we were even alive. I& #39;m not sad, I don& #39;t want your pity. I want change."

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