“Audrey wonders if he'll die IN his country before he ever gets a chance to die FOR his country” WarRaceRacismBlack Lives MatterBlm Book:Lovely War Source: Lovely War
“A white police officer had entered a black women's home without a warrant, searching for a suspect. When she protested, he beat and arrested her, dragging her from her home though she wasn't fully dressed. When a black soldier saw this and tried to intervene to defend the woman, the white policeman pistol-whipped the black soldier, seriously injuring him. The men of the beaten soldier's regiment, learning no consequences would befall the white policeman, felt abandoned by white police and army officials. They saw the abuse as a last straw in a long string of injustices. So the marched into the city. Soldiers and civilians died in the shooting that followed” RaceBlack Lives MatterPolice BrutalityBlm Book:Lovely War Source: Lovely War