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TexasTowelie

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Sun Aug 7, 2022, 02:46 PM Aug 2022

Is $1 Worth of Shampoo Worth More Than The Life of a Black Man? [View all]

Black man with mental illness killed after stealing $1 worth of shampoo from store; Activists say officer’s actions are worse than the George Floyd incident caught on camera


Does a Black man’s life have less value than a $1 worth of shampoo taken from a dollar store?

Sadly, at least here in Harris County, Texas, it appears so!

The George Floyd tragic murder caught on camera completely riveted this nation.

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Brooks was killed after being chased down, beaten, and tasered for stealing roughly a dollar worth of shampoo from the store.

Activists who have heard from key sources who have seen the video, are saying that the actions of the white officer who killed Brooks is far worse than the George Floyd incident that was caught on camera and could lead to protests that are unparalleled to anything we have ever seen.

Read more: https://forwardtimes.com/is-1-worth-of-shampoo-the-life-of-a-black-man/

Original title to article: Is $1 Worth of Shampoo > The Life of a Black Man
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