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People Are Dying – A Poem

By Joe Navarro Guest Commentator

People are dying, Daily, But not in passive tense They are killed In police custody

September 3, 2015 1 min read Free to read

September 03, 2015 – Issue 619

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People Are Dying A Poem By Joe Navarro

People are dying, Daily, But not in passive tense They are killed In police custody Black Men And Women Are killed In police custody Native American Indian Men And Women Are killed In police custody La Raza Men And Women Are Killed In police custody Prisons are bursting Inflated warehouses Bloated with Black Native American Indian Raza Men And Women There is no compassion Only a passion To protect Americans From The Other (Americans) Death And Warehouses Because evidence Of injustice Is not enough

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