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Anybody else just feeling that deep kind of anger today? "I'm going to tell them there's an African American man threatening my life." New York City 2020. Christian Cooper, a black man in Central Park — WHO IS WATCHING BIRDS NO LESS — asks Amy Cooper, a white woman, to leash her dog, and she calls the police. Tells the dispatch he's African American and threatening her life. I've sat with this news story for HOURS now and the more I think about it, the ANGRIER I am. Amy Cooper knew EXACTLY what she was doing and she should be charged with all the charges, and never be employable in the United States again unless she starts going around giving talks about how she has transformed her heart and dedicated her life to eradicating white supremacy from the United States. OTHERWISE? Nah. OK. Breathe. Breathe. Breathe. At least until an officer in Minneapolis decides to KNEEL ON YOUR NECK. George Floyd's alleged crime was FORGERY. AKA Forgery While Black. This brot

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