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Podcast: The UPstander's Podcast with Dr. Omekongo
Episode: Praying for the Compton officers and hoping the media will humanize black people the same way.
Description: I pray for the officers who a coward attempted to murder and I hope he’s brought to justice. I also condemn those outside the scene of the shooting praying these officers die. I also hope that the media outlets that froze the video before the officers were shot (which is a good idea) would humanize black people and fo the same thing so we don’t have to see black killing on loop. Lastly, remember that we can’t associate all black people like these criminals with #blacklivesmatter without evidence. If white people don’t want to be associat...