Actually, Blacks Do Care About Black Crime

Actually, Blacks Do Care About Black Crime
CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 19: Guests listen to speakers at a town hall style meeting hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton to address gun violence that is plaguing many of the city's African American neighborhoods on December 19, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Of the nearly 1000 murders in Chicago in the past two year about 80 percent have been black men. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
CHICAGO, IL - DECEMBER 19: Guests listen to speakers at a town hall style meeting hosted by Rev. Al Sharpton to address gun violence that is plaguing many of the city's African American neighborhoods on December 19, 2013 in Chicago, Illinois. Of the nearly 1000 murders in Chicago in the past two year about 80 percent have been black men. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)

In cities across the country, crowds are protesting police violence against unarmed black men. Demonstrators want justice, not just for Michael Brown, but for Eric Garner, John Crawford, and Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy killed by Cleveland police last month. To that end, they’ve stopped parades and blocked highways in an effort to show the value of a black life.

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