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Virginia: Young black man jailed since April for alleged $5 shoplifting found dead in cell
August 29, 2015 - 4:33am
The young man had mental problems. His family believe he starved to death, refusing food and medication. And on the same day Jamycheal Mitchell was arrested, a police officer in the same town fatally shot an unarmed Black 18-year-old...
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/28/jamycheal-mitchell-virgin...
Words fail, they truly do.
Thanks, swallow. I was a bit upset that nobody had responded, but one never knows with the Net. I was kind of imagining being his aunt.
I find it helpful if these incidents are posted in a thread where the greater context is already being discussed, since they seem to be a recurring theme:
http://rabble.ca/babble/anti-racism-news-and-initiatives/defense-black-r...