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发帖数: 192 | 1 My name is Courtney Curtis. I’m a native of Ferguson, Missouri. I’ve spent
my whole life in this community. Now, I am fortunate enough to represent
our community in the State Legislature.
But I’m still a young black man who has encountered problems with the
police. Five years ago, while waiting for a college friend of mine in his
gated community in Kansas City, I was handcuffed, had my car searched
against my will and was almost arrested. My crime? Sitting on the back of my
car, working on my business plan, while waiting for a friend. I filed a
complaint. No action was ever taken.
Fast-forward five years. I was pulled over for supposedly having a broken
tail light. After the police officer runs my ID, he comes back and says the
tail light is back on. Must have been a short, he says. Three days later, an
unarmed Mike Brown was killed in the street. One incident brushed under the
rug, another goes horribly wrong.
The killing of Michael Brown made me sick. But what keeps me up at night is
that it will happen again unless we do something. We can’t bring Michael
Brown back – but we can make sure his death is not in vain. It is up to us
to do something. | c*********2
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