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Debunking The Myth That Black Men Are Immune To Harm (VIDEO)

Debunking The Myth That Black Men Are Immune To Harm (VIDEO)
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It was difficult last November to ignore the language that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson used to describe Michael Brown. “The only way I can describe it, it looks like a demon,” he told a St. Louis grand jury in testimony released last November. Wilson also claimed that he felt “like a 5-year-old holding onto Hulk Hogan,” and that, even after having been shot already, “[Brown] was almost bulking up to run through shots.”

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