Deleted Tweet from Robert Emmons Jr., D-Ill.
Deleted Tweet from Robert Emmons Jr. for US Congress
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In 2013, I was wrongly pulled from my PoliSci 280 class by two detective because I fit a “Xerox” description. Bc I was a 20 year-old Black man, I was guilty until proven innocent. The harm that came afterwards proved irreversible. This is an ex. of damage done by prejudice. QT @BenjaminPDixon: Audio of @MikeBloomberg’s 2015 @AspenInstitute speech where he explains that “you can just Xerox (copy)” the descri… https://t.co/nxzfpMvzSp)
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