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They Say We Safe

March 19, 2018
By RayEllis BRONZE, Detroit, Michigan
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They say we safe
They protect & serve,
They seize,
They harass,
They abuse their power,
They kill us,
Yet,
It gets worse,
Trayvon Martin,
Philando Castile,
both men are dead,
And killers are free,
This is justice
Yet they say “We Safe”
Ray Ellis?

© Elisabeth R., Elmont, NY

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