Slam Against Police Brutality
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Strange fruit, hanging from the poplar trees, were supposed to be distant memories. As if 150 years is enough time to learn to accept your decrees that all men are truly equal.
When will it end?
My heart cannot bear to hear the horrible news,
The killings of the innocent are giving me blues
It is never-ending trend
When will it end?
My heart cannot bear to hear the horrible news,
The killings of the innocent are giving me blues
It is never-ending trend
February 5, 1999
My name is Amadou Diallo.
I had just returned home after getting something to eat.
Four men in plain clothes slowly drove past me.
Parking their car they began to close in.