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Black on Black Violence | The Orlando Advocate

The Gantt Report, by Lucius Gantt I am very unhappy about the recent surges in gun violence and murders taking place in America’s Black neighborhoods. Some others, in urban communities especially, are so upset about the killings they have shown interest in President Trump’s plans to mobilize federal troops and deploy soldiers in cities led […]

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