Officers, why do you have your guns out?
Seven Last Words of the Unarmed
Song Cycle by Joel Thompson (b. 1988)
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Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr. (d. 2011)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2.
Language: English
What are you following me for?
Text Authorship:
- by Trayvon Benjamin Martin (1995 - 2012)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3.
Language: English
Mom, I'm going to college.
Text Authorship:
- by Amadou Diallo (1975 - 1999)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]4.
Language: English
I don't have a gun! Stop shooting!
Text Authorship:
- by Michael O. D. Brown Jr. (1996 - 2014)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]5.
Language: English
You shot me. You shot me!
Text Authorship:
- by Oscar Grant III (d. 2009)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]6.
Language: English
It's not real.
Text Authorship:
- by John Crawford III (d. 2014)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]7.
Language: English
I can't breathe!
Text Authorship:
- by Eric Garner (1970 - 2014)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]Total word count: 38