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Another Child Was Killed The Other Day

In America, in the year 2016, it is demoralizing when a child is shot like a dog in the street and there is not nation-wide outrage.

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Another Child Was Killed The Other Day
Johnson City Press

Another child was killed the other day.

No, it wasn’t from a drive by shooting, or a stray from gang violence.

He wasn’t killed from drugs, or an overdose.

He wasn’t bullied. He didn’t commit suicide.

He was in perfect mental health.

So how did he die? Such a young child…what happened?

Well, although he was a standout young athlete,

He never had a concussion, no CTE.

Even with the millions of mosquitoes flying around he never contracted the Zika virus.

The big C was not the culprit here.

And although the news is jam packed with stories of ISIS and Islamic terror,

They had nothing to do with this mother losing her 13-year-old baby.

Although his death can be categorized by domestic terror,

Sadly, another child was killed the other day.

It occurs so much that people barely bat an eye.

There’s no BREAKING NEWS banner on CNN.

No stop everything and hold an immediate press conference or statement from Obama

Not even a statement from Trump or Hillary.

It’s just another death. The killing of a child.

But no one stops, many do not mourn.

I wonder what it would take for many people to care?

Maybe this

(Source: Shaun King Facebook 2016)

Or this....

(Source: Shaun King Twitter 2016)

A 13 YEAR OLD 95 LBS CHILD WAS SHOT IN THE BACK BY A COP IN AN OPEN CARRY STATE BECAUSE OF A BB GUN....

IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2016

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