It was black women on Twitter who pushed us all to pay attention to the stories of Rekia, Renisha, Aiyana—and Trayvon, Jordan, Michael, and all the rest. It was black women organizing the early vigils and protests while the Sanford Police Department couldn’t decide if shooting an unarmed teenager warranted an arrest under the laws they had sworn to uphold. It was black women who claimed the streets as their own and led the marches and protests against police violence. It was black women who nursed the wounds from rubber bullets and cared for those who had breathed in tear gas. It was black
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