Rapper Killer Mike was the most forthright advocate: “We don’t have to burn our city down,” he said. “But what we can do is go to your banks tomorrow.… And you can say ‘Until you as a corporation start to speak on our behalf, I want all my money. And I’m taking all my money to Citizen’s Trust.’ … What we’re gonna do is start to divert money away from the system.… I ain’t saying march, hold hands, speech.… I’m saying take your money out of this dog’s hands. Out of their paws. Take your money.… Don’t allow a dollar of your money to leave your community again until these dogs that ask for your
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