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Charles Blow on Amber Guyger: When are innocent black people granted this grace?
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Charles M. Blow
Verified account@CharlesMBlow
Black people repeatedly demonstration an otherworldly beauty in the granting of grace to the undeserving. But the question remains: where is America’s reciprocity? When are blk ppl, in the wrong and in the vice, granted this grace? When are *innocent* blk ppl granted this grace?!Charles M. Blow added,
Mike Leslie
Verified account@MikeLeslieWFAA
What a moment in the courtroom, just now. Botham Jean's brother Brandt took the opportunity to forgive Amber Guyger, tell her to devote her life to Christ, and then asked the judge if he could give Guyger a hug.…
4:08 PM - 2 Oct 2019
Verified account@CharlesMBlow
Black people repeatedly demonstration an otherworldly beauty in the granting of grace to the undeserving. But the question remains: where is America’s reciprocity? When are blk ppl, in the wrong and in the vice, granted this grace? When are *innocent* blk ppl granted this grace?!Charles M. Blow added,
Mike Leslie
Verified account@MikeLeslieWFAA
What a moment in the courtroom, just now. Botham Jean's brother Brandt took the opportunity to forgive Amber Guyger, tell her to devote her life to Christ, and then asked the judge if he could give Guyger a hug.…
4:08 PM - 2 Oct 2019