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The voice of and for USM students

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Members of the Petal-Hattiesburg community joined together for three days on the Petal City Hall lawn to remember George Floyd and peacefully protest in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. Photo by Brian Winters.

The Suffocating Anger George Floyd’s Life Sparked

Earl Stoudemire and Earl Stoudemire | June 1, 2020
I wish I wasn’t writing this piece, but was compelled to do so. I’m sick and tired of being a young black man always watching my back out of fear for incidents like this, where George Floyd had a knee on his neck for 8 minutes, as if he was a dog and not human.
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