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Erika D. Smith

Erika D. Smith: MLK had a dream about ending police brutality. In LA, we're clearly still dreaming

For two solid hours, the rain never let up.

Umbrellas collapsed. Puddles swallowed feet. Ponchos hastily pulled over Black Lives Matter hoodies billowed and leaked.

Yet people kept coming to the intersection of Venice and Lincoln boulevards, drawn by the need to mourn Keenan Anderson, one of three men of color who lost their lives this month following unnecessarily violent encounters with the Los Angeles Police Department.

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