Jordan Davis – Mary Curtis

No justice for Jordan Davis, more worry for parents of black children

Featured at The Washington Post / Mary Curtis

Lucia McBath said she would pray for Michael Dunn and continue to wait for justice. She stood at the microphone, reacting to the news that a jury had deadlocked on the charge of first degree murder of her son, Jordan Davis, who would have celebrated his 19th birthday on Sunday. She was distraught and destroyed, […]

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In conversations on race, everyone has to listen

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