re: Edwards, OLOL officially announce plans for new ER in north Baton Rouge

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For every black person upset about the murder of black men at the hands of law enforcement consider this.... Every time local & state government skips over black companies or projects and supports the white plan that is a bullet shot into the black economy. It is an injustice.
We are told pick ourselves up by our bootstraps but denied access. We are told come up with plans that are doable, and when we do you give the money to the white company. We are told if we do this or that we would get the contracts, but the truth is its all bull crap. Just like the excuses given when cops kill unarmed black people in America.
Justice isn't just convicting cops. It's giving equity in contracts and opportunity. When the government gave us voting rights and civil rights that was easier to comply with because it didn't make them miss any money. Every time white leaders do projects in our community and black people don't gain financially from it, we are done an injustice.
The sad part is our black leaders don't think like that

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