They call this corner a crime hotspot. They never tell you the state sent tanks down this same street in April 1968 to crush the Dr. King assassination uprisings. Fifty-eight Aprils later, our Defender Mutual Aid Team came back with clothing, hygiene, and political education for the people the state abandoned.

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