Posted on 08/04/2020 1:42:19 PM PDT by C19fan
Demetria Brown knew the exact moment she decided she'd had it.
She'd just watched a video of George Floyd pinned under an officer's knee, saying he couldn't breathe as he begged for his life. She sobbed as she played it over and over.
On June 1, a week after Floyd's death, she quit her job as a detention officer for the Los Angeles County Probation Department. In the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic, she sold her house, stuffed her belongings into 13 duffel bags and relocated to Puerto Vallarta on Mexico's Pacific coast.
Brown, 42, is one of many African Americans leaving the United States permanently for many reasons, including racism and fear of police brutality. Her flight landed in her new hometown on June 25, a month to the day Floyd died.
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You bet...it was time for me to do that. I have referenced that book on and off over the years, but I go through the “Can’t remember the name” game each time...Now I have it.
Thanks!
I have a very hard time believing there are takers for this sort of thing. Hopeful it is true though!
She has never seen brutality till she see’s it in Mexico!
Hispanics hate black people.
The young ones hate everybody!!
That’s right.
It’s like crawling out of a gun battle to end up in a furnace.
That is one hot ending!
There is no police brutality in Mexico!
Or at least, there is no one left alive to report any brutality!
Then she won’t see any!
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