Whose Lives Matter?

EXCERPT

“It rises slowly, fiercely; the din of chaotic words and cries after the gunfire, falling on our ears like the thundering rain of a hot summer storm. So much noise, the chanting on the streets, the shouting at protests and in riots, the explosions of expression on social media feeds. Everyone vying to be louder, needing to be heard; crying at the side of a grave that swallowed its dead far too soon…”