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“There’s nothing involuntary about pulling a trigger,” said Jessica, a 22-year-old from Oakland who declined to give her last name. “You have a whole community that’s losing young people every single day while the police and powers-that-be are doing just fine. “This is a beautiful community,” she added. “Unfortunately, the wrong people are in control of it.” (via “The Wrong People Are in Control” - COLORLINES)