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"Violence against African Americans has been a fact of life in this country since the first slave patrols were created in the 1700s to apprehend runaway slaves," a National Black Sisters Conference statement says.

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"If we are unwilling to admit that the racism exists in our power structures, people of color will continue to pay a deadly price."

"If we are unwilling to admit that the racism exists in our power structures, people of color will continue to pay a deadly price."

"If we are unwilling to admit that the racism exists in our power structures, people of color will continue to pay a deadly price."

"If we are unwilling to admit that the racism exists in our power structures, people of color will continue to pay a deadly price."

"If we are unwilling to admit that the racism exists in our power structures, people of color will continue to pay a deadly price."

"If we are unwilling to admit that the racism exists in our power structures, people of color will continue to pay a deadly price."

"If we are unwilling to admit that the racism exists in our power structures, people of color will continue to pay a deadly price."

"If we are unwilling to admit that the racism exists in our power structures, people of color will continue to pay a deadly price."