Your Community Is No Better Than Its Actions

<p>After every heinous act committed in America, there&rsquo;s an inevitable press conference or news release from a public official stating this &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t reflect the values of our community.&rdquo;</p> <p>Chatham, MA, is a small seaside town where two teenage white boys invited their Black &ldquo;friend&rdquo; to join them at a pond. The two boys threw stones at the Black boy and made him enter the water. They took turns holding him underwater, ignoring protests from the Black kid he couldn&rsquo;t breathe. They laughed and called him &ldquo;George Floyd&rdquo; and &ldquo;nigger,&rdquo; until an adult broke it up.</p> <h2><a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/new-details-in-alleged-hate-fueled-attempted-drowning-on-cape-cod/3128202/?source=post_page-----b377269387f4--------------------------------" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">New details in alleged hate-fueled attempted drowning on Cape Cod</a></h2> <h3><a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/new-details-in-alleged-hate-fueled-attempted-drowning-on-cape-cod/3128202/?source=post_page-----b377269387f4--------------------------------" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">A pair of youths were seen pushing another into the water of a Cape Cod pond in July, according to court documents in&hellip;</a></h3> <p><a href="https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/new-details-in-alleged-hate-fueled-attempted-drowning-on-cape-cod/3128202/?source=post_page-----b377269387f4--------------------------------" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">www.nbcboston.com</a></p> <p>One of the boys was charged with attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon in what the Cape and Islands District Attorney&rsquo;s Office called a racially motivated incident. It wasn&rsquo;t long before the statements proclaimed this wasn&rsquo;t who the community was.</p> <p><a href="https://readcultured.com/your-community-is-what-it-does-b377269387f4"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>
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