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The slow poisoning of Freddie Gray

by AMST lecturer Rita Turner

The life of Freddie Gray, and of so many others, was endangered many times over by numerous forms of systemic racism before it was finally taken in the custody of police – an event that has sparked protests in Baltimore this week. Among these forms of endangerment was the lead that poisoned Gray as a child.

Posted: May 5, 2015, 1:51 PM