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A review by amppet22
Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Coles
5.0
This book hurts to read and it’s meant too. You feel the panic, the dread. The real life fear and you are angry at the injustice. And it’s so important. This story is so important because for those who may not understand that fear that so many people of color experience in there lives. Then this is the book. It’s a book about pain and loss but also hope throughout that, family, staying true to yourself and loving who you are. This book is one of the many reasons we protest against racism, against the murder of young black men and women. Against police brutality because lives are lost. Innocent lives based of ignorance and hate. No child should have to be lost to a police gun for walking, no one should be beaten up by an officer for just going into a candy shop. This book is real and is for everyone to listen too.
As a twin myself it was even more gut wrenching to imagine losing that person in your life. I had almosts with mine but to actually have lost them would destroy me. I kept reading and dreading the the moment when we knew, we all knew what’s going to happen. It’s what so many have to worry about and they shouldn’t have too. The People who are supposed to protect the community shouldn’t be the ones ripping it apart. And for any of those who don’t believe these things would happen, they do. They happen all the time and it needs to stop.
Please read this. Hold on to this. Share it. Especially to those who don’t understand, who are blind to the hate or the purpose of protests. This book matters so much. I will never forget it.
As a twin myself it was even more gut wrenching to imagine losing that person in your life. I had almosts with mine but to actually have lost them would destroy me. I kept reading and dreading the the moment when we knew, we all knew what’s going to happen. It’s what so many have to worry about and they shouldn’t have too. The People who are supposed to protect the community shouldn’t be the ones ripping it apart. And for any of those who don’t believe these things would happen, they do. They happen all the time and it needs to stop.
Please read this. Hold on to this. Share it. Especially to those who don’t understand, who are blind to the hate or the purpose of protests. This book matters so much. I will never forget it.