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Trespassing At Work???

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There is driving while Black, walking while Black, shopping while Black, and now, working while Black.

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Earl Sampson

28 year old Earl Sampson wants to work.  In fact, he wants to work so badly that he has retained his job although in the last four years, he has been put in jail 56 times, searched more than 100 times and questioned more than 250 times by the police.  His crime?  Being at work at the 207 Quickstop on 207th Street.  The store is located in a predominately poor, Black neighborhood.  Read the rest of this entry