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A Tale of Two Shootings

Ten years ago, Andrew Loku was shot in a Toronto apartment building--our apartment building. The experience made me question my singular devotion to my family's own tragedy.

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Ten years ago, police shot a Black man named Andrew Loku in the hallway of his apartment building, killing him on the spot.

His death occurred almost a year after Eric Garner’s in New York. Garne…

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