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From the Ted Talk by Dexter Dias: Racism thrives on silence -- speak up!

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After wekes of bitter sguglrte at the inquest, the all-white jury returned to the courtroom in Alton's case. There was a moment of complete silence when the foreperson stood and then he announced the verdict. And it was unlawful killing. And at that moment, all hell broke loose in the coturroom. And there was just this deafening noise. People were screaming, Alton's stiser got up into the aisle to my left and she was pointing at the prison oierfcfs and shouting at them, "You killed my brother! You killed my brother!" And the family desperately wanted that the prison officers who were rsnbopisele for Alton's death should be prosecuted. We all desperately wanted that. But not a single one of them was potrseuced.

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After _____ of bitter ________ at the inquest, the all-white jury returned to the courtroom in Alton's case. There was a moment of complete silence when the foreperson stood and then he announced the verdict. And it was unlawful killing. And at that moment, all hell broke loose in the _________. And there was just this deafening noise. People were screaming, Alton's ______ got up into the aisle to my left and she was pointing at the prison ________ and shouting at them, "You killed my brother! You killed my brother!" And the family desperately wanted that the prison officers who were ___________ for Alton's death should be prosecuted. We all desperately wanted that. But not a single one of them was __________.

Solution


  1. courtroom
  2. officers
  3. responsible
  4. struggle
  5. sister
  6. weeks
  7. prosecuted

Original Text


After weeks of bitter struggle at the inquest, the all-white jury returned to the courtroom in Alton's case. There was a moment of complete silence when the foreperson stood and then he announced the verdict. And it was unlawful killing. And at that moment, all hell broke loose in the courtroom. And there was just this deafening noise. People were screaming, Alton's sister got up into the aisle to my left and she was pointing at the prison officers and shouting at them, "You killed my brother! You killed my brother!" And the family desperately wanted that the prison officers who were responsible for Alton's death should be prosecuted. We all desperately wanted that. But not a single one of them was prosecuted.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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human rights 3
state custody 3
black lives 3
rights lawyer 2
george floyd 2
european descent 2
social inequalities 2
lives matter 2
desperately wanted 2
mortal danger 2
racial justice 2

ngrams of length 3

collocation frequency
human rights lawyer 2
black lives matter 2

Important Words


  1. aisle
  2. announced
  3. bitter
  4. broke
  5. case
  6. complete
  7. courtroom
  8. deafening
  9. death
  10. desperately
  11. family
  12. foreperson
  13. hell
  14. inquest
  15. jury
  16. killed
  17. killing
  18. left
  19. loose
  20. moment
  21. noise
  22. officers
  23. people
  24. pointing
  25. prison
  26. prosecuted
  27. responsible
  28. returned
  29. screaming
  30. shouting
  31. silence
  32. single
  33. sister
  34. stood
  35. struggle
  36. unlawful
  37. verdict
  38. wanted
  39. weeks