Dahleen Glanton: The tears of black men weren't enough for Jason Van Dyke to get the sentence he deserved
by Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune
Jan 21, 2019
3 minutes
We rarely see a black man cry. Not in public, at least.
On the witness stand, with an audience of strangers watching, an African-American man broke down in tears. He held his head down and wept out loud.
It took many of us watching online by surprise. Black men aren't supposed to cry. Or so we've been told. Unlike the rest of us, they are devoid of emotion. They have no tears to shed.
Edward Nance broke the
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