Last summer, Angela Averiett’s sister sent her a text message through the family group chat. The message contained a photo of Averiett’s niece on the front page of a local newspaper. She was holding up a protest sign. The whole family was proud, including Averiett. Then Averiett, a veteran police officer, read the sign.
“It said something like, ‘Police save lives,’ but ‘save lives’ was crossed out and it said, ‘Kill,’” Averiett said. “And my niece was holding the sign…I was so hurt by that.”
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