An Open Letter to A Dear Friend: on Donald Trump and the Police

Sam Young
9 min readSep 18, 2020

Dear J,

I don’t think I could ever repay you for all of the kind things you’ve done for me throughout my life. When I needed a father figure, you treated me like a son. When things got tough, you stood by me and gave me all the support I needed. You taught me how to pay it forward, to be generous and kind without expecting anything in return. You taught me…

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Sam Young

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