Kerry Washington says recent police shooting has ‘rattled my core’

Kerry Washington just had a baby a week ago, but she isn't taking a break from activism, if her latest self-described rant on Twitter is any indication.

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Kerry Washington just had a baby a week ago, but she isn’t taking a break from activism, if her latest self-described rant on Twitter is any indication.

On Saturday, Washington took to social media to talk about the recent police shooting of 66-year-old Deborah Danner, who was killed last Tuesday despite the fact that she was known to police and had schizophrenia.

“It’s a quiet Saturday afternoon. So, a few things I wanna get off my chest…” Washington began.

She started out by thanking her fans for their support: “I saw all your very kind & thoughtful congratulatory tweets. So yeah we thank you. Xo.”

But then she jumped into her passionate reality check. “Also the loss of has rattled my core. Not only becuz of painful truth that we must continue to affirm that. But also becuz was killed in the community where I was raised. Community filled w/people I know & love. So when I  my heart aches. For lives lost and for the lives we must protect. For the humanity we must work to illuminate and preserve and affirm. .”

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