
Being Black in Florida is itself a strain on your mental health
It got worse. Sadly, after so much targeting of presumably innocent black males, he’d had enough. He had become semi-militant in his thoughts on law enforcement. This struck the core of my mental state. The notion that in a situation he might lose it concerned me to the point that it began to take a toll physically on me. Fortunately, he got over that mode shortly and I could breathe somewhat easier in his absence. […]