Columbia University Law Student ( Who Never Met Michael Brown) Explains The Trauma of Michael Brown Not Being Indicted and How It Affects The Ability to Take An Exam

UPI reports:

Columbia Law School is granting final exam postponements to students who say they were traumatized by recent grand jury decisions not to indict white police officers responsible for killing unarmed black men in Ferguson, Mo., and Staten Island, N.Y.

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Meanwhile, one second-year law student at Columbia who identifies as Latino, said the petition's use of the word "trauma" had been misunderstood.

"It's not a trauma that somebody has if they've been exposed to the war. It's not being able to focus, it's worrying about your family members. It's worrying about your future as a lawyer. It's an existential worry. Then having to apply the very law that's being used to oppress us," the student, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The New York Times.

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