I guess we had no value during life when we waited on the roof and we waited for food and water. And I guess there's just no closure in death for many of our family members and for many of our families.
Oliver Thomas: “I guess we had no value during life when we waited on the roof and we waited for food and water. And I guess there's…”
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Oliver Thomas expresses frustration over the lack of closure for families of Katrina victims due to delays in DNA testing.
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If there are leaders who believe that certain communities are not viable, say that. Don't let these communities or these people waste their time talking about rebuilding or coming back home. That would be extremely unfair.
How does that help with 10 or 12 feet of water? The levees, we pray, won't break this time.
We need to figure out how we sustain this. It's about time that we make our schools better, our criminal justice system work, and our streets safe.
Everybody should count. We are talking about the people from this community as if we were just hiring a whole new cast in a whole new movie and they don't matter.