Conversations: 'What we’re trying to share is that all lives can’t matter until black lives matter' - Gainesville Times

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Conversations: 'What we’re trying to share is that all lives can’t matter until black lives matter'

Jevanta Reid of Gainesville said he wants the community to understand that for all lives to matter, black lives have to matter. - photo by Kelsey Podo

06062020 STORIES 7.jpg — Jevanta Reid of Gainesville said he wants the community to understand that for all lives to matter, black lives have to matter. - photo by Kelsey Podo

Jevanta Reid, 25, who was born and raised in Gainesville, said he knows from personal experience what it is like to be harassed by the police for being black.