Charlotte, North Carolina has been in a state of unrest since Keith Lamont Scott, a Black man, was shot and killed by police last week. Following protests, the City Council held a meeting inviting members of the Black community to speak out. There, 9-year-old Zianna Oliphant stepped up to the microphone to deliver a tearful, emotional speech.

"We are black people and we shouldn't have to feel like this. We shouldn't have to protest because y'all are treating us wrong. We do this because we need to and have rights," she said, before starting to cry.

After encouragement from the crowd, she continued."I've been born and raised in Charlotte and I've never felt this way until now. I can't stand how we're treated. It is a shame that our fathers and mothers are killed and we can't even see them anymore. It's a shame that we have to go to the graveyard and bury them. And we have tears and we shouldn't have tears. We need our fathers and mothers to be by our side."

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