“The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed”
On Jan 19, 2016, The University of Michigan’s Male Glee Club sang Joel Thompson’s new choral work “The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” — Kenneth Chamberlain, “Officers why do you have your guns out?”; Trayvon Martin, “What are you following me for?”; Amadou Diallo, “Mom, I’m going to college.”; Michael Brown, “I don’t have a gun! STOP!”; Oscar Grant, “You shot me!”; John Crawford, “It’s not real”; Eric Garner, “I can’t breathe.”
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