When Beyoncé appeared on the red carpet before Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards, she brought several guests with her: Lezley McSpadden, Gwen Carr, Wanda Johnson and Sybrina Fulton — the mothers of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Oscar Grant and Trayvon Martin, respectively. All four men were murdered, with Brown,
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