All three died at the hands of police officers.

The minute-and-a-half long film begins by asking the question, Will history stop repeating itself?

Garner died under similar circumstances in 2014, after being arrested in Staten Island, New York.

Spike Lee

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The officer involved was not charged.

How can people not understand why people are acting the way they are?"

Lee told CNNs Don Lemon in an interview.

This is the thing: The killing of black bodies, that is what this country is built upon.

Watch the short film above.

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