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Another online commentator wrote that \"when I was in college I went into the small very affluent and very white town to try and get some quality groceries and 15 minutes into my grocery shopping an employee started searching my backpack accusing me of stealing.\"

When I was in college I went into the small very affluent and very white town to try and get some quality groceries and 15 minutes into my grocery shopping an employee started searching my backpack accusing me of stealing. #livingwhileblack

— Cool Beans Hanks (@SpaceNarwhal) May 8, 2018

A third Twitter user recalled an incident that happened when she was \"staying in a hotel in NYC.\" She wrote that she \"went to get food & returned with my keycard in my purse. Walks in the lobby, & is stopped by a cop bcuz 'this hotel is expensive & I don't look like I can afford to stay here.' Got escorted to my room & had my bags verified.\"

I was staying in a hotel in NYC, went to get food & returned with my keycard in my purse. Walks in the lobby, & is stopped by a cop bcuz \"this hotel is expensive & I don't look like I can afford to stay here\". Got escorted to my room & had my bags verified. #LivingWhileBlack

— hisjamaicanbabe (@SlimasStushiDAI) April 21, 2018

Former Dallas police chief David Brown, who retired in 2016, told ABC News that although the hashtag is helping raise awareness, it doesn't go far enough.

\"I think using a hashtag -- and this whole idea of spreading awareness -- has made us aware,\" Brown, who is an ABC News contributor, said. \"I don’t know that until that awareness prompts political activism that we will see significant change in all of these very complex areas that have racial overtones.\"

Brown, who's now a managing director at New York security consulting firm, added, \"Awareness alone is not enough in my opinion. You have to prompt the local democracy to change its police departments. You have to insist on implicit bias training and hold officers accountable. Democracy makes changes.\"

ABC News' Josiah Bates, Karma Allen and Dominick Proto contributed to this report.

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