I would say pardon my expression but it would not be an honest statement. I honestly do believe that bullets don't really don't give a damn. They don't speak or reason. Bullet have one function and that is to react to extreme pressure and conduct themselves accordingly.
No matter
what I do I cannot escape my passion for people but especially for those who
are disenfranchised, profiled and discarded. As a black man I feel hunted and
it appears that my only advocate is Jesus Christ himself!
These videos are
becoming all too common these days. Beatings and killings are no longer
anomalies or isolated incidents. The major difference is clearly the camera
phones with video recording capabilities to support the claims of brutality,
torture and murder of unarmed Black men and boys from law enforcement
officials. We've lost
Eric Garner and Michael Brown to the hands of a police officer. The list goes on and on. This is going to
sound a little cold but aren’t we familiar with this already? Amadou Diallo,
Oscar Grant and Eleanor Bumpurs, Patrick Dorismond and let us not forget about
Adolph Grimes in New Orleans who was shot in the back 12 times by plain clothes
cops. It sickens me and I offer my
prayers to their loved ones but I am no longer shocked by these incidents
anymore.
I spoke
with my big sister Sarah this morning and she challenged me to expand my
thoughts on the issue of violence in the Black community. After our
conversation I grew even more disgusted with the current state of events than I
am with some of the isolated incidents that are trending in the mass media .Why in the
hell do we rise up for one child, who definitely deserves to have a voice of
advocacy and justice, but our voices are not as loud for the daily casualties
of war in our own neighborhoods? Doesn't 5 year-old Payton Benson in Omaha
Nebraska deserve our Righteousness Indignation as well? She was killed while
eating a bowl of cereal when a stray bullet from a shooting outside of her home
entered her body and left her lifeless at her kitchen table as she was eating a
bowl of cereal.
How about
we engage in a broader conversation that has absolutely nothing at all to do
with Gaza, or police or racial inequality? My heartfelt prayers go out to all innocent
victims worldwide who’s blood is shed daily and their families are left with nothing
more than memories . I want to know how we feel about 13 month old Londyn
Samuels who was shot and killed one block from my current residence. At this
very moment her short lived life is commemorated by an assortment of soil, rain and tear
stained teddy bears and other miscellaneous stuffed animals on a sidewalk
littered with blood stains, shell casings
and lost dreams. Screams of loved ones lie trapped beneath the shattered
glass and cigarette butt decorated concrete.
Who will
speak up for lost ones the innocent
bystanders who have been eliminated from existence at the hands of assailants
who share similar features and even zip codes as the victims?
Chicago, Philly, Omaha NE, New
Orleans, Flint MI, Birmingham AL, Richmond VA, Washington D.C. are all proof
that “There’s a war going on outside, no man is safe from.” Prodigy of Mobb Deep said it in his lyrics
but every day we are out here living it.
I’m beyond
sick of it so I refuse to be silent about it. It’s time for the “Revolutionary
Spirit” to rise up for the rest of the victims! We can’t keep on giving these
indigenous ethnically similar terrorist to get a pass while we stand idle and
only hold the police accountable for their actions. Where are these cameras
when we are witnessing all of these other tragedies and murders? We cannot
stand indolent and symbolize silent cowards. Daily we are dying as we live so
we may as well die for something honorable like truth, justice and peace for
our families, protections for our babies as well as some safety for ourselves.
I'm
publicly condemning all of the CRIMINALS who have been looting and vandalizing in Missouri. This is beyond shameful! You pack
of mob mentality cowards and incestual opportunist are raping your own community and foolishly
calling it a revolution. NO! You are pornographic pirates who prey on others
and you are using the blood of a college bound martyr to justify your self-indulgent
crime spree. For the
record you bring shame to all of our fallen freedom fighters and your have assaulted our unborn by
unleashing pure evil in our communities. I am praying for you all but
especially to the families of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and countless others.
God sees your tears and He feels your pain.
There was a time when I would go on
a rampage generalizing all law enforcement officials and aggressively
articulating an assassination of their collective character. Now I stand in solidarity with all of the victims.
Despite the color or career field of your killer I’m here as your voice as well
as your advocate of prayer. I’m sure
that some reads are going to misunderstand me so let me make myself perfectly
clear, I still believe that sworn law
enforcement officials should be held to a higher standard. “To whom much is
given. Much is required.” They should be
adequately trained and as a result of that training they should be severely penalized in the event that they veer away
from their obligation of “protecting and serving “. On the other hand I will not stand idle and
give countless killers who share my complexion and community a pass.
All killers
and other criminals must be held accountable for their actions! I’m sure that that
mothers, fathers, siblings, husbands, wives, relatives and friends don’t care
if the killer holds a badge or not. They just long to have their loved one back
or at a bare minimum have the perpetrator held responsible for their crime. I will make sure that all of my students know
that what’s taking place in Missouri right now is the opposite of the Civil Rights
Movement. This is an example of a fractured community with invisible identity saturated with emotional sickness combined
with a callus over internal convictions. I’m going to fight this thing from the
inside out…from inside of my classroom!
I do believe that God will hold all guilty
parties accountable for their actions but it’s up to us to take responsibility
for our community and it starts with our home, city block, neighborhood,
community, school, church, job and all parts surrounding. How will you be a
part of this Revolution?
