Bullets Don't Give A Damn!!

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?