I looked into the faces of the four police officers who accompanied the protest last night, a Black male and female and a White male and female, wondering of their thoughts and if they were chosen in such an array on purpose. I looked into their poker faces wondering ... More on if they would sooner kill than serve and protect me, or if they cringed at the heinously bad seeds among them that they were bound by blue to serve and protect. I wondered if they knew that the existence of patrolmen in this country began with the need to patrol and capture the escape minded enslaved... On this forty-fifth anniversary of the murder of unarmed and asleep Black Panther Party members Chairman Fred Hampton and Mark Clark by the FBI and Chicago police officers, America continues her tradition of using armed forces to murder unarmed Black men. I continue to pray for peace...
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I drove by a rally today and before I knew it, I had parked the car and joined the protest. An L.A. reflex I guess. This time with no spare sign from the trunk, but with one of my nieces. So proud of her! So bittersweetly optimistic that so many people now realize that Black life is a different and dangerous life... and care.
Eric Garner’s last words: “Every time you see me you want to mess me with me. I’m tired of it. It stops today. I’m minding my business, officer. I’m minding my business… Please just leave me alone. I told you the last time, please just leave me alone. Please. Please don’t touch me. Please do not touch me. I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe.” #ericgarner I continue to pray for peace... |
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January 2016
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