Injustice

December 2014

Recently there has been a series of cases/incidents between cops and the community, more specifically the African American community. To mention a few of the big ones: Mike Brown, and Eric Garner. Both unarmed black men killed by the police. Guilty of a crime or not, Brown was a young man who barely lived life. Now I'm not saying that this is a racial issue (there just seems to be a trend) but I am saying that there is an injustice.

My disappointment lies with the police who are committing these crimes, using actions that are deemed illegal, taking the law into their own hands. But my disappointment also lies also with those cops who don't speak up against the injustice. Mind you, I am aware of the brotherhood amongst the police, but if your brother is doing wrong it is your mandate to call them out, and rectify the situation. 

I believe that the riots that have occurred are not a justified way to protest the issue. People have the right to be upset and hurt and disappointed,  but if they are going to be all of those things they should NOT destroy their communities and the places they have to go to because in the end the only people that will fix what was destroyed are the people who destroyed the place or wind up paying for it.

I usually don't talk about these things because they are too heavy, but I've come to the realization that I was a part of the problem. Just because an issue is too heavy, it doesn't mean you shouldn't get involved. My brother is 14 years old and I remembered telling him when we went to a store "not to touch anything, keep your hands in your pocket". Why because I didn't want him being looked at a certain way. Now I realize more than ever that my brother could be the next victim of injustice, and that I have to speak on these issues and fight for justice.

I have been keeping up with the Micheal Brown case and even now the Eric Garner incident. In the Mike Brown case this 18-19 year old boy supposedly stole some cigarettes worth $6. The police officer Darren Wilson engaged the young man and said that Brown approached him "like a demon". In the end Brown ended up with 6 BULLETS in his back and on the ground for 4.5 hours. Now let's analyse the facts. Mike Brown and Darren Wilson are the same size granted Mike Brown was a heavy set young man. But Darren Wilson is a trained cop with a gun, flash light, stick, and a tazer. You want me to believe that out of all the things he had on his hip he immediately pulls for the gun, that he had no other alternative. He couldn't even pull for the tazer. Even if he did use the gun as big as Mike Brown was he had to shoot him 6 TIMES IN THE BACK. Not his knee cap,  shoulder,  leg, but his back. But what makes it worse is that when asked about the situation,  Wilson had no remorse about taking a life. No what actually makes it worse is that he was paid money to do this interview. A man killed a child and he gets paid to talk about how he would do the same thing over again.
The Eric Garner incident was laid out plain and simple. Eric Garner a heavy set, asthmatic man was approached by the police mind you his voice was raised explaining to the officers that he wasn't involved in any crime, in fact he was breaking up a fact. The police wanted to apprehend him for selling untaxed cigarettes. Four officers proceeded to try to arrest him when one officer strangled him. There is literally a video showing the entire thing. While police where pulling him to the ground, Garner kept saying "I CAN'T BREATHE" . Literally there was a video of everything that happened and the officer doesn't even get an indictment. 
My heart and prayers goes out to both families suffering from their loses, but the deaths of these people will not go in vain. The protest of Black Friday is just a start. We as a people need to join together to stop this injustice. If you're one of those people who think that this isn't your problem then I sincerely hope that you don't have to feel this pain in my heart that I have now for the people who lost family and for the injustice  in the "land of the free and home of the braze"