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President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama - my heart is filled with such joy!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
A Classy Pair
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama - my heart is filled with such joy!
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
On Our Way to JUSTICE!!!
Thursday, January 8, 2009
What Did We Do Wrong?
Besides OBVIOUSLY being the WRONG SKIN COLOR!!!
Oscar Grant - 22 year old father, son, boyfriend, cousin, brother, grandson, friend, BLACK MAN
You know, when I saw online the report about the young man who was shot and killed by an Oakland, CA BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) offer, I didn't know what to think. I didn't know what to write. I just didn't know what to say. It hurts my heart in ways I just cannot describe because yet ANOTHER BLACK MAN IS GONE!!! Another family has to bury their loved one over what appears to be a senseless act by a seemingly trigger happy cop. I simply cannot fathom what seems like the desire to "snuff us out". I'm not saying that ALL cops are bad people - but one bad apple definitely does spoil the entire bunch.
How do you shoot a person in the back? This person poses no absolute risk to you because a fellow officer is kneeling on the person's back? The person has their hands behind them!!! But yet - you still manage to shoot AND kill him. HOW?? WHY?? There's a report that the officer "might" have mistaken his gun for his pepper spray. Are these two VERY DIFFERENT items that similar in touch that you cannot know the difference?
They're rioting in CA now. Seriously, did people think WE would sit back and do NOTHING?! WRONG!!!!!!! Wrong on every fathomable level imaginable! I cannot bring myself to post the video of Mr. Grant's MURDER!!! So, you're going to have to search the Internet - I'm sure it won't be hard to find because just about every media outlet is broadcasting it.
Violence is NOT the answer! I know it hurts. I know you want to beat someone up, burn some cars, break some windows - but that is not the way to do things. I know it's hard to sit by and wait for the criminal justice system to work. But, doing all of this is not going to bring Oscar Grant back. Threatening the officer that killed him is not going to bring him back. FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE will bring him back. FIGHTING FOR OSCAR GRANT because he can no longer fight for himself will bring him back. No, it won't bring him back physically - but it will keep his memory alive for his loved ones and for those like me who never knew him.
Amadou Diallo (09/02/75 - 02/04/99), Sean Bell (05/18/83 - 11/25/06), Billy Joe Johnson (?? - 12/08/08), Oscar Grant (?? - 01/01/09), and countless others - ALL innocent men GUNNED DOWN by police.
DEAR GOD, WHEN WILL IT END?!?!?!
~Traycee~
Oscar Grant - 22 year old father, son, boyfriend, cousin, brother, grandson, friend, BLACK MAN
You know, when I saw online the report about the young man who was shot and killed by an Oakland, CA BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) offer, I didn't know what to think. I didn't know what to write. I just didn't know what to say. It hurts my heart in ways I just cannot describe because yet ANOTHER BLACK MAN IS GONE!!! Another family has to bury their loved one over what appears to be a senseless act by a seemingly trigger happy cop. I simply cannot fathom what seems like the desire to "snuff us out". I'm not saying that ALL cops are bad people - but one bad apple definitely does spoil the entire bunch.
How do you shoot a person in the back? This person poses no absolute risk to you because a fellow officer is kneeling on the person's back? The person has their hands behind them!!! But yet - you still manage to shoot AND kill him. HOW?? WHY?? There's a report that the officer "might" have mistaken his gun for his pepper spray. Are these two VERY DIFFERENT items that similar in touch that you cannot know the difference?
They're rioting in CA now. Seriously, did people think WE would sit back and do NOTHING?! WRONG!!!!!!! Wrong on every fathomable level imaginable! I cannot bring myself to post the video of Mr. Grant's MURDER!!! So, you're going to have to search the Internet - I'm sure it won't be hard to find because just about every media outlet is broadcasting it.
Violence is NOT the answer! I know it hurts. I know you want to beat someone up, burn some cars, break some windows - but that is not the way to do things. I know it's hard to sit by and wait for the criminal justice system to work. But, doing all of this is not going to bring Oscar Grant back. Threatening the officer that killed him is not going to bring him back. FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE will bring him back. FIGHTING FOR OSCAR GRANT because he can no longer fight for himself will bring him back. No, it won't bring him back physically - but it will keep his memory alive for his loved ones and for those like me who never knew him.
Amadou Diallo (09/02/75 - 02/04/99), Sean Bell (05/18/83 - 11/25/06), Billy Joe Johnson (?? - 12/08/08), Oscar Grant (?? - 01/01/09), and countless others - ALL innocent men GUNNED DOWN by police.
DEAR GOD, WHEN WILL IT END?!?!?!
~Traycee~
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