Ferguson

11/24/2014...I learned that the cop who killed Mike Brown, would not be indicted. I was numb, but not surprised. The fox judged the fox.
He was going to win and now what do we do.
We  should protest. We should register and vote. We should demand transparency from our government officials. We should hold our government officials accountable. We should run for office. We should demand accountability and sensitivity from our police departments. We should run for office.  We should engage in our communities.

Speak up..speak up..speak up.
Change the system.

My Hands are up

The assassination of another black man troubles my soul deeply. In my own city, young black men are murdered by other young black men.
This is very troubling, however it becomes more troubling when black men are murdered by the police.

For centuries the police have had an acrimonious relationship with black folks.  Trust was not there. We look at them with the side eye. Even when the police leadership is of color. .we don't trust them.

Recent events seem to support that we should not trust them. But what should we do?  How do we gain trust back? How can they earn trust from the community of color?  We can't even come to the table..we are hurt..
We March and then we riot. We seemly show the police we can't act right. .but we can and the you incite with tear gas and dogs and battle gear.
Is this iraq..Iran. .China
.or the good old usa

Racism is here folks and it ain't never left. Our children's blood are coloring our streets. We have got to do something. .we got to change the police culture.  We got to change the mindset of shoot first...we got to stop. Blood in our streets.

We got to reiterate Hands Up..is surrender. .don't shoot to kill.

Rip Mike Brown
Hands Up

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1964 or 2014 and Ferguson

The last few days have been rough.
I have be saddled with a summer cold. For days I have watched and read about the unrest in Ferguson.
This must be how our parents felt.
Watching the police issue martial law over something they did. Killing an unarmed teenager and arresting the media. 
I want to know why did it take days for the governor to step in?
Why did it take days for the President to step it?
It was like we were living in a war zone.
No respect was given to the media
Which makes we wonder what the are hiding?
We have a right to engage in civil disobedience and martial law says otherwise.
We have to continue to speak up and speak out.
Our communities are becoming powder kegs we got to stop it.
These issues are not like a summer cold  &they cannot be ignored.  Our nation is sick . Sick with violence & disrespect. Sick with apathy and despondency.

What are we going to do? We have to start with our sphere of influence.  Speak to our children.  Work with our children.  Speak to our police. Teach them to defuse instead of inflame situations.  No blame just change.
One person at a time

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