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Dont Shoot

April 21, 2015
By JournieFaith BRONZE, Springfield, Illinois
JournieFaith BRONZE, Springfield, Illinois
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Nobody really understands why I act the way I do, and they surely arent trying to find out.


He Was Unarmed
That little boy, his mother is a single mother living off welfare. Living from paycheck to paycheck. Can't pay all bills and is struggling to pay most. Now she has to live the life long tragedy of her sons brains getting splattered everywhere. But I'm sure since she isn't you, then it doesn't matter. A man has been shot. He is in the African American nation. But who shot him? Oh right, a white man. Again. Consequences? No. Because this man just so happens to be a cop. So its okay. What do you mean, police officers run our world! They protect us? If your idea of protection is blasting a young man's brains out of his head then I'm not quite sure if were on the same page. They got the whole black nation hating white people because they shoot at our peoples dignity. A black officer is forced to watch his people get gunned down. A black mans head is busted open, his family is screaming, his rights taken and his power uncared for. Nobody has the guts to say anything about what's happening because everybody is scared. A wise man once said, ‘Our lives start to end, the day we become silent about what really matters.’ So does this matter to anybody? Is anyone affected by the power we blacks have? Is any one concerned about where us, African Americans stand right now? No noise is being made because were all to scared. Does anyone care that they are trying to use the same power they controlled us with over 100 years ago, today! Anybody? Shameful. Shameful how some people are trying so hard to over take one community, one race, one culturals dignity, power and control over things. But one question still remains. For what? Why are we forced to watch our people sprawled out all over the intersection? Why are we forced to live in this world full of tragedy and hate? What brought this among us? We may have more power than they think. We have the power to stop all this. Them people don't have the right to control what we do, what we say, or how we say it. If losing my life for standing up for my country is a consequence of defending whats mine, then so be it. Because I’m tired of this nonsense. And you should be too. This world has no humanity.

 


Despicable. Despicable how some people are comfortable in living in a world full of hate, anger, depression, and nonsense. Arent you guys tired? Because I know I am.


The author's comments:

One day, i just started thinking about what condition our world is in and lately ive been hearing stories about all these shootings. Im not very good about expressing my feelings verbally so I tried saying them through words and heres what I got.


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