Adversity
Sandra Bland. Trayvon Martin. Eric Garner. Freddie Gray. Mike Brown.
Today is my day to vent.
I’m tired. I don’t know about you, but I am tired. I am sick and tired of reading the same headlines only the date has changed.
Another African-American is killed by the hands of ‘Officer Friendly’. The police. Our nations finest. Those men and woman who vow to serve and protect, have turned into the people I fear the most. Is our justice system configured to give police the authority to kill and mistreat human beings any way they don’t have to suffer any consequences for their conduct? Is that how the justice system in the united states work.
What if …
Sandra Bland was a white woman? Would that cop had treated her any differently? Would he spoken to her in a more pleasant manner? Perhaps he would have repeatedly called her ma’am out of respect. He would have calmly issued her a warning. Told her to drive carefully and Sandra Bland would be alive.
What if…
Travyon Martin was a white kid walking home with a hoody pulled up over his head. George Zimmerman probably wouldn’t have given that kid a second thought. A white kid would have been the furthest thing from George’s mind and the thought that this kid was breaking into houses would have never entered his mind. George Zimmerman would return to his nice warm home to escape the rain and Trayvon would be alive.
What if…
Eric Garner was a white man. Would the NYPD had approached him in the manner that they did. If Eric Garner was a white man they would have quietly pulled him to the side and suggested he not sell loose cigarettes in the open. They may have issued him a stern warning, but they would have been careful to watch their hands and not to touch him. Even if they did put him in a choke hold and wrestle him to the ground the words, “I can’t breathe’ would have prompted them to let up and give the man room to breathe.
Let’s all pray because I’m really at a loss of words on what we are to do and how to bring about real change between race relations in the US.
Today is my day to vent.
I’m tired. I don’t know about you, but I am tired. I am sick and tired of reading the same headlines only the date has changed.
Another African-American is killed by the hands of ‘Officer Friendly’. The police. Our nations finest. Those men and woman who vow to serve and protect, have turned into the people I fear the most. Is our justice system configured to give police the authority to kill and mistreat human beings any way they don’t have to suffer any consequences for their conduct? Is that how the justice system in the united states work.
What if …
Sandra Bland was a white woman? Would that cop had treated her any differently? Would he spoken to her in a more pleasant manner? Perhaps he would have repeatedly called her ma’am out of respect. He would have calmly issued her a warning. Told her to drive carefully and Sandra Bland would be alive.
What if…
Travyon Martin was a white kid walking home with a hoody pulled up over his head. George Zimmerman probably wouldn’t have given that kid a second thought. A white kid would have been the furthest thing from George’s mind and the thought that this kid was breaking into houses would have never entered his mind. George Zimmerman would return to his nice warm home to escape the rain and Trayvon would be alive.
What if…
Eric Garner was a white man. Would the NYPD had approached him in the manner that they did. If Eric Garner was a white man they would have quietly pulled him to the side and suggested he not sell loose cigarettes in the open. They may have issued him a stern warning, but they would have been careful to watch their hands and not to touch him. Even if they did put him in a choke hold and wrestle him to the ground the words, “I can’t breathe’ would have prompted them to let up and give the man room to breathe.
Let’s all pray because I’m really at a loss of words on what we are to do and how to bring about real change between race relations in the US.
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