The recent ruling by the medical examiner of New York City that Eric Garner's death was a homicide may be good news. Of course the city's long delay system of prosecuting criminals who wear blue is designed to dissipate the anger of it's downtrodden always oppressed by the white police citizenry. The arrest of the person who filmed the murder of Mr Garner, for alleged gun possession and a warrant, shows the depth and lengths that the NYPD will go to exonerate those who habitually abuse blacks.
Consider that the precinct in Staten Island where this event occurred has five other officers including a lieutenant, that have been sued on numerous occasions with judgments awarded against them including civil rights violations. A clear sign that this system needs serious overhauling or just a downright overthrow.
Just recently it has come to light, the case of the police going to the wrong address and pulling a black woman naked from her apartment without even so much as a towel, and a dozen white officers standing around her gawking and not in the least bit concerned with showing her the slightest bit of decency. As the news of a naked woman in the hallway spread these whites began streaming in and out of the hallway from the street just to gawk at her, as if she were still a slave just escaped from ole massa'a plantation. Could have been my momma, Grand mother, sister or daughter, or yours. Just what would you do if it was???
In California a white highway patrolman is seen beating a middle aged black woman as if she were a man. He is still on the force! A black Attorney General and a Black 'President' and nary a peep from either concerning the racial injustices being perpetuated against people of color by so called law enforcement individuals.
If the T.V. series 'Roots' had been shown in the summer of 78 instead of winter the fires would have still been smoldering. In the state of Louisiana, Baton Rouge a white cop forces a drunk black male to get into his car and move it. Of course being drunk to hit a car or two would be expected. Upon hitting the first car he was shot dead.
The Mayor of N.Y. on his way home from Italy stated that the police did a god job. Hmm, the press (mass media) is outraged when Al Sharpton points out that Diblassio's interracial son were it not for who his father is, is a potential victim for a choke-hold.
An 87 yr old black woman walking with a cane is body slammed by a white female cop as if she just stole money from the bank and was running away with it. Just how much longer are we going to put up with this abuse??? Then there is the story of cops breaking the leg of a young child after he was filming them abuse his mother. The abuse of black folk has happened so much and so often the question must be asked. Have we as a people become immune to this abusive behavior?
Michael Sam, he/she who declared his/her homosexuality in college just before the NFL's draft, was openly lauded by 'black' President Barack Obama. As for the grave injustices happening to blacks elsewhere all over the country, not even a word of protest. As for the 'black' Attorney General, it's as if he is nonexistent. David Tyree an outspoken advocate of straight heterosexuality who has stated that being gay can be prayed away is instantly vilified by the queer community the instant he is hired by the New York Giants.
While the brains of many blacks are being fried with drug use and dependence [their sad way of trying to cope with the oppression], and while many blacks are lost to mistaken sexual identities,the fact remains that as a people we are not loved. We are being used and taken advantage of by not only whites but the Chinese and East Indians as well.
What happens with this murder of Eric Garner, is pivotal as to what will happen to racial relations all across the country soon. We do not want the same repeat brand of justice that occurred in L.A. when those who whipped on Rodney King walked free. Nor do we want to hear the lies put forth by the racist PBA president Lynch. Many years ago, almost 40 to be exact, a young boy was shot outside his home in Brooklyn. The excuse given at the time was this officer had an epileptic seizure. The Facts of Epilepsy though, is that if a person is having such a seizure there is no way that they can only have fired one shot, as was the case in Brooklyn. The time for listening to the lies of these murderers has long gone.
Lavena Johnson's blood still cries out for justice. As a nation [Negroes and blacks from the Caribbean] living in subjection to another nation, [white European descendants], in America we have been a subculture for far too long. While they had the big band era we had the blues. while they dote on country and western music we had rhythm and blues. when they had rock and roll we had soul. (We've always had soul).While they had heavy metal we had rap.
We are two distinctively different nations in the same space and time here in America. When we got sick and tired of white images being transmitted into our black homes we started making our own movies and television shows. The end result? They called those movies blaxploitation flicks. They were then [Hollywood] forced to hire and maintain a more visible black presence in movies and entertainment, when it became obvious that even though we had no money per se yet our dollars collectively carried clout.
Our use of the English language and theirs are two different types of speak. While we mean what we say and say what we mean, our truths have always been upfront. Theirs have always been lies. The Indians were right when they said,"Paleface speak with forked tongue". Snakes have forked tongues. When they said they were making civil rights laws, they skipped the part of addressing our humanity. If they had recognized our humanity in all their laws and outlook at us then there would be no need for civil rights.
The years of burning, lynching and raping of black men and women should now be over. The murder of Eric Garner has evoked even the memory of Eleanor Bumpers, the woman who was killed in her home. The recent picture and tale of an alleged Spider man being aggressive in trying to make a dollar in Times Square was very misleading. The whole story was this, while trying to make a dollar, this racist from the suburbs decided to stop a brother from trying to make a dollar. What this cop did was put his hand around the brothers neck {as they all think we still they slaves and they can do what they like to us}, and got punched as a reflex action by anyone getting choked frontally.
Of course the rest was his-story as portrayed in his media. As stated earlier, collectively our dollars carry clout. we need to show these people we can have an economic impact on them just the same as they are doing to us. Picking and choosing where and when and who to battle economically can have it's desired effect. Jumping up in rage and setting fires to our own communities is self destructive to say the least. They currently out gun us with weaponry, and ammunition.
Let's decide to stop supporting idiotic rap music that denigrates our women for starters, or white businesses that have racist practices, stores like Fairway Food Mart, Tiffany's, Barney's, Pier 1 Imports, and others who act like blacks have no business in their stores. We can do this if we put our minds to it. It can start from a trickle to a flood if we decide to do this. So until next time, live well, be happy, make love, we bid you Peace.
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