Black boy down
Black boy down
A Poem by Coyote Poetry
Time we surpass the color of skin. It is 2014, brothers and sisters.
Another kid killed in the USA. Media described young black man killed by police. I don’t know. I was sadden a young man was killed. I didn’t care if he was black or white.
A lot of people pissed off. Burning cities down. Who won? Poor family lost their child. Should of been a time of mourning and than a time of repairing. Repairing mean next election toss out the trash and train the police officers to hand situation with better care.
I was born and raised in Detroit. Good and bad people like all places. I never looked for trouble and trouble never found me. I was a white face in a mainly black school. I was rarely bothers and I didn’t know. Some people looked down at the poor.
I was in the Army for almost 15 years. My mentors were Black Non Commission Officers. They looked at me as a man and I looked at them with great respect. Military taught us Soldiers. We are all blood, skin and bone. We have families, like to laugh and want respect.
Black boy down. Laying dead. Who to blame? All through the USA. Leaders are forgetting the kids. Kids need to be busy and active. Need education and opportunity.
Today I pray for the parent of Michael Brown and tamir-rice. Just kids. Here in the USA. We should be pissed off. Teach Police Officers how to handle kids. Killing should be the last resolve.
Today I’m holding sadness. Kids were killed. Lights of life gone forever. The child killed today could of been the savior of us from violence and hate tomorrow.
Don’t burn the cities down. Vote the poor leaders out and demand police reform. Today I’m praying today for the families who lost their children. We need to stand with them and cry.
Here in the USA. Time to change to the ways of Europe. Some places in Europe, Police officers don’t carry guns.
Kids have opportunity.
Coyote/John Castellenas
Couldn’t be written better. R.I.P Mike Brown and all black kids who lost their lives.
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Not only the black children. How many white kids are killing other kids then themselves? Too many. We need to change the school system and pay attention to our kids. Kids need things to do and to know hope and dreams.
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I had great respect for/fear of the (still) unarmed Irish police (Garda) growing up. I don’t have the same respect for the armed Australian police I’ve since lived among. Civil paramilitary and weapons are an anathema. I admire your comment on kids being a nation’s capital. Nice write John.
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I was stationed in Germany. German police didn’t carry guns. You wouldn’t mess with them. We were told. Don’t piss them off. They would whip your ass if you wanted a fight. Few murdered in this country. Thank you for reading and the comment.
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I now wonder if the time for mourning is a time to repair. Great write.
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It is both. Mourning teaches us . Someone is lost forever. Thank you for reading and the comment.
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Here in Europe, in France, a kid protesting against a dam was blown up by a police offensive grenade, and I understand you know about those. The kid was white, the officer too. Both French. Had the kid been black or Arab, the issue would have been lost. No one, especially kids, deserves to be shot down in the street for doing nothing.
Yet you’re right, it’s too simple to blame the police officer caught in the light because he was a racist or a moron or just unhappy with his wife that night. Lawmakers are the one in charge. And they should be held accountable.
Now, as they say, democracy is the best of all bad systems.
And, if I may, there’re way too many guns in the US.
Love the title: Black hawk down, isn’t it?
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In the Military. We say “Man down” and medic or pick-up team come. Just words telling of bad situation. Too much useless killing. In schools and in the streets. Thank you for reading and the comment.
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Thank you for sharing John. Your words are powerful, and truthful. No one is a winner.
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Kids are the wealth of a country. Why would you kill them? Time for change. Thank you for reading and the comment.
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You are most welcome.
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Very powerful!
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Lately in schools and now in the streets. Kids are being killed. We need kindness and concern.Thank you for reading and the comment.
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