Tuesday, July 12, 2016

To Protect (what) and Serve (who)?

     In the past two weeks racial tensions have exploded in this nation. Alton Sterling was shot in the chest while two cops were holding him down. All of it caught on tape. Philandro Castile was shot while the passenger of his girlfriends car for reaching for his wallet, which the policeman asked him to show i.d., after telling the officer he had a weapon and a permit for it. The aftermath was caught on Facebook live stream. America and the world got to witness what has been going on since this nation was founded. Brown and Black people being cut down by the people we pay our taxes to so that they can "serve and protect". I pose this question: Who are you serving and WHAT are you protecting?
     In America we have police who act on impulse and panic while we, the citizens, are to remain calm and follow directions while a gun is pointed in our face. Makes no sense.  

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