We need to stay vigilant despite this feel good atmosphere. Remember, a young black man was killed by police in Florida yesterday. Also in Tampa, they invaded a house, smashed all the pictures, punched a kid in the eye, and hit another with the butt of a gun; it was the wrong house. This is for Eric Garner, who died on NYC streets from a heart attack while being choked by police and kicked in the head while struggling to say,"I can't breathe!!" As they took him down like an animal for supposedly selling CIGARETTES. This is for John Crawford, who was killed by police in a Wal-mart for buying a fake gun. The police didn't ask questions and shot first. This is for Trayvon Martin, whose killer is still out there, attending gun shows and being a jackass.
This is for Mike Brown.
Mike Brown helped unite the black community in ways I haven't seen before in my life. All of this shows is that is that the struggle is still here, no matter how cushy we are at our jobs or homes, we will always still be black and a people without a country , and for that we must fight back!
We need to keep it moving and continue with this. Sharpton's not gonna be around forever, we need new leaders, and with a wave of natural hair, protests, and marching, I think we can create a new era of Black Power.
I'm going to join my local NAACP. Action, not words, solves matters.
