You would
not think a man would be shot
For a simple
broken taillight.
You would
not think a police officer would
shoot a man
in the back in cold-blooded murder.
I did not
know that broken taillights and running away in fear
were crimes punishable
by death
and carried
out by one man
as judge,
jury and executioner, but
apparently in
some parts of this country this is so,
especially if
the officer is white
and the
person who was murdered commits the crime
of being poor
and black.
And the Smug
Man Stands
over the dead man with his hands on his hips
and a shield
on his breast,
and lies
once again.
But this
time,
This Time
His shield
does not protect!
His shield
does not keep him from the consequences of his lie,
because of an
ordinary man
and his
video camera
Which records
the truth
and reveals
the lie.
And a nation
rises up and says, NO MORE!
And the
people rise up and scream, NO MORE!
I do not
want to see what I see.
I do not
want to believe what I see.
I want to
turn away.
I do not
want to watch that man being gunned down.
I want to
turn the channel and see something nice.
But therein
lies the problem.
We need to
LOOK!
WE need to
see!
We need to
see IT!
