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| Ferguson, Missouri – November 24, 2014 after the Grand Jury declined to indict Officer Darren Wilson for shooting and killing 18-year-old Michael Brown |
“They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again, and when they do it seems that only children weep.” —Atticus Finch from To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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I do not know what happened in Ferguson, Missouri
August 9th, 2014
I only know it was the product of the same
Mis
shapened
Fear
full
Hope
less
Blind-
ass
Assumptions
That have lead to
Hate
Rebellion
War
Led to black teens
lying dead on America’s streets
Mothers screaming
And Ferguson now burns with anger
Justice not an ideal
but a jewel saved
just-for-us:
The insiders
The ones with the right addresses
The diplomas
And suits
And skin as white
and “pure” as snow
I do not know what happened
on the street of Ferguson, Missouri
August 9, 2014
But I know the decision to ignore it
feeds a story
feeds a story
that has not yet found its end
Naseem Rakha – November 25, 2014
