Homeless man
shot by police
Written by
Philessa Hooks Jenkins
Aka Lady PJ
Wednesday,
April 02, 2014
Did you watch the clip on the news that
showed what happened in Albuquerque New
Mexico last month? The police shot an
unarmed, possibly mentally ill, homeless man in the back several times; that’s
how the news described him. …A homeless
man. He wasn’t described as Mr. such and
such who is homeless. He was defined as
a homeless man. Can you just sit with
that for a second or two?
The rebellious side of me was screaming
for revenge. My thoughts went to put
them (the police officers) in front of a firing squad and use them as target
practice. Barbaric you say? You would be right but what’s the difference between
that and what these officers did to this man, James Boyd? They reduced him to less than human and
treated him like dog crap on their shoe.
Then in a pitiful effort to cover their back you hear a few of them
screaming they saw a knife; a knife compared to a gun. Wow!
What infuriates me the most is that nobody
made one effort to save Mr. Boyd’s (this human being) life; not one of them. One simple cease fire would suffice; just
one. They all stood around and allowed the
gunfire to continue as this man (who had rights) laid on the ground; not
moving, not fighting, not resisting. He was
shot in the back as he laid there on the ground, pleading.
The clip even starts off with one of the
officers saying that “If we were in a bar or something I could kill you right
now.” Kill You! His words not mine. A man is on the ground begging “please
don’t hurt me anymore,” only to be shot again.
Then to humiliate and degrade this man further, they released the dog on
him. Thank God it was all caught on
tape!
Wake up America your value as a human
being is dwindling away as you sleep and slumber your rights are slowly being snatched
away from you. You should be outraged! I know I am.
Make the government do their job and uphold the law and if you don’t
like the law change it! But let’s not allow
this type of crime committed by Police Officers, which violate our trust by the
way, to go unpunished any further. Stop
taking it because it’s not right. Just
because you have a badge doesn’t mean that you have the right to kill. This is your girl, Lady PJ, saying “Change
doesn’t come unless you do something; that move is yours to make America.
No comments:
Post a Comment