One black man is killed by a police officer or vigilantes in our country every 28 hours...
The reoccurring deaths of unarmed black men on the hands of white police officers have caused people to take action. Thousands have taken to the streets in recent weeks to protest the unjust decision to let police officers get away with murder. These peaceful protests are people's way of waking up a sleeping nation. American society is blind to hundreds even thousands of murders perpetrated in its name by agents of government. Is it all right that police kill hundreds of unarmed teens and young men every year without having to pay for their actions? Why is is that this nation does not give the same compassion to murder victims who are black and brown as it gives to other victims? In a speech by Dr. Martin Luther King he refers to the "other America". In one world people experience the opportunity of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness in all its dimensions. The "other America" (the one that black and brown people live in) experiences a daily ugliness that spoils the purest hopes of the young and old leaving only the fatigue of despair. One group in this country can expect institutions of law to bend in their favor while the other is swept up like rubbish by the hard unforgiving hand of the law. Ever since black men have stepped foot in this country they have been targets of wanton aggression. From lynchings and enslavement to being imprisoned and wrongfully murdered black men have always gotten the short end of the stick in this country. Race aside, police officers in this country should not be able to get away with murder. It is time that the American people take action and move in a direction towards equality and justice for all people regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, religion, sex and so forth.
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