I'm lost inside my head.
Charlie. 31. Poet, Artist, and Sometimes Musician..
The only black people I know are my family. It’s hard to stick with POC when they barely even exist in the town you live in.
I may have grown up
In a rural white community
But it don’t mean
I won’t bleed for my
Brothers and Sisters
And their purity
My heart is heavy
That we have to live in fear
And we shed more tears
For the pure of heart
Who’ve been shot down
Because our skin is different and dark.
We all bleed the same
How don’t you see that?!
When air touches wound
It’s all the same maroon.
I may be a half breed
But that don’t mean shit
I will stand in the front line
And I will take all of your hits
For my Brothers and Sisters
I will gladly, very gladly do this.
I can’t sleep right now. Not when this is going on. I can’t stop shaking. Like my body is convulsing every few seconds. This is giving me terrible anxiety and I’m so close to tears.
CultureHISTORY: #FergusonDecision Protests - America - November 2014
Ferguson Police have dogs and shotguns. The unarmed crowd is raising their hands.
For anyone not following the Mike Brown story on Twitter: a 17 year old black boy named Mike Brown, who was supposed to start college tomorrow, was shot to death in Ferguson, Missouri by police while jaywalking. He was unarmed. He was shot 9 times.
Initial media reports claimed that an 18 year old black man had been shot and killed while fleeing police after shoplifting.
People in the neighborhood, including members of Mike Brown’s family, came out of their homes and began to protest, shouting “no justice, no peace,” and keeping their hands in the air.
Media reports claimed that a violent mob quickly formed around the shooting location shouting “kill the police.”
Spread this. Tell the truth about what happened to this boy. Tell the truth about what is happening NOW. The police and the mainstream media is painting him as a criminal, and his community as a violent mob.
SPREAD THIS. Don’t let them lie.
Protesters from across St Louis turned up and turned out for the first St Louis County Council Meeting since Mike Brown’s Death. (Part I)
The St Louis County Council wasn’t as bad as Ferguson’s Council, but still very few answers and virtually no accountability from the folks who unleashed unholy hell on the residents of Ferguson, following Brown’s murder. #staywoke #farfromover
Handcuff suicides are oddly common… #handsup #dontshoot #policebrutality #ourlivesmatter #ferguson #mikebrown #blacklivesmatter
laughing at how CNN went into one of the looted businesses in Ferguson and spoke to the owner. the reporter started asking all these leading questions that were clearly setting up answers that expressed anger that their businesses were broken into.
The owner was like “actually I just want justice for Mike Brown im not worried about material things”
I hear some people say that the people of Ferguson brought this on themselves, these people asked for it. They didn’t ask to be beaten, gassed, choked, harassed, demeaned, or gunned down. No one asks for this. Michael Brown didn’t ask to be killed.
