More recently, a young man was killed in
Sanford, Florida, actually about one month ago, reports say.
The young man was shot in the chest, reports
say.
He was someone's loving son, a 17-year-old black
child named Trayvon Martin who was walking ‘home’ unarmed.
The young man died because the shooter was
defending his own life - reports say the shooter said.
No one has been picked up and held for
committing this murder.
I believe we have ‘stepped back’ long enough
. . . have let injustice reign for no good reason.
We have stretched the moral fiber of this
nation for no good reason – At All!!!
I believe the one still alive - the one who
had the gun in his hand and pulled the trigger, i.e., the shooter, should be picked
up based upon the facts well known by the authorities in charge of the safety and security
of all in Sanford, Florida.
I believe the shooter should be documented
as the perpetrator and held in custody as a menace to the society he lives in,
and not released without all the required legal entanglements due one who must
be proven innocent -- or guilty in a court of law.
Are we appalled?
Something has got to give. As I get older I become more and more aware that I will always be seen first for the color of my skin, and maybe second for who I am. There's something wrong with American culture. It makes me sick. How could you not even arrest the man who shot him? I'm sad because I'm losing hope for an America without racism, I'm sad because I know Trayvon Martin won't be the last, and I'm sad because one day I might have a son.
ReplyDeleteI so hope we, the public far removed from the scene of the crime, continue our concerned vigilance. Justice for the victim just has to be served. Thanks for weighing in. Your 'reconstruction' analogy is intriguing - the possible truth in your observation is so sad.
ReplyDeleteOh please just don't lose the faith that saner heads and hearts will prevail. . . in time, a time we do not know. And you will be part of the vanguard of folk of all ages and heritages who will always know how to teach and inspire to prepare and lessen occurrences such as the Trayvon Martin tragedy. Things are better. Believe me. I'm a grandmother. This nation has come through a lot. The shock is that it happened, again. And we must do what we can from where we are to see JUSTICE now. Prayer helps always. Keep the Faith.
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