At twelve year gunned down to his death for playing with a toy gun. The Cleveland police blames the boy. They say that his death, was his fault. It is because Officer Loehmann mistook Tamir's fake gun for a real one. Nevertheless, the recording from the witness to the dispatcher made sure to note that the call that he was making was a gun that was "probably" fake. A message that, according to CNN, was lost in the mayhem. It was just moments after the officer stepped out of the car that our Tamir Rice was shot. The officers at the scene did nothing to help. It was not until a FBI agent arrived that he received any form of medical attention. Never mind the fact that this is an agent that had absolutely nothing to do with the incident, he was only there because of a robbery that had taken place only moments before. For more information on CNN's version of the case please click the link.
It wasn't until the next day that poor Tamir died of injuries to a major vessel, intestines and pelvis. His family acknowledges the fact that they lost their little boy to the unnecessary violence of the Cleveland police. Even the judge that prosecuted the officer agreed that the violence was unnecessary. He went on to say that officer's gave the child no chance to react to any of the commands given and therefore was rendered defenseless. The situation esculated too quickly for anyone to have been able to riotously defend themselves in such scenario and deemed it completely unfair. Yet, because of "tradition" the judge's opinion meant little to nothing as they swore to the need of a grand jury. To which the Officer was then put to face his punishment, and yet there are those that say that he was only prosecuted to ease the American people. That it was not really an act of justice, but that of appeasement. For more information about the legal stand point of it all please click here.
The reason I present this case to you is because I ask you to look at this case and find the issues with what has happened and just spread knowledge. Information is no more than facts. However, our future gravely depends on your ability to listen to facts and do something with them. It takes a lot more than just one act of justice. While this case has been able to open the doors for others that are similar, you also have to remember that there are so many just like this case that hasn't been brought to the light and therefore hasn't faced true justice. Let's help to remove the blueprint of structured injustice, and the only way to do that is to make sure that information gets out.
The case of Tamir Rice is not one of complete accident. There is no big coincidence that the criminal justice system is set up the way it is, and there are so many good people within the institution that it makes us wonder where it all went wrong. But again, it is our job to go back and just look at the facts so that we can fix it for future reference.
Thursday, September 24, 2015
Thursday, September 17, 2015
The Tales of Mike Brown and His Poem
This is not a post to make you hate the police. This is not a post for you to begin to empathize with the African Americans here in this country. This is information for you to put your own pieces of the puzzle together and make your own judgements. It is my job to inform you of the details of these hash tags that many of you have seen floating about. From Face book, to Instagram, and Twitter. There are names that have been called out to your attention. Yet, many of you do not bother to look up the cause. In this world we go by what our cousin's friend told us as opposed to just looking it up for ourselves. So I'll make life easier on you, I'll give you the facts and the stories about the poor tale of Michael Brown. But it is your job to continue this to spread this information because the only way to fix a problem is to have knowledge.
For those of you that do not know, Michael Brown is the African American man that was shot by a police officer on August 29, 2014. While there are claims that there may have been a argument between the two; he was unarmed. A threat to no one. Yet, it was because of these "aggressive" actions that his life was cut short. It was as Brown ran away from the officer that he was shot. At least this is the most common told story and the one that was caught on video. However, there are a few witness comments that you can find here. Seeing how the saying goes, there are always three sides to a story. Your side. Their side. And the truth. And this is the way for you to form your own truth about the situation.
How would you feel if your brethren were shot by an officer and you heard about a poem using his autopsy as a poem? There is a poet by the name Kenneth Goldsmith that used the autopsy from Michael Brown's death as a means of poetry. Never mind the fact that this was a thirty minute long poem that undermined his death. It also went onto display a completely twisted version of this mans death. Which he chose to display at a conference in the white house. This was a controversy that spilled in to the arms of Twitter and led to a scolding tsk from all of the users that managed to hear about Kenneth's poem. Yet he believed that he had a reason to. Which is why he had so many papers that went on to publish his defense. In his mind he had done no wrong. It was not the first time that he managed to use someones untimely death as a means of "uncreative, creative writing." He says that all he did was read pubic records, and that he did not mean to symbolize a white man praising the gift of a black mans death.
Unfortunately for him, many people did not believe nor could they come to grasp with the ideas that he held. So to apologize he donated money to the brown family. For more information on the misfortunate poem of Mike Brown's death please click here.
For those of you that do not know, Michael Brown is the African American man that was shot by a police officer on August 29, 2014. While there are claims that there may have been a argument between the two; he was unarmed. A threat to no one. Yet, it was because of these "aggressive" actions that his life was cut short. It was as Brown ran away from the officer that he was shot. At least this is the most common told story and the one that was caught on video. However, there are a few witness comments that you can find here. Seeing how the saying goes, there are always three sides to a story. Your side. Their side. And the truth. And this is the way for you to form your own truth about the situation.
How would you feel if your brethren were shot by an officer and you heard about a poem using his autopsy as a poem? There is a poet by the name Kenneth Goldsmith that used the autopsy from Michael Brown's death as a means of poetry. Never mind the fact that this was a thirty minute long poem that undermined his death. It also went onto display a completely twisted version of this mans death. Which he chose to display at a conference in the white house. This was a controversy that spilled in to the arms of Twitter and led to a scolding tsk from all of the users that managed to hear about Kenneth's poem. Yet he believed that he had a reason to. Which is why he had so many papers that went on to publish his defense. In his mind he had done no wrong. It was not the first time that he managed to use someones untimely death as a means of "uncreative, creative writing." He says that all he did was read pubic records, and that he did not mean to symbolize a white man praising the gift of a black mans death.
Unfortunately for him, many people did not believe nor could they come to grasp with the ideas that he held. So to apologize he donated money to the brown family. For more information on the misfortunate poem of Mike Brown's death please click here.
Sunday, September 13, 2015
What One May Call The Conspiracy of 9/11...
When Trillions Go Missing is a video that I have watched and have chose as my topic of the week due to 9/11. Unfortunately, we live in a world that believes that the only way to get over one story is by covering it with another. So, this a scenario that is surprisingly... unsurprising. This is about the conspiracy that America covered up its tracks of losing money by throwing away the lives of plenty and making it seem like an accident.
America would never expect to have one of its very own senators to talk on national television about her spending problem. Which is why on September 10, 2001, when the Secretary of Defense points out that the Pentagon managed to lose track of $2.3 trillion in transactions. She went bonkers. It is the reason that many say that 9/11 was planned.
For those of you that do not know, the Pentagon is the headquarters of the U.S Department of Defense. Which is why I look at this as a scene of a gambler and his wife. In this case, our nation is the one gambling all of the bill money away, and when we ask her "Where did the bill money go?" she goes ballistic. In her mind she is wondering "How dare you question me?" Which is exactly the case of Sweet Ole' America on September 10, 2001. So to draw the attention off of herself, she points at her husband and tells him that she knows that he has been cheating. Except, in this case America is outraged and throws the devastating 9/11 at us.
There was a story from CBS news that went on to interview people that were working at the pentagon to get insight as to what was going on. There is a guy by the name of Minnery who talks about how he did a lot of background research and attempted to follow money trails back to where they went missing. Yet, he just kept coming up short and having a blank. So he went on to tell his supervisor that there was an enormous gap of money missing to which he was answered back, "Why do you care about this stuff?" Which is silly, because obviously he was getting PAID to do this stuff. While his supervisors were getting paid to close there eyes on the matter. If you would like more information on this click here.
The reason I bring this to your attention is because this is only the beginning. While it may only sound like a conspiracy one has to acknowledge the fact that anything is possible in the world that we live in. You would also have to take into account the fact that America has a face to save. She has a certain physique that she wants everyone to look at her with, which is why a few casualties means absolutely nothing. Why should it? Especially if she has a chance to bring her nation together and create a national bond. Why would any of that matter.
America would never expect to have one of its very own senators to talk on national television about her spending problem. Which is why on September 10, 2001, when the Secretary of Defense points out that the Pentagon managed to lose track of $2.3 trillion in transactions. She went bonkers. It is the reason that many say that 9/11 was planned.
For those of you that do not know, the Pentagon is the headquarters of the U.S Department of Defense. Which is why I look at this as a scene of a gambler and his wife. In this case, our nation is the one gambling all of the bill money away, and when we ask her "Where did the bill money go?" she goes ballistic. In her mind she is wondering "How dare you question me?" Which is exactly the case of Sweet Ole' America on September 10, 2001. So to draw the attention off of herself, she points at her husband and tells him that she knows that he has been cheating. Except, in this case America is outraged and throws the devastating 9/11 at us.
There was a story from CBS news that went on to interview people that were working at the pentagon to get insight as to what was going on. There is a guy by the name of Minnery who talks about how he did a lot of background research and attempted to follow money trails back to where they went missing. Yet, he just kept coming up short and having a blank. So he went on to tell his supervisor that there was an enormous gap of money missing to which he was answered back, "Why do you care about this stuff?" Which is silly, because obviously he was getting PAID to do this stuff. While his supervisors were getting paid to close there eyes on the matter. If you would like more information on this click here.
The reason I bring this to your attention is because this is only the beginning. While it may only sound like a conspiracy one has to acknowledge the fact that anything is possible in the world that we live in. You would also have to take into account the fact that America has a face to save. She has a certain physique that she wants everyone to look at her with, which is why a few casualties means absolutely nothing. Why should it? Especially if she has a chance to bring her nation together and create a national bond. Why would any of that matter.
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