They killed him in cold blood.
He said he could not breathe.
He was pinned down to the ground.
His neck was crushed by them.
The ones who were “good” just stood there.
The one who directly killed him got charged with third degree murder.
To me, that’s too lenient.
What was seen in the video, that was murder to the first degree.
Now, there are riots and protests all across the country.
There was no justice for George Floyd when he was killed by that chauvinist chode Chauvin.
People are angry. People are upset. People are infuriated. I am too.
We need to stand in solidarity with Floyd and his family and demand justice for him, and the countless other lives lost due to police brutality.
We need a change. We need a better way of life.
The way things are now, it should not be. We cannot be tolerant of hatred and brutality.
We cannot be accepting of bigotry.
We need a totally new society; one that does not oppress marginalized groups and minorities.
How we will get there, I don’t know.
I hope that we could find peaceful solutions, but at this point, I don’t even know if we could.
What I do know is this: I am not a violent person. I do not want to hurt others, nor do I want others to see others get hurt.
I am a pacifist by nature. If that makes me weak, so be it. Whatever the case, I want to find solutions other than violence.
I can understand the riots and the violence. I even understand the looting. However, I don’t know if all of that is the solution.
What I do know for sure, I demand justice for George Floyd, and the countless other lives lost from police brutality.
