The writings of some random dude on the internet
In the city of Kenosha,
There was a father
Who was shot by the police
In front of his own children.
He is now bedridden,
Paralyzed from the waist down.
People thought he wouldn’t survive his nightmarish encounter.
He was lucky to be alive. Doctors said it was a miracle.
For a couple of days after, his situation was critical.
Thankfully, now, his condition’s now stable.
His name is Jacob Blake,
And he deserves justice!
First, there was the possibility of war with Iran.
No one knew if tensions between the two would result in conflict.
Then, the Australian wilderness was on fire.
It was intense.
Then, there was COVID-19.
Things were shutdown for months on end.
Then, places in the US started to reopen at different paces.
Some states have less cases, while others are increasing.
Then there was the death of George Floyd, which sparked protests all across the country.
There were even calls to defund, or even abolish, the police.
The response from the police was more brutality.
The effects of George Floyd’s death can be still felt a month later.
Now, there is the possibility of a bubonic plague outbreak.
There was a death in Mongolia, and recently Colorado.
There was even a squirrel who contracted the disease.
I am fearful how Trump and America would handle a bubonic plague outbreak.
They would be unprepared for something disastrous like that.
We can see how they are barely scraping by handling COVID-19.
Imagine how much worse it would be in America if there was an outbreak of the plague.
We’d all be fucked.
It hurts a lot inside us
When we see so much violence.
Peace is what we want most,
But that cannot happen when there exists systemic oppression.
We don’t want people hurt, to suffer or die.
We don’t want people to lose their lives.
We value human life. We see the good and potential that people have inside.
We want people to be free, be happy, and be caring.
We want people to live life without fear of being victims of cruelty.
We want to live in a world where no one hurts one another and where we all treat each other like sisters and brothers.
We’d all care for each other. We’d all be like family.
How will we get there? I have no idea.
Are there peaceful solutions? I hope that there are.
In fact, I believe that there are.
One thing’s for sure; I am a pacifist.
I’m against using violence.
I don’t want to hurt others.
I care a lot about people.
Hurting them, to me, is evil.
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.
I’m honestly despondent about everything going on. It seemed since the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012, there’s always something like this, now with the blatant seven minute murder of George Floyd on camera. Similar to a pot that boiled over, enough is enough. It all angers me. Growing up, it was the colorblind era. […]
No Justice No Peace — Daniela Elana