As Ahmaud Arbery jogged along his usual neighbourhood just out to keep fit. He was accosted by two racist whites who chased him in their ute determined to cause mischief. They shot an unarmed man dead! Took months to arrest father and son as legal connections ensured their supremacy.
Games and hustles are played out, black men’s life not valued.
His shadow shouts on a nightmare scream
as justice continues to be an illusive dream!
When will we ever learn that every person’s life is precious, that there is no reasonable reason to gun a man down just because you have connections.
The father had arrested Abery when he was just a lad.
One would have to question if that cop was always bad!
Maya Angelou knew what it was all about no rights, no freedom and certainly no justice for those imported slaves!
d’Verse, 144 words prose,Bjorn, “his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream”
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52623292
there are no words………..
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I appreciate you! ✨
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Terrible for sure
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Absolutely appalling..and that it happened in my state angers me beyond words. Too much hate for no reason. Everyone should be able to jog or run or ‘whatever’ without feeling threatened. I think that in the end, the father and son will get what’s coming to them. There is such an outcry here..as well there should be.
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Some days it’s hard not to weep for the world.
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Tragic, gritty, grisly, and too true. You’re the second one to use the latest killing; nice tie to the prompt.
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So sad!
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As I said to Ken, it seems to have no end…(K)
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Awww that’s so sad.🌷
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This is too sad for me to say anything……. my heart strings are twisted awry….. and I’ve no tunes to play…… what’s changed …… this song was written 45 years ago….. maybe in these modern days, it’s even worse……. !!
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exactly Ivor, I find it so distressing that I had to post about it and that poem was the perfect lead in!
Bob says it so well … when will we ever learn 😦
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yes I agree Ivor, arrogance and ignorance are a deadly combination … but their society, their legal system needs to step up and goal those monsters for life!
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Yes I agree… the legal system, seems to cater to the rich ruling whites still !!
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A very sad scenario for sure!
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Painful. When will it end…? A mother’s heart is broken…
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a mother, sister, community … great question!
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Yes, we are all tired of the senseless when we have so much more at stake right now.
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It causes such pain. May Allah guide us all. May we act humanely
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It’s so sad, but also not surprising. I’m now mostly staying at home, but when I used to commute to work every day, I would pass by the mural for Sean Bell every. single. day. Yet another black life cut tragically short by police. 😦
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It is a terrible state but a reality in the US that the government has “looked the other way” and the current administration has encouraged the gun lobby to become a law unto themselves. I’m sick of it. And I want there to be some sensible laws passed and ENFORCED.
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A perfect poem for a terrible crime Kate…i dont know why its so easy for these people to gun down anyone…shouldnt we be strict now in gun ownerships?
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usa seems to encourage lawless gun totting, even their pics in the protests scares the daylights out of us!
If you have a gun you are more likely to use it …
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So sad. So infuriating. Why did their arrests take so long? The other way round would have been a very different story.
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that’s exactly what everyone is saying … the killer is an ex-cop who worked for the courts … guess that says it all, a license to kill!
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So heartbreaking.
Thank you for calling attention to this, Kate.
I have relatives who are African American, and one relative who was born in Africa. I worry for their safety in many parts of the world. 😦
(((HUGS)))
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Who deceides what colour a human being should be, what colour a flower should be, what colour a fish should be. Racism is a most sad and senseless fact of life.
Be safe
Much💟love
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This… _
Sending hugs and love.
You’re spreading awareness.
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I repeat my comment of the previous entry, as it applies here as well to the pain and shame. “darkness of times that never seems to end” …. So painfully true. How is it we continue to spawn these creatures of hate who blot the hope and dreams of the majority of us for a world of peace and love? A pox on them and their faux superiority born in ignorance.
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Kate – this gave me the chills in it’s accurate and heartfelt lament. That nightmare scream will continue for many of us who find justice an illusive dream. Thank you for continuing to raise awareness about this situation. We can’t forget and become complacent as injustice and racism continue to take hold of our world.
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Not just the deed itself but the lawless aftermath is deeply disturbing.
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This can’t be true. I am shocked.
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Just now I told my husband about the incident and he was also shocked and plainly said these people should be rightly punished. Such type of mentality is not acceptable for any reasons.
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just read about another one in March where police raided a decorated emergency workers home supposedly searching for drugs … there were none but her and her partner were shot with 20 bullets, both African American!
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Yes – I feel your pain, your outrage, your horror. The story makes me truly and horrifically sick. All parts of it.
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