The Reality of Society
When I initially first read this I felt a strong resonance with this. Instantly the time when a man I dated and I got arrested came to mind. We were approached by the officer and the first thing out his mouth was "Y'all want to get arrested tonight?" We immediately exclaimed "NO!" Yet with his power, he told us to sit on the curb and proceeded to cuff us. We were not told what we were being arrested for. He called for back-up as we were sitting on the curb cuffed. We were taken to the station, booked and given the option to use a phone that did not work. Hours later we were released on bail yet when the went to court the following week, the case was instantly dismissed. Where is my equality? Where are my rights? Why are cops trigger happy? Why do officers believe that their life is more valuable than that of a person of color or with a different way of life than they are accustomed too? And for the record, no-blue lives do not m...