THE MURDER OF JORDAN DAVIS

My thoughts, Feb. 15. 2014 9:36pm
So many emotions unraveled learning about this murder from beginning when it was reported on the news, to the disappointing verdict in court that could not find Michael Dunn Guilty for the murder of Jordan Davis.  Emotions ran through my body and soul such as, Anger, frustration, sadness, and sorrow.  This murder, along with the murder of Renisha McBride, Trayvon Martin, Oscar Grant (and so many other black lives that I could fill so many pages by naming) these murders, along with the circumstances leading to the murders and how the murders are handled by the justice system shows how much our lives (black people) are worth in the eyes of this classist, racist AmeriKKKan society.  Lives are being taken and justice isn’t being served.  Young black lives cut short for wearing a hoodie, playing music too loud, knocking on a door for help at the wrong hour in the ‘wrong neighborhood’, or just being black is suspicious/threatening enough to most.  These murders are excused because the ‘law’ justifies a white person snatching a black life because that person felt their life was in danger, even when that person is unarmed.   Let’s remember, Jordan Davis was APPROACHED by Michael Dunn.  Trayvon Martin was APPROACHED by George Zimmerman.  These events obviously affect me deeply because I myself am a young black male that someone with a prejudice mind would assume me to be an aggressive threat, and treat me as such which would usually result in me being violently assaulted or murdered.  I am not the only person that falls under this description, but other people I love and care about could be also assumed as such, and not only myself and others that I love, but people that others love also…someone’s father, brother, mother, sister, son, daughter and so on.  This affects us all.  So my thoughts have brought me to a conclusion.  I don’t know if this conclusion is the right conclusion, (only time and results will reveal that) but it’s what I feel is needed.  I feel that black and brown people in AmeriKKKa must arm themselves to defend their lives and their loved ones lives from racist animals like Michael Dunn and trigger happy, racist police officers that murder our brothers and sisters on a nightly basis across this country without consequence.  We must arm ourselves to be protected from people like that.  If we train ourselves with firearm knowledge, knowledge of firearm laws, and arm ourselves with a firearm, we will at least have a chance to defend ourselves if we are approached by these animals.  If we’re walking home and feel like wearing our hood on our head and we’re approached by an armed racist, we will have a form of defense.  If we’re sitting in our car and play a song we like at a high volume and an armed racist approaches us, we will have a form of defense.  We must also remember to keep peace/love ahead of all in our hearts/minds.  We don’t need to go killing people in retaliation because we’re angry, but we must defend ourselves because we want to live.  Be safe, be peaceful, and love your beautiful black skin.  ALL power to ALL the people.

“We’ve got to face the fact that some people say you fight fire best with fire, but we say you put out fire best with water.  We say you don’t fight racism with racism.  We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity.”  - Fred Hampton