For those of who have not heard of a man named Oscar Grant, he was a 22year old African American who was partying with his friends on New Years in 2009 in Oakland, CA and while handcuffed, face down on the pavement, with three cops on his back, he was shot and killed by a 28year old Police Officer with 2years on the force who "mistakenly" grabbed his Gun instead of Tazer.
Can You Tell The Difference?
I wrote this after reading a powerful poem by Nia Dickens on TheInfoSoup.net entitled "For an O.G."
Eye for an Eye
written by Johnny Magnum
See once upon a time there was an Oakland cop,
who was Disobeyed by Oscar Grant, Decision Grave
What's ironic,
the time the Decision made for the iconic Lebron James to go to the Heat,
was preceded by the riots from a release due to Bias of heat brought to a brother’s frame
that was thought to be a device needed to promote Non-Violence
------Moment of Silence------
For the New Age slave
A victim to the system
Shot in the Back by a cop too lazy to Emmett Till him
An atilla of the Uniform, a Barbarian
If you don't know the difference between a stun gun and a real one...
Then don't carry 'em
I mourn for those who actually care because it’s not fair to 'em
But the ones that Riot in his name just contrary 'em
How does robbin' Jewelry stores and stealin' new sneakers
give cops any less reason to repeat this treason
because now they're even more scared of 'em
I mean the only thing worse than this action that has happened
Is the fake activist yapping to incite about Rights that further their agenda
while being a pretender of a member of those that were really there for 'em.
I’m sick of ‘em
But here’s a conundrum I got a Pair for em
If you crime'n like a glutton and someone gets injure while you Huntin'
would you want 'em to take your lead? Violate your city, your creed
or have the police show that you really did Succeed...
and throw your ass in Jail for 'em
You see Eye for an Eye doesn’t Work…
For ANYONE
I see a lot of people don't know about this man and the officer who was found not guilty of Murder but did receive a lesser charge which resulted in Riots the day before LeBron James' decision to leave the Cavaliers overshadowed all else on television. Tell me what you think about the situation as a whole
