George’s murder is beyond infuriating. I am angry.
I can’t even begin to imagine the level for his family, and for the entire black community. I know I’ll never know. But know that I am angry and horrified.
I’ll get on my knee, I’ll get out and walk with a sign.
What I will not do is violence.
I am also angry at innocent officers getting hit, hurt and messed up over thrown objects, gunshots, and anything else any adult knows is WRONG and unjustifiable.
Breaking windows of innocent motorists as you protest in the street. Unjustifiable. Protest...but don’t touch.
The word of the day is ACCOUNTABILITY.
Any adult pretty much knows right and wrong and needs to be accountable for their actions. We even teach developing children about this and the consequences of their choices and actions.
It’s easy to see most of the time why there is anger and why people do something. But it is no excuse and it does not make it okay and justify it.
We might easily understand what leads a person who lived through a traumatic event...war, shooting, abuse...to end up committing a violent and horrific act.
However the excuses must end. It’s not okay, and more than nine times out of ten, it is still an individual who knows the difference between right and wrong.
You and you alone are responsible for your choices.
Not “the system”, not the traumatic event or the one who did it to you...you. Except in rare instances of true psychosis maybe...you are still responsible for your own actions, despite it being clear what “messed you up”.
Not all black people are “this” and not all white people are “that” and not all law enforcement are ”this” or “that” either. So be angry, yes. But don’t destroy. It’s nonsense.
Here is my candle. For George, for hurting families, for innocent good law enforcement, and for anyone who’s been through hell too. Use your power to alleviate, not perpetuate.
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