Eric Garner couldn’t breathe,
You didn’t notice he was dying,
Tamir Rice was a 12-year-old boy,
You didn’t notice he was playing,
Freddie Gray’s back was broken and bruised,
But you didn’t hear his screams,
Trayvon was walking home from the store,
You saw him as an intruder,
Amadou was reaching for his wallet,
You decided that he had a gun,
Anthony Baez was playing football,
You strangled him in a choke hold,
Michael Brown ran toward you in a threatening way,
You shot him, then left his body lay,
Walter Scott was running away from your car,
You shot him in the back,
Philando obeyed you at a traffic stop,
You shot him in front of a child,
Alton was tackled and unarmed,
You raised your gun and fired,
Of what value is a human life?
The most precious of all things,
Once you take it, it is gone,
Never to return,
The question is NOT “was his death legal?”
The question is, “was it preventable?”
WORK to de-escalate a situation,
Not jump in like it’s a war zone,
VALUE each life for what it is,
See the person in front of you, as one of your own.
cfblack 7-08-2016
Doctor Grandma 
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