A Tribute to Jesse Valdez and his traumatizing experience with Police Brutality.

                                                                       Why!

Walked out of the mall

Approach an officer to ask him a question

Suddenly he knees me in the back and pins me on the ground

Tasing me

On the ground fighting for my life

Another comes

Now on top of me

Beating me

Fighting to get away

Fighting for my life

Officers yelling

Don’t resist!

I obey

What did I do wrong

I can’t move

HELP!!!!

Visions flash through my head

Horrible scenes

Black men being unnecessarily beaten

Tased

Fighting to get free

Let them go!

Visions continue

Flashing through my head

Policemen killing Black motorists

Visions end

I hear men yelling in the background

Dogs barking

Suddenly men on top of me

Beating me to the point I cannot move

A dog comes

Chasing after me

Biting me and scraping me unjustifiably

A  week in jail

Now a trial to prove I’m not guilty

One chance and only ONE chance to prove myself

Flashbacks of that horrible moment…

Panic attacks come frequently now

Afraid to walk on the streets alone

Anxious that I might be assaulted

Why! Why! Why!

Is it because I’m Black?

~ The story of Jesse Valdez and his traumatizing experience with Police Brutality.