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"Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere....

Sunday, October 30, 2016

Now What

Now What?
By- Jacob Greene

Another day in Baltimore
Cars honking
People talking
Dogs barking
Buses stopping and going
Just another day

Walking home from school
Per usual, alone
I stopped
The corner store
Where my dad worked
I bought doritos and gatorade
And stepped outside

Police cars honking
Police Dogs barking
Police yelling
Sirens loud as M&T bank stadium
Why, what’s happening
What's going on

I see a black man
Police around him
Beating him
Viciously
Police yelling at him
Stop resisting!
He's not!
A man says

Dad?
It was my father
And being beaten
My uncle
I pull out my phone
I record
Police say stop
I am now the victim

They push me down
Take my phone
My dad try's to help
There gone in a flash
My uncle on the ground hurt
Police driving away
My phone they have it!
Now what?







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