Im sure you heard but if you havent let me inform you. Micheal Bennett is a defensive end for the seattle seahawks. One night in vegas after the mayweather mcgregor fight he was leaving to go to his hotel. Shoots rang out, he ran for cover, but cops singled him out detained and harrassed him ONLY UNTIL his identity was known was he let go with no true explanation of why this happened. He serves his own chilling words in a letter called equality here: https://mobile.twitter.com/mosesbread72/status/905430701595652096
My thoughts on this situation is simple Micheal Bennet is another casualty of amerika. Our race dies a little more inside each time these incidents occur. We are all connected through our own similar experiences. If i could, let me share with you this;
Three young black men sit on a corner home's steps, one in a white hoodie, and two in plan clothes, and a patrol car approaches. Two officers shine their lights on them and demand they get up show their hands and to show identification. They ask why ?? and whats are the reasons for this ?? But the same is repeated by the officers. One of the young men refuses to do what is told because they have a right to know. Shortly after he refuses both officers approach them one of the officers PUNCHES him in the face and slams him to the ground. One of the other young men goes off becuase the one who is punched is his brother. They pick him up and throw him in the patrol car. The young man who is punched tries to stay calm and tell his younger brother to stay calm but he doesnt and officers take his brother away in the squad car for around 10 to 15 minutes harrasing him for the time outlined. After several minutes they are let go and it is revealed someone was robbed by a black man on a bike wearing a BLACK hoodie and they said the young men matched the discription. Three young men two in plain clothes and one in a white hoodie SITTING on a corner home's steps...I can only see one similarity.
These instances are not limited to one or dozens or even hundreds, its thousands every year. When will it stop?? How will it stop?? I cant answer those questions.
As black men our hearts carry fires that gain excellerant every time we see these things happen and as men we are stronger then most our emotions but this will break even the strongest of us down to a tear. I share this for no other reason than to enlighten. Don't let our children inherit the distruction this could bring to this world.