My best friend and I were watching Tyson grab a mouthpiece and try to stand up by pulling the rope before the referee reaches the count of 10. Just as the referee waves his hands to rule the bout a technical knockout, we heard a loud bang, and two shots rang out. We heard a commotion outside of my window, and I glanced through the blinds to witness my neighbor lying on the ground with blood flowing from his face. I opened the door, and my neighbor shouts for me to call his brother, and tell him “they shot my father” Long story short, the cop threatens me as I retrieved the phone and made the call. A few seconds later an ambulance came and took the elderly man to the hospital. A day later in the paper, it reads, “Drug dealer followed to a house and drug bust made, another suspect has been shot by police, after shooting at police.” That is not what happened, the police targeted a hardworking man who was visiting his parents, the elderly man at the time was 77 years old, lying on his couch watching TV when the cops kicked in the door, the elderly man stands up and acquires a bullet to the stomach. Every time I gather what the media releases, I question it every single time. The report is always the African American male was aggressive and the officer felt threatened, furthermore, some officers change reports all the time to protect …show more content…
I thoroughly enjoyed this hardcover and have already purchased two additional copies for my sons to read. This subject brings out all sorts of emotions for the reason that, as a parent, it saddens I for one when I had to teach my children when they were little to act a particular way in the presence of police officers. As an example the Central Park 5 and numerous instances similar to this one. The sad reality is 2 million African American men could’ve written a similar with the exact feeling. America has a serious problem on it’s hands, and it is time to realize that if we allow people to separate us, we can never notice the beauty in each other. We must not think of ourselves as superior than another human being due to wealth, education, or even skin color. English settlers came to these shores and learned farming, hunting, the uses of corn and grain from the so-called Native American’s who were called savages. So ask yourself, how can a savage teach from a distance? This means someone had to be in close proximity, I can assure you savages are unable to remain in close proximity to teach someone. How can you make a change in the way you view people? The Movie “Get Hard” Starring Kevin Hart and Will Ferrell, we can laugh at the sad reality of racism, or (yes I made up a new word) uneducatedism. Will Ferrell’s