I’ve been watching, I’m sure like most of the world, as we’ve bear witness to more Police on Civilian killing. Let me more specific, Black Men being killed by White Cops. Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Tyre King in Ohio and Keith Scott in North Carolina. Three shootings. Officers not using discretion to assess the situation, rather, using their power to shoot and kill instead.

I’ve heard the folks, mostly Conservative Whites, shouting that Mr. Crutcher had PCP in his car and has a criminal background. Since when the fuck did that provide rationale for a cop to kill a man who is unarmed. By the way, there was no way to know that he had the drugs on him until after the investigation on the car, not during the incident. His criminal past, really? If that’s the case then many people, White and Black should be dead by now. Get the fuck outta here with that rationale.

In case one hadn’t been paying attention, at least we do know that Officer Shelby will be standing trail for Manslaughter charges in this particular case, but the other two situations are a lot less tenable and still all the more troubling. A thirteen year old boy was gunned down by police, in the case of Mr. King. The headlines read that he was “more than likely” running away from the cops when he was killed. And for Mr. Scott his wife has released the video and well, I’ll let you judge for yourself.

Protests continue to occur across the nation, as here in Atlanta there will be three scheduled for today and tomorrow. A protest of the local shopping mall and a request to wear black. And a protest downtown tonight at the Civil Rights Center. I like the idea but there needs to be more. We need to really sit face to face with law enforcement and have a true discussion. Fuck the feelings, fuck the cameras. It’s time to really have this out for the world to see, why do White officers predispose Black men to death, instead of trying to assess and diffuse the situation. Isn’t that part of the oath of an officer, to serve and protect.

Pulling your gun and killing someone is not serving and protecting. It’s taking justice into your own hands. It’s playing the role of God and least we not forget there is only One God. God sits up high and looks down low, so those cops trying to play judge and jury should sit back and think about that. I’m really sick and tired of this happening and then when the sides are taken, it’s always I support the Cops because they have a hard job and Black people need to learn to cooperate and Black Lives Matter.

When do we stop to realize that we are all responsible for this. We as people need to sit down and ask ourselves how do we address this epidemic. You see while we talk about all the other shit going on, this is the real epidemic that’s going unresolved. We let the media and Politicians talk, but where are the every day folks who are really being affected by this? Why is the protest by NFL QB Kap and others so important, because when celebrities being an issue to the table it seems to spread like wildfire and then the regular folks fighting on the front line get noticed even more. It creates conversation in places that regular people can’t get those talks to happen.

It’s time to bring everybody to the table, Celebrities, Police, Law Makers, Regular People, we need to talk. We need to learn the problem and most importantly to solve it. Because we can say what it is all day and the Law Enforcement community can deny it until their purple. The facts are that many cops are scared of Black Men and fear for their lives so they shoot first, conjure up a story second, and speak contrition last. I’m sick of that. Come out in open and dialogue.

We the People demand justice. We the people demand the truth and you the Law Enforcement Community should oblige. It’s time to stop hiding from the ugly epidemic and make in roads to solve the problem and heal our communities. But the truth is, many don’t want that. Because that would be too much like admitting that Black people are equal to Whites. And for many, that’s something they still don’t want to accept. Don’t believe it.. Ask President Obama.

As a resident of Atlanta, GA I heard on the radio that students at two local High Schools staged protests and sit ins to voice themselves.  I love it! Shows that they hear, know and want to be involved. We as adults now need to take that a step further. Continue to protest and apply pressure to be heard and seen, but also come up with real life solutions. Community engagement and damn it voting on election day. You really want to shake things up, go to the polls and remove them folks that’s made a living taking your money but not solving your issues.

It’s time to take a stand for what truly needs to be done. America we need justice. America we need answers. America we need leaders!