Justice for Stephon Clark

Oh god here we go again Waking up to another Breaking News onCNN I turn my volume up A little above ten when I hear Two police officers in Sacramento killed Another black man… My heart shattered When is this going to end because This system is taking all of our innocent black men Only 22 and the opps took his life really before it got to begin And what’s worse is that he had 2 kids Now they’ll wake up and never see their father again.Things like this happen and y’all Expect us to put our glocks, pistols and rifles awayWhen we watch y’all take innocent lives and hide And cover up y’all lies all day When we have to sit and burry one of our loved ones wheel out the casket and the Bible and Pray all day just so that y’all can go home with y’all hands clean and not a scratch on y’all face.You take our lives becauseY’all clearly don’t have one of your ownAnd y’all hide behind these badges because it’s The only time y’all feel strong And by being behind it yall know y’all can do Wrong but still get to liveYour life and go home.Why did you do it was it all for fun?Because you knew he was blackAnd thought he had a gun?Or because you knew y’all get away with itAnd his name would just be added To the list on the charts with the other brothers Who y’all done killed this far I’ve spoken enough but one more thing#justiceforstephonclark.  Asia Porter  

This poem is about: 
My country

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