It's been a good minute since I last wrote one of these but I believe it's time to renew because and to just say straight up what needs to be said and to give those in my race and in particularly my generation some real intense harsh and brutal tough love. As a Memphian, Native Memphian, and as a Young Memphian I’m ashamed, embarrassed, disappointed, and disguised. It's been almost 2 weeks since the death of George Floyd by the hands of a Minneapolis police officer when he put his knee on his neck causing his death by asphyxiation and strangulation. In addition we also witnessed three of his colleagues who most likely are under him when I say under him I mean rank and years of experience just stand there and watch knowing that what the officer was doing was wrong but they chose not to say nothing because they did not want to deal with hell coming from their officer when they got back to the precinct. What I'm about to say is simple in this what happened to George Floyd was a tragedy and it should have never happened but what I am seeing in this country it's starting to scare me more and more after the riots and the assault on police the focus and the protest for George Floyd is not what it is anymore this is simply a protest and calls for civil Anarchy in the United States which is dangerous. I think we can all agree that what happened to George was not only heinous but it was downright disgusting and wrong.
For starters the protest over his death there in Minneapolis we can all agree that the protest should happen and the voices need to be heard. However let me be frank on this the moment members of your movement start divulging from the protest and combining with outside groups to reek violence and havoc on businesses to the point in they lose inventory or completely destroyed that's when people in general start to question the protest and really the motive of the protesters in general. Not that the majority of the protesters don't want peace but the fact that a lot of them will enable the violence and the Looting and destruction of property as Martin Luther King say riots and looting are the voices of the unheard which you got a question is it really the voices of the unheard or is it just a poor excuse for people to destroy property because they don't want to face the reality of hardships in tough times.
What does rioting and looting have to do with the death of George Floyd? Not a damn thing when you Riot and loot you destroy your own Community you set your community back years in some cases decades to where they need to be or more. A lot of those businesses that you destroyed or allowed people to destroy or minority-owned, women-owned, first generation-owned, immigrant-owned, lgbtq-owned, Community reflection-owned, and Community Improvement-owned. These businesses were people have put in their entire life savings to the point where it's a make-it-or-break-it situation we just went through and still are going through a worldwide pandemic where these businesses had to shut up shop for 3 months and right when they're getting right when they're getting ready back to reopen this happens. What does the Looting have to do with George Floyd not a damn thing. All it does is just devalue the purpose of the movement and the protest but mainly the protest in general he was a man who has 6 year old child and was living his best life now people are destroying property, Luling, and claiming that they're doing it all in the name of George Floyd you're not doing it in the name of George Floyd you're doing it because you want free break. You call yourselves protesters all you are are just scum of the earth and you make yourself look like a bunch of savages who don't know how to control yourselves in times of chaos and emotional distress... you don't just bring shame on George Floyd but you bring shame on the black community If there really is one you bring shame on your city or cities your States and your nation and quite frankly the entire human race and if you don't see that that make Christ have mercy on your soul.