Justice for Stephon Clark

April 3, 2018

Oh god here we go again

Waking up to another Breaking News on

CNN 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 away

When 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 because

Y’all clearly don’t have one of your own

And 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 live

Your life and go home.

Why did you do it was it all for fun?

Because you knew he was black

And thought he had a gun?

Or because you knew y’all get away with it

And 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

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