Threeyearold why were matching in these streets. How do i explain to my threeyearold what his death has done to me. How do i explain to my threeyearold another Black Man was killed by police . They killed him. Shot him in the back in Cold Blood and now hes Anger And Pain and i dont know why were shocked. Its not knew. Just more of the same. History repeats itself. And yet we never learn. Perhaps the only way to know is if we let this city burn. How do i explain to my threeyearold why im marching in these streets. Whats her name how do i explain to my threeyearold what his death has done to me . How to explain to my threeyearold another Black Man was killed by police. Summer of 2020, americas reckons. But heats be clear. This is now of policing. This is if first time he saw them. Like a Spiderman Movie this is just another movie. Pay more attention this time. Baby this is my last impression its also not the first time we tried to figure it out. In 1967, Lyndon Johnsons Administration fo
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i remember the day oscar grant was killed. i remember how it spread through the bay area. i remember going to those protests. i remember being afraid. i remember when johannes mehserle was found guilty of something called involuntary manslaughter. he was murdered. my son was murdered. oakland has never been the same. right here is where the actual bullet that traveled through oscar s body hit the platform floor, bounced back up and went into his chest, collapsing one of his lungs. mama wanda is oscar grant s mother, uncle bobby his uncle, beatrice is his aunt, and latifah simon is the recently
Elected president of the bay area rapid transit, or bart, board of directors. and while bobby has visited this spot before, i find out when i get there that this is the first time that mama wanda has come to the place where her son was shot in the back and killed. just imagine what s going through her mind and what she s sacrificing to be here. i mean, i just recognize that you re here, mama wanda. it s incredibly powerful for you to be doing this work. there s no reason you should have to do it. we would all understand if you just needed to mourn your son and not continue to stand up for him and others. it s very difficult being at this spot, but i do want people to know that oscar did not die in vain, that he was the start of a catalyst movement of what s going on today. you know, i remember years ago, oscar and i had prayed unto the lord and the lord showed me that oscar and i would be in ministry together.
I am trayvon martin. i am alan bruford. i am sean bale. i am jamaal crawford. i am. there are so many i am. there is such a racial divide in this country. we have to work together to unify. does it ever get too frustrating that we haven t learned the lesson that we should have learned from oscar? if i get frustrated, i m going to get blind and won t be able to do it. so i have to keep that clear focus to be able to remind myself, no matter what, you can t give up, wanda. you ve got to keep on sharing what happened to oscar and what we need to do to end these type of things from happening again. we have an obligation to love others as we love ourselves. that s what our nation needs. this whole thing is about love. oscar brought to the world what love looked like. oscar didn t just die here. he was resurrected here.