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Don'T Shoot

Poet:  Ken Jordan Poem:  Don't Shoot Edited by:  Sparkle Jordan written:  November/2014 My hands up!           Don't shoot!     POW! POW! POW!                        Michael Brown Eric Garner                  Kimani Gray                                Kendrec McDade                      Timothy Russell Ervin Jefferson                              Amadou Diallo            Patrick Dorsmond Ousmane Zongo                    Timothy Stansburg Jr.   Sean Bell            Orlando Barlow Arron Campbell                            Victor Steen Steven Eugene Washington          Alonzo Ashley                      Wendell Allen     Ronald Madison                              James Brissette             Travares McGill Ramarley Graham                      Oscar Grant - Black men         gunned down by          White cops - When            will it stop. My hands up,           don't shoot!

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Date: 11/28/2014 2:46:00 AM
Thanks for sharing this Ken, tragedy indeed. May their souls rest in peace
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Date: 11/28/2014 4:49:00 PM
Herzel, thank you for your comment. We as poets, must connect and inform society to seek solutions for what's moral. We are the voice of the people. Ken

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