Floyd Is No Martyr
Don't get me wrong.
He didn't deserve to die... like that...
Under an eight-minute nonchalant knee.
In full panic mode, crying out for his mamma.....
But he doesn't deserve a statue either.
I mean, what kind of angel holds a gun to a pregnant woman's belly?
(I wonder if her fear reached the level of his).
Please don't dumb down our real martyrs....
Leave Honest Abe alone.
After all, he took a bullet to the soul, for the cause-
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