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MY HEART SINKS, MY EYES WEEP MY BRAIN EXPLODES, I CAN’T SLEEP I DON’T UNDERSTAND, I NEVER WILL A SWEET CHILD WHY DO THE COPS KILL? CHILDREN WITH CHOCOLATE COLOURED SKIN HARDLY ALLOWED LET THEIR LIVES BEGIN INNOCENT UNARMED SIXTEEN AND UNDER SOMETIMES COPS CALL IT A BLUNDER JUST A MISTAKE THEY ARE HEARD TO SAY CHILDREN BEATEN OR SHOT TO DEATH IN USA THEN CHILDREN LIKE ADERRIEN 11 YEARS OLD HE LIVED THEN TO HAVE HIS STORY TOLD LUNGS, RIBS AND LIVER INJURED, AS POLICE SHOT, A REASON OFFERED BY POLICE THERE WAS NOT I RESEARCHED WELL, AND FOUND NOT ONE CASE OF COPS IN USA INJURING A CHILD OF CAUCASION RACE I FEAR FOR MY BEAUTIFUL GRAND SONS OVER THERE WITH THEIR BEAUTIFUL DARK SKIN AND CURLY HAIR I PRAY THEY WILL BE SAFE AND THINGS WILL CHANGE BECAUSE HATRED OF BLACK SKIN TO ME IS SO STRANGE THERE ARE AT LEAST 24 KIDS ALL UNDER SIXTEEN YEARS WHO WOULD BE ALIVE TODAY IF NOT FOR RACIAL FEARS UNARMED AND INNOCENT, BEATEN OR SHOT , BY A COP A BOY PUT IN A BURNING BUILDING, THIS MUST STOP. AFRICAN AMERICAN KIDS FROM 2023 GOING BACK 20 YEARS THESE ARE THE DEAR ONES THAT DIED AS WE ALL SHED TEARS BRETT 15 YEARS OLD FANTA 8 YEARS OLD LA’MELLO 3 MONTHS OLD ANGELO 16 YEARS OLD DAMON 15 YEARS OLD JORDAN 15 YEARS OLD TAMIR 12 YEARS OLD CAMERON 14 YEARS OLD KIMANI 16 YEARS OLD DAKOTA 15 YEARS OLD BOBBY 15 YEARS OLD JAMES 16 YEARS OLD AIYANA 7 YEARS OLD LEONA 16 YEARS OLD KIWANE 15 YEARS OLD YVETTE 15 YEARS OLD ROBERT 16 YEARS OLD DEAUNTA 12 YEARS OLD ELLIS 13 YEARS OLD VINCENT 16 YEARS OLD MARTIN 14 YEARS OLD D’KOY 14 YEARS OLD MICHAEL 12 YEARS OLD DEJEURN 13 YEARS OLD THERE IS NOTHING MORE PRECIOUS THAN A CHILD. TO THINK OF THESE SWEET ONES MAKES ME SO WILD WHAT THE HELL IS THE DIFFERENCE BLACK OR WHITE? WHEN ARE COPS GOING TO START THINKING RIGHT? OK I HAD MY SAY. BLM EVERY DAY!

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Sotto Poet

Date: 6/26/2023 4:13:00 AM

My sincerest congratulations on your contest win, dear VS. Your work is a masterful composition, replete with eloquent rhymes and effortless cadences. Your insights and sagacity are truly impressive, particularly regarding the abhorrent practice of taking a child's life due solely to the hue of their skin.

Speaks Volumes
Date: 6/26/2023 5:20:00 AM

As I read the stories of those dear children, I cried so much. They were like horror stories. Most were reports from the Coroner's offices. Some officers were suspended. A couple dismissed of their duties permanently and only two police officers I read of were charged with a crime. I wish everyone in the world had black skin and the problem would be solved. Thank you for your lovely comment dear frieind.

I Am Anaya

Date: 6/10/2023 7:34:00 PM

Thank you for sharing "When" S.V.'s! B0l in the contest ~ I Am Anaya

Speaks Volumes
Date: 6/10/2023 7:53:00 PM

Thanks for commenting on my poem sweet Anaya. I am grateful.

Jay Narain

Date: 6/10/2023 12:44:00 PM

The racial motivation is still prevalent, but it is changing slowly. Killing young kids of any color is disgusting, I hope for more restraint and thoughtfulness.

Speaks Volumes
Date: 6/10/2023 12:59:00 PM

My wonderful grandsons are not quite teenagers yet. I cannot help fearing for them growing up in the USA. They will wear nice clothes, and drive nice cars. I pray this never makes them a target for suspicion of theft or wrong doing because of the colour of their skin. I cant help wishing they were here in Australia.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 6/10/2023 9:24:00 AM

It's disgraceful to kill a child just because of the color of his skin.

Speaks Volumes
Date: 6/10/2023 1:03:00 PM

Yes Victor, I merely included first names and ages, but to read the accounts of some of these murders by police is worse than a horror story. Not sure how their parents can cope.