Police Brutality Poems - Poems about Police Brutality

246 bullets 10 Cops 1 black man And a lifetime of pain 1 funeral 1 courtroom 12 jurors 1 judge 1 verdict Not guilty 1 claim of self defence This is the world we live in One in which black people choose freedom Which is stolen From us And white people have their skin Which means they will automatically be acquitted This is the world we...

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She died in a body she hated Her last memory was watching herself get assassinated How she died isolated Surrounded by a see of white faces Who stood there being witnesses To something that would be talked about across the ages Her blood had painted the pavement The cop stood there admiring his painting She died in a body...

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Basking in the sunlight In a field of flowers A peaceful look in her She looks up to the sky And realises how much she loves life This is all she wanted In a world that eradicates through hatred In this moment She felt grounded Listening to the sounds of nature She lost a lot of her...

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When the music died It turned into police sirens When the music died It was like playing musical statues Without the music And forever stuck in silence When the music died It gave space for the gunshots And the screams that came after it When the music died The soul died too When the music died The world stood...

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I knew justice was a myth The first time I heard about trayvon martin Killed over skittles His killer George zimmerman Acquitted He became a celebrity And trayvon He became another statistic Another black kid Erased by the system He didn't get justice I knew justice was a myth When tamir rice A 12 Yr old boy Killed for playing with a toy He...

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If they shoot, tell my story A boy writes a letter to his mother She will know nothing of it Until Something bad happens But he knows something will He knows the colour of his skin He knows that it means a possible death sentence He gives his mom direct instructions Of what to do if they try to silence his existence...

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An untold story of black British history Throughout history our voices have been silenced But what happens When they take it further and murder us? What about those who were permanently silenced? How will they speak up about how they were 'welcomed' with violence? But I have a voice and I will speak it The stories Of the forgotten...

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What they did to tamir rice Cold as ice I'll give some advice Think twice Think thrice An innocent paid the price Which led to his demise This is a matter of black lives Our final goodbyes We look to the sky As we wipe our eyes A burning rage on the inside So then...

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Rampant and endemic police brutality... flourishes against United States citizens of color going on three years post George Floyd short lived heightened awareness when #blacklivesmatter in conjunction with 1619 project wrought upwelling of progressive surge hinting at positive transformations. Despite random throw of dice proffering gifting, blessing, et cetera yours truly as Caucasian agony, grief and particularly anger roil these lovely bones life,...

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Police Brutality We’ll shoot. Don’t move. Don’t talk or We’ll disapprove. Don’t reach. We’ll kill. Comply, Listen, Be quiet, Be still. Four in the morning wake up. Forget the horrors, don’t sip the death cup. Get ready for work, put down the sharpened knife. The first call will be in, gone is another life. Typical day, it’s a suicide who blew off half his...

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We’ll shoot. Don’t move. Don’t talk or We’ll disapprove. Don’t reach. We’ll kill. Comply, Listen, Be quiet, Be still. Four in the morning wake up. Forget the horrors, don’t sip the death cup. Get ready for work, put down the sharpened knife. The first call will be in, gone is another life. Typical day, it’s a suicide who blew off half his face. Nothing...

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when i saw it i was sad angry hurt shocked, and sought my sanctuary 082420PSCtest, When Plans Don't Go To Plan, Silent One Per rules: No caps, little to no punctuations...

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I Love. Start by saying "Hello" to strangers Even on Poetry Soup II Love somebody who seems "arrogant." Or eliminate everyone who is not humble enough like you....

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Dissenters dominate the streets, The public dominion of demonstrations. This POTUS threatens military domination. Just forget the pesky First Amendment. Sowing seeds of civil war The best path...

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GLORY TO OUR LORD AND SAVIOR Yeshua HaMeshiach Thousands of miles away, my drums beat with America - the ear drums as much as my heart rhythm: news of abuse A mild term for what some (a minority, surely) police do When they can get away with murder, or "crucifying a man" - But when I am called...

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