White Knee
Rioting. Police.
Making America great
with men down
on their knees.
They say slavery ended
in the last century
black student enrolled
in a white university.
Those men and women
kissed their dark shores
were hauled into steerage
dumped in like coal
made their journey west
to hostile lands
bound and forbidden
to speak or to rest.
They say slavery ended
in the last century
but here's a black man dying
under a white man's knee.
Rioting. Police.
Making America great
with men down
on their knees.
They say slavery ended
in the last century
black student enrolled
in a white university.
Those men and women
kissed their dark shores
were hauled into steerage
dumped in like coal
made their journey west
to hostile lands
bound and forbidden
to speak or to rest.
They say slavery ended
in the last century
but here's a black man dying
under a white man's knee.
Four Minneapolis. Minnesota, police officers cooperated in the death of handcuffed George Floyd on 25 May 2020. One of them knelt on his neck for some 9 minutes, cutting off his oxygen, while 2 others restrained him by putting pressure on his back; the 4th police officer kept bystanders from interfering. The action led to months of daily protests against police brutality around the world.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Duane, for your comment stating the background which has led to the Black Lives Matter Movement. In the 21st century, there is no excuse for such horrific violence and the racism that causes it.
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