> Hello. Don’t recognize me? > That’s OK; I understand. > My name was Antonio West. > 1.bp.blogspot/-rpF8rP3qmj8/UfktlFOgNMI/AAAAAAAASE4/xl0nQD55laA/s1600/GA+Antonio+2013+3-22.jpg > I was the 13-month old child who was shot in the face at point blank range by two black teens, > who were attempting to rob my mother, who was also shot. > > I think my murder and my mommy’s wounding made the news for maybe a day, and then > disappeared. > > A Grand Jury of my mommys peers from Brunswick, Georgia ruled the black teens who > murdered me will not face the death penalty... too bad it was me who got the death sentence > from my killers instead, because Mommy didn’t have the money they demanded. > > See, my family made the mistake of being white in a 73% non-white neighborhood, but my > murder wasn’t ruled a ‘hate crime’. > > Oh, and President Obama didn’t take a single moment to acknowledge my murder. > > He couldn’t have any children who could possibly look like me - so why should he care? > > I’m one of the youngest murder victims in our great Nations history, but the media didn’t > care to cover the story of my being killed in cold blood. > > There isn’t a white equivalent of Al Sharpton, because if there was he would be branded a > ‘racist’. > > So no one’s rushing to Brunswick, Georgia to demonstrate and demand ‘justice’ for me. > > There’s no ‘White Panther’ party, either, to put a bounty on the lives of the two black teens > who murdered me. > > I have no voice, I have no representation, and unlike those who shot me in the face while I > sat innocently in my stroller - I no longer have my life. > > Isn’t this a great country? > > So while you’re out seeking ‘justice for Trayvon Martin or Michael Brown’, please remember > to seek ‘justice’ for me. > > Tell your friends about me, tell you families, get tee-shirts with my face on them, and make > the world pay attention, just like you did for Trayvon and Brown. > > I won’t hold my breath. > > I don’t have to anymore.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 19:44:18 +0000
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