I was sitting in the living room watching TV with my parents as I read an article about Tamir Rice\u2019s case being dismissed after six years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
To sum up the article nothing was done to the officers involved in the shooting and a family is still heart broken.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I finished reading and decided to look at the comments on the post and what I found left me speechless and full of anger. Tamir Rice was 12 years old playing with a pellet gun when cops shot and killed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was the parent\u2019s fault,\u201d some comments said. \u201cWhere was his father to teach him?\u201d \u201cHe was 5\u2019 7\u2019\u2019 and bigger than most cops who wouldn\u2019t shoot?\u201d \u201cIt was a justified shooting,\u201d users said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone has an opinion I know, but I literally gasped at the words of strangers over a kid who knew no better, a kid who was playing in the park, a kid who had no idea the color of his skin meant that playing with a fake gun could be deadly, a kid and people were saying that his death was deserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I felt and still feel nauseated at those words I read, of the racism that exists in this country, of how blind people are. How could anyone say that a child deserved to die? If a 12-year-old me sat in the park pointing a gun at people, I would still be alive, but because Tamir was black and tall, he is no longer with us, and his family will never get to watch him grow up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why were the messages from the callers not relayed when they said, \u201cprobably a toy\u201d and \u201cis a juvenile\u201d and if the kid was small and white, would the police have even been called?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I sat there in my living room, I realized how truly lucky I am. That as a kid my life was never endangered because I sat in a public park. I am grateful for life and will live remembering and fighting for all the lives lost to police brutality and racial profiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I acknowledge that not all cops are racist, and a majority of cops are not a part of the problem, but I recognize that there is a problem in this country, and I will do everything in my power to do what is right in my publishing career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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