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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
I Declare War on the 2nd Amendment!
The second amendment: A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed
For much of American history there were few regulations concerning firearms ownership.
The settlers of colonial America were distrustful. (They had to be, look at their history in America to this point)
The need to defend settlements against Native Americans and the armies of other European powers led to the deputizing of the entire white population. Colonial statutes required all white men, with few exceptions, to both keep arms and bear them in militia formations. The American Revolution strengthened the traditional.
The few firearms regulations that did existed were primarily statutes in the slave states prohibiting African‐Americans from possessing firearms.
In the Reconstruction era case of United States v. Cruikshank, (1875), the defendants were white men who had killed more than sixty black people in what was known as the Colfax massacre and had been charged with conspiring to prevent blacks from exercising their right to bear arms.
The Court dismissed the charges, holding that the Bill of Rights restricted Congress but not private individuals. The Court concluded, “for their protection in its enjoyment, the people must look to the States."
It is clear to me that this amendment was a “legal justification” allowing Europeans to kill…..each other and us.
They brought disease and a killer mentality with them to America, using God and the Bible (religious freedom) to justify their misperception, conversion, intimidation, war, murder, enslavement, and treachery. They seduced the Indian leaders with alcohol. Their methods have been used over and over all over the world. Alcohol was used in Africa to enslave us and that shit has had us going; alcohol, drugs, more drugs and new drugs been pacifying us for years making us crazy!
Today, they still love guns, they have a calendar of dates for animal hunting season from the alligators to squirrel and NOW we love guns too. Oh and there's open Season on Blacks......
We have taken on the traits of the slave master; we feel powerful and in control with a gun in our hand. We allow our emotions to run wild with no self-control; to control others, taking what someone else has.
Three of my sons have been shot, one was shot in the foot while riding a bike in East Orange, yes he was on a street he should have not been on, in September, 2006 my 17 year old stepson was murdered, shot in the back in Newport News, VA. In November, 2006 my son was shot 3 times in the legs in Newark and it is only by the grace of God he lives.
My heart goes out to Trayvon Martin’s family & friends.
This post is not to be disrespectful in anyway and yes I believe we should be outraged!
What I’m really wondering why the outrage for this case? Is it because he lived in a “gated community” and that’s not supposed to happen there? Is it because a “white or hispanic man”killed him? Is it because the person who killed him is not in jail?
Would it have been different if it was “black on black” crime?
I’ve been enraged and hurt for a while now, been praying for the families of people I know/don’t know because of the senseless deaths from gun violence alone.
I haven't seen us outraged since the Newark schoolyard killings.
Here are just some names of people who were killed since then, these are fatal gunshot victims only, and I couldn’t name them all. The circumstances of their deaths, whether they were a bystander, “gang banger,” the victim or the perpetrator and it does not matter.
I post their names in memory; maybe we’ll get outraged just by the number!
Quian Christmas, 29; Hameek Thomas, 18
Antonio Collins, 28; Ahmad Wilcox, 33
Mikhy Robinson, 2; Dechania Edwards, 23
Kenneth McLean, 45; Basil Walker, 27
Vincent Owens, 17; Michael Johnson, 39
Brandon Ellis,25; Anthony Davis, 19
George Knox, 47; Frederick Smith, 24
Dwayne Brown, 47; Frank Caroselli, 34
Joaquin Moton, 26; Jesefy Keita, 24
Tyreah Easterling,31; Al-Aziz Stewart, 15
Dujohn Hartwell,30; Tariq Walker, 27
Lamar Scott,26; Debora Ferreira, 32
Calvin Fisher Jr., 22; Reginal Laloi, 54
Johnny L. Bivins, 20; Orlando Barrett, 34
Raymond Barnes, 22; Dante Young, 13
Latisha Brown, 26; Latoshia Murray, 23
Daniel Rivera, 19; Anthony Williams, 20
Rashawn Butler, 35; Medardo Trujillo, 42
Katrina Owens, 37; Faron Kelly, 45
Marquis Robinson, 24; Leonard Johnson, 33
Idris King, 33; James Wilson, 28
Nahaaj Hunter, 22; Sharrone Hill, 35
Officer William Johnson, 45; Joseph Rossi, 58
Stephon Bailey, 27; Darius Foster, 33
Arlene Fields, 42; Anthony Howard, 24
Jamal Robinson, 30; Ahmad Rabb, 36
Antoine Rogers, 21; Antonio Collins, 28
Breyon Williams, 24;
Hasson George, 12;
Khalil Williams, 16;
My hero, Brooklyn mom Zurana Horton, 34, a pregnant mother of 13 children, was killed. She was seen hovering over several children to protect them as the shots were fired. Outraged?
Tayshana Murphy, 18, was shot in the head by a gunman in a hallway of her home, a housing project in Harlem, was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, mistaken for a boy who had gotten in a fight with men from a nearby housing project. It was reported that "she was pleading for her life" saying "No, please, I don't have nothing to do with it." ok, outraged?
Al-Tariq Harris, 21, there was a hole the size of a half-dollar between his eyes where the bullet exited. There is nothing left in his head. His brain matter leaked out on the sidewalk, his skull is empty — lying in the street covered by a white sheet. If this one doesn't do it........
Dawn Reddick, 29, third grade teacher, graduate of Arts High, I believe, just came home for a visit, outraged yet?
Candes McLean, 40 - Talia McLean, 18 - Zakiyyah Jones, 18, Latrisha Carruthers-Fields, 13
Killed together in 2008 in Irvington, house set on fire to hide the bodies
Karen Cunningham, 55, It hit her arm then entered her chest. Caught in the crossfire she stumbled into her car, and police didn’t discover her body until morning. At this rate, outrage isn't enough!
Now remember: The investigation on most of the above victims is ongoing and anyone with information should contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force
Random Thoughts:
After slavery; there were prisons built, Eugenics, Planned Parenthood, Syphilis experiments, Project MKSEAECH, Cointelpro, crack cocaine and now guns are in our neighborhoods, the drugs we have/are using are producing a generation of sociopaths; defined as having early behavior problems (so they can give another drug Ritalin); manipulative and conning; grandiose sense of self; pathological lying; lack of remorse, shame or guilt; shallow emotions; incapacity for love; (one reason for black on black crime) irresponsibility/unreliability; with promiscuous sexual behavior/infidelity (HIV). Do you see our demise?
On March 15, 2012 police seized 22 guns: 14 handguns, 6 assault rifles and 1 shotgun. The police have confiscated 2 AK-47 with ammunition in Essex County, NJ, Really!!?!?!
Are they selling assault rifles and AK’s at Wal-Mart in the south? Arms manufacturers made enough for the US armed forces and extra for the inner city youth. They’re covering all the bases……do you see it?
I have a son & nephew who have done more than 1 tour in Afghanistan & Iraq; a war zone, they came home alive & well!
At the end of this rant, I have come no closer to an answer to what moves us as a people, what I do know is the devil is busy…..and I don’t believe our condition is God’s will.
For much of American history there were few regulations concerning firearms ownership.
The settlers of colonial America were distrustful. (They had to be, look at their history in America to this point)
The need to defend settlements against Native Americans and the armies of other European powers led to the deputizing of the entire white population. Colonial statutes required all white men, with few exceptions, to both keep arms and bear them in militia formations. The American Revolution strengthened the traditional.
The few firearms regulations that did existed were primarily statutes in the slave states prohibiting African‐Americans from possessing firearms.
In the Reconstruction era case of United States v. Cruikshank, (1875), the defendants were white men who had killed more than sixty black people in what was known as the Colfax massacre and had been charged with conspiring to prevent blacks from exercising their right to bear arms.
The Court dismissed the charges, holding that the Bill of Rights restricted Congress but not private individuals. The Court concluded, “for their protection in its enjoyment, the people must look to the States."
It is clear to me that this amendment was a “legal justification” allowing Europeans to kill…..each other and us.
They brought disease and a killer mentality with them to America, using God and the Bible (religious freedom) to justify their misperception, conversion, intimidation, war, murder, enslavement, and treachery. They seduced the Indian leaders with alcohol. Their methods have been used over and over all over the world. Alcohol was used in Africa to enslave us and that shit has had us going; alcohol, drugs, more drugs and new drugs been pacifying us for years making us crazy!
Today, they still love guns, they have a calendar of dates for animal hunting season from the alligators to squirrel and NOW we love guns too. Oh and there's open Season on Blacks......
We have taken on the traits of the slave master; we feel powerful and in control with a gun in our hand. We allow our emotions to run wild with no self-control; to control others, taking what someone else has.
Three of my sons have been shot, one was shot in the foot while riding a bike in East Orange, yes he was on a street he should have not been on, in September, 2006 my 17 year old stepson was murdered, shot in the back in Newport News, VA. In November, 2006 my son was shot 3 times in the legs in Newark and it is only by the grace of God he lives.
My heart goes out to Trayvon Martin’s family & friends.
This post is not to be disrespectful in anyway and yes I believe we should be outraged!
What I’m really wondering why the outrage for this case? Is it because he lived in a “gated community” and that’s not supposed to happen there? Is it because a “white or hispanic man”killed him? Is it because the person who killed him is not in jail?
Would it have been different if it was “black on black” crime?
I’ve been enraged and hurt for a while now, been praying for the families of people I know/don’t know because of the senseless deaths from gun violence alone.
I haven't seen us outraged since the Newark schoolyard killings.
Here are just some names of people who were killed since then, these are fatal gunshot victims only, and I couldn’t name them all. The circumstances of their deaths, whether they were a bystander, “gang banger,” the victim or the perpetrator and it does not matter.
I post their names in memory; maybe we’ll get outraged just by the number!
Quian Christmas, 29; Hameek Thomas, 18
Antonio Collins, 28; Ahmad Wilcox, 33
Mikhy Robinson, 2; Dechania Edwards, 23
Kenneth McLean, 45; Basil Walker, 27
Vincent Owens, 17; Michael Johnson, 39
Brandon Ellis,25; Anthony Davis, 19
George Knox, 47; Frederick Smith, 24
Dwayne Brown, 47; Frank Caroselli, 34
Joaquin Moton, 26; Jesefy Keita, 24
Tyreah Easterling,31; Al-Aziz Stewart, 15
Dujohn Hartwell,30; Tariq Walker, 27
Lamar Scott,26; Debora Ferreira, 32
Calvin Fisher Jr., 22; Reginal Laloi, 54
Johnny L. Bivins, 20; Orlando Barrett, 34
Raymond Barnes, 22; Dante Young, 13
Latisha Brown, 26; Latoshia Murray, 23
Daniel Rivera, 19; Anthony Williams, 20
Rashawn Butler, 35; Medardo Trujillo, 42
Katrina Owens, 37; Faron Kelly, 45
Marquis Robinson, 24; Leonard Johnson, 33
Idris King, 33; James Wilson, 28
Nahaaj Hunter, 22; Sharrone Hill, 35
Officer William Johnson, 45; Joseph Rossi, 58
Stephon Bailey, 27; Darius Foster, 33
Arlene Fields, 42; Anthony Howard, 24
Jamal Robinson, 30; Ahmad Rabb, 36
Antoine Rogers, 21; Antonio Collins, 28
Breyon Williams, 24;
Hasson George, 12;
Khalil Williams, 16;
My hero, Brooklyn mom Zurana Horton, 34, a pregnant mother of 13 children, was killed. She was seen hovering over several children to protect them as the shots were fired. Outraged?
Tayshana Murphy, 18, was shot in the head by a gunman in a hallway of her home, a housing project in Harlem, was wearing a hooded sweatshirt, mistaken for a boy who had gotten in a fight with men from a nearby housing project. It was reported that "she was pleading for her life" saying "No, please, I don't have nothing to do with it." ok, outraged?
Al-Tariq Harris, 21, there was a hole the size of a half-dollar between his eyes where the bullet exited. There is nothing left in his head. His brain matter leaked out on the sidewalk, his skull is empty — lying in the street covered by a white sheet. If this one doesn't do it........
Dawn Reddick, 29, third grade teacher, graduate of Arts High, I believe, just came home for a visit, outraged yet?
Candes McLean, 40 - Talia McLean, 18 - Zakiyyah Jones, 18, Latrisha Carruthers-Fields, 13
Killed together in 2008 in Irvington, house set on fire to hide the bodies
Karen Cunningham, 55, It hit her arm then entered her chest. Caught in the crossfire she stumbled into her car, and police didn’t discover her body until morning. At this rate, outrage isn't enough!
Now remember: The investigation on most of the above victims is ongoing and anyone with information should contact the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office Homicide/Major Crimes Task Force
Random Thoughts:
After slavery; there were prisons built, Eugenics, Planned Parenthood, Syphilis experiments, Project MKSEAECH, Cointelpro, crack cocaine and now guns are in our neighborhoods, the drugs we have/are using are producing a generation of sociopaths; defined as having early behavior problems (so they can give another drug Ritalin); manipulative and conning; grandiose sense of self; pathological lying; lack of remorse, shame or guilt; shallow emotions; incapacity for love; (one reason for black on black crime) irresponsibility/unreliability; with promiscuous sexual behavior/infidelity (HIV). Do you see our demise?
On March 15, 2012 police seized 22 guns: 14 handguns, 6 assault rifles and 1 shotgun. The police have confiscated 2 AK-47 with ammunition in Essex County, NJ, Really!!?!?!
Are they selling assault rifles and AK’s at Wal-Mart in the south? Arms manufacturers made enough for the US armed forces and extra for the inner city youth. They’re covering all the bases……do you see it?
I have a son & nephew who have done more than 1 tour in Afghanistan & Iraq; a war zone, they came home alive & well!
At the end of this rant, I have come no closer to an answer to what moves us as a people, what I do know is the devil is busy…..and I don’t believe our condition is God’s will.
Monday, January 23, 2012
She left Us 12
Bound with love, pain, joy, and spirituality, She Left Us 12 is a reflective search for peace and understanding as seen through three different lenses. It tantalizes the senses, stimulates the brain cells, and caresses the lover in you.
Shawn A. Jones, Leslie M. Williams, and posthumously Bernice B. Jones have compiled a collection of twenty-four poems based, in part, on a traditional aesthetic of African American poetry that is sure to generate introspection, and lively dialogue.
Leslie sums up her love affair with poetry in her biography like this: “My poetry has always reflected the struggles and triumphs of people of African descent……Many of my girlfriends wrote poetry and we encouraged each other. We had long, reflective conversations sitting on the front porch, which has directly influenced all of us today.”
She Left Us 12 is available at www.blurb.com/books/2577613
Shawn A. Jones, Leslie M. Williams, and posthumously Bernice B. Jones have compiled a collection of twenty-four poems based, in part, on a traditional aesthetic of African American poetry that is sure to generate introspection, and lively dialogue.
Leslie sums up her love affair with poetry in her biography like this: “My poetry has always reflected the struggles and triumphs of people of African descent……Many of my girlfriends wrote poetry and we encouraged each other. We had long, reflective conversations sitting on the front porch, which has directly influenced all of us today.”
She Left Us 12 is available at www.blurb.com/books/2577613
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