by B. R. GOWANI
“The (private) autopsy of Mike Brown indicates that he was shot six times, including twice in the head. Given that Mr. Brown was unarmed and that by reports he was fleeing Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson when the shots that ended his life were fired, there was no conceivable threat to Mr. Wilson when he murdered Mike Brown. Public perceptions that there was any plausible rationale for shooting Mike Brown illustrate the role of ‘the law,’ and in particular the role of the police, in strategies of racial repression.” ILLUSTRATION/TEXT/Counterpunch
who is in danger
the unarmed chasee or the armed chaser?
who is dangerous
the armed chaser or the unarmed chasee?
racist elements in the United States think
chasee is not in danger
and claims, chasee is dangerous
but common sense dictates
chaser is not in danger
in reality, chaser is dangerous
so the chaser, Darren Wilson
a white policeman
shot dead the chasee, Michael Brown
an 18-year-old black kid
2 bullets in head
2 bullets in the body
4 hours corpse was lying on the street
14 days, white policeman is in hiding
will justice be served?
chances are almost always nil
because
since the time of Columbus
when the whites started colonizing the dark people
whites have always been scared of dark people
(blacks and browns)
whites have since then been chasing
the spices, minerals, oil, and other goods
of the dark people
including their cheap labor
and have been blowing up their heads
from air, land, and sea
and they’ve never been in the dock
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com