Sgt. Rock
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Came across this on another site and thought I would share it.
You won't recognize me. My name was Antonio West and I was the 13-month old
child who was shot at point blank range by two teens who were attempting to
rob my mother, who was also shot. A Grand Jury of my mommy's peers from
Brunswick GA determined the teens who murdered me will not face the death
penalty...too bad I was given a death sentence for being innocent and
defenseless.
My family made the mistake of being white in a 73% non-white neighborhood,
but my murder was not ruled a Hate Crime. Nor did President Obama take so
much as a single moment to acknowledge my murder.
I am one of the youngest murder victims in our great Nation's history, but
the media doesn't care to cover the story of my tragic demise, President
Obama has no children who could possibly look like me - so he doesn't care
and the media doesn't care because my story is not interesting enough to
bring them ratings so they can sell commercial time slots.
There is not a white equivalent of Al Sharpton because if there was he would
be declared racist, so there is no one rushing to Brunswick GA to demand
justice for me. There is no White Panther party to put a bounty on the lives
of those 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.
So while you are seeking justice for Treyvon, please remember to seek
justice for me too. 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 Treyvon.=
You won't recognize me. My name was Antonio West and I was the 13-month old
child who was shot at point blank range by two teens who were attempting to
rob my mother, who was also shot. A Grand Jury of my mommy's peers from
Brunswick GA determined the teens who murdered me will not face the death
penalty...too bad I was given a death sentence for being innocent and
defenseless.
My family made the mistake of being white in a 73% non-white neighborhood,
but my murder was not ruled a Hate Crime. Nor did President Obama take so
much as a single moment to acknowledge my murder.
I am one of the youngest murder victims in our great Nation's history, but
the media doesn't care to cover the story of my tragic demise, President
Obama has no children who could possibly look like me - so he doesn't care
and the media doesn't care because my story is not interesting enough to
bring them ratings so they can sell commercial time slots.
There is not a white equivalent of Al Sharpton because if there was he would
be declared racist, so there is no one rushing to Brunswick GA to demand
justice for me. There is no White Panther party to put a bounty on the lives
of those 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.
So while you are seeking justice for Treyvon, please remember to seek
justice for me too. 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 Treyvon.=
