Disengagement (a poem)

Drawn from a preliminary news item on essence.com, and informed by a New York Times article from August 2015…

Not another name

Not another hashtag

You know they’re actually teaching cops to shoot first, ask questions later?

They’re actually teaching cops to give in to fear

They’re actually teaching cops the consequences can be mitigated

They’re actually teaching cops that punishment can be avoided

What does that teach us?

(10 July 2016)

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