All eyes continue to stay fixed on Ferguson, Missouri, where the police killing of unarmed teenager Mike Brown has sparked protests and unrest for four days. Many have weighed in on the shooting and the aftermath, and Atlanta rapper Killer Mike also shared his thoughts on the shooting of Mike Brown. The hip-hop artist admonished those who are using the tragedy to push an agenda while forgetting about the very real human loss at the center of the conflict.
“We are human beings. We deserve to be buried by [our] children, not the other way around. No matter how u felt about black people, look at this Mother and look at this father and tell me as a human being how you cannot feel empathy for them. How can u not feel sympathy for their pain and loss. These are not “THOTS, n—as/n—-rs, h–s, ballers, divas. These two people are parents. They are humans that produced a child and loved that child and that child was slaughtered like game and left face down as public spectacle while his blood drained down the street. Look at the pain of this mother, look into her eyes. Look at the man behind her. Look at that father made helpless and hurt that he cud not defend his seed. Don’t debate. Don’t insert your agenda. Save me the bulls— black on black crime speech and look at these to noble creatures called humans and look at what government sanctioned murder has done. It has robbed them of their humanity and replaced it with pain and shame, suffering and hurt. I don’t care if others rioted or why. I don’t care that ball players and rappers are what they shud be. I care that we as humans care as much about one another more. I care we see past class, race and culture and honor the humanity that unites our species. Stop talking and LOOK at these PEOPLE. LOOK at these HUMANS and stand with them against a system allows a Human PIG to slaughter their child. Forgive any typos love and respect u all.”
