Damn near each and every day within this country, innocent people are murdered by the police, most of which make no sense to us, who are most often the victims. So, when you stop and think about the list of names of everyday people such as you and I, who happen to be poor and minority, whether they be women, men, or girls or boys, they share the same tragic fate as Trayvon Martin. I have tried to do this, but I can’t, and may never be able to. Why? Because the list is too damn long. It’s a never ending list of names that keeps growing and growing and growing. You can look these everyday people’s names up on the internet, if you’re not afraid to learn the names of 1000’s of poor people who are murdered by the white supremacists who are allowed to carry guns and use them at their will to murder minorities. Here are just a few, a very few names for you to see and read, in case you don’t have access to the internet or you’re too busy to search for the truth. These few names are the people who were murdered by law enforcement or the cops’ admirers or supporters. like George Zimmerman.
[This] will never tell the whole story of what takes place all across this country each and every day. Emmett Till, Alan Blueford, Arthur Grant Jr., Idriss Stelley, Sean Bell, Tyrone Brown, Aiyana Stanley-Jones, Alonzo Ashley, James Rivera, Renika Boyd, Victor Steen, Kelly Thomas, Ernesto Duenez, Aaron Campbell, Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., Derek Williams, Jonathan Ferrell, Timothy Russell, Kimani Gray, Ramarley Graham, Robert Dumas Jr., Manuel Diaz, and most recently here in the state of California, Andy Lopez. This list of the names goes on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on, and on. Where will it stop? Ask yourself: will your name be added to this list, of ever growing, everyday people; people just like you and I and your neighbors and your mothers and your fathers and your brothers and sisters? In struggle from death row. This is Kevin Cooper.
These commentaries are recorded by Noel Hanrahan of Prison Radio.
