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Is this social justice?

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After all the protests
After all the rioting
After all the looting
After all the arson's
After all this is done in the name of the deceased
After the deaths of those sworn to protect the innocent public
Staining your hands with blood

Where is your justice now?
How are you any better than those you despise?
What change have you made?

...Where is your justice now...
Protests and riots after a call for calm and peace in my home away from home, Baltimore, MD. 
These mobs did what they did in the name of the fallen, for justice. 

So I ask... where is your justice now? 

Where is your justice now that you have the blood of the innocent on your hands.
Where is your justice now that you have destroyed what others hold dear.
Where is your justice now that you have committed the same injustices as those you despise. 
© 2015 - 2024 Genises
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AncientEchidna's avatar
Great writing, I agree with you. :hug:

I also find irony that this is the same exact city that once had a riot back in 1968 when the Assassination of Martin Luther King Junior happened (April 6, 1968 - April 14, 1968), which lasted for 8 days straight.
I only wonder how long will this last (as well as how potential could this be to spreading further into other cities) if this decides to continue on. I really hope it will stop soon because even Freddie Gray's family has stated on the news that they want this riot to stop and that Freddie would not have wanted this for he was not a violent man. It would be most disreapectful if rioters don't respect the family's wishes, especially when half of the rioters are doing this entirely for a different reason and not out of because people wanting to avenge Freddie Gray's death.

Either way, if differences of all kinds (whether it be race/nationality, language, gender, sexuality, religion/beliefs, etc.) keep continuing like this, not only is America entirely screwed ((because let's face it, so many people in this generation are purposely abusing the "Freedom of Speech" amendment/right, thinking they can be a jerk to whoever they want)), but the world itself will be entirely doomed to extinction if people always feel the need to murder or insult someone into a possible suicide, one way or another. I feel bad for what has happened as no human ever deserves to be harmed at all especially if they've done nothing wrong or harmful at all. We are all humans no matter what we all do and we have to set aside the little differences that makes each and every one of us different, because in the end We Are All HUMAN whether we like being a Human or not, we are all the same species. We are able to communicate, share sympathy/have empathy and show our emotions, and we all have to work together. Nobody should be treated differently. =(

I know "World Peace" might not be possible as everyone as an individual chooses to do what they want because we all have free will and opinions no matter what, but having some kind of outbreak of violence all the time for whatever reasons may be around the world is pointless. We only have one planet, we must not destroy the only thing that keeps us all alive.
It's so stupid how people think it's "so right" to act like children that throw temper tantrums by declaring wars on each other, rather than voicing their opinions and vocally talk things out together and finding a way to settle down into some kind of agreement rather than acting like a bunch of cave people going recklessly into wars all over. It sucks that random passerbys can easily get involved, injured or even killed just for being at the wrong place during the wrong time when they had nothing to do with what has happened. =(