INJUSTICE

You march in protest over the death of one black teenager. I mourn the deaths and destruction of millions of black and brown people under the excuse of the War on Some Drugs.

People are now telling me that drug prohibition can not be stopped because too many people are making too much money, I believe that the reason no one stops the insanity is that they do not want to give up this method of controlling minorities. If 25% of minority men are incarcerated, that keeps minorities from demanding the right to be treated as equals.

Prohibition has ALWAYS fostered violence. In Chicago, during prohibition of alcohol, people were using machine guns to fight each other in the streets. We will NEVER stop the violence in our inner cities until we repeal the prohibition laws regarding any drug that is proven by unprejudiced scientific research to be less dangerous and less addictive than alcohol.

Violent protests only make minorities look less rational. Peaceful protests, political organization, and VOTING are the only way to stop this stupid and immoral prohibition. 

Trayvon died because of fear of black people. Fear of black people will not abate until the violence we cause with our drug laws ends. As was proven by 60,000 deaths in Mexico, escalating the enforcement of prohibition only escalates the violence. Then the violence is used as an excuse to treat all black and brown men as if they were criminals.

The case in Florida is very sad. Fear caused a man and a boy to react with the fight or flight response. From the evidence I read, I would probably have voted for acquittal. Just because an event is so tragic that it makes us rethink how we treat each other, does not make it a criminal act.