I just saw a news report about another black man being shot by police in North Minneapolis on Saturday Turman Blevins. There was something that caught me off guard from the report. That is that the officers involved in the shooting get to look at the shooting before they give their statement. This to me seems a wrong does everyone accused in a shooting get to see the evidence before they give a statement? No. Why should the police be able to? We are supposed to be living in a society that has equal rights. This means that the police have the same rights as everyone else, not more rights. This makes it seem as though the police are getting their story straight before hand.
Now I want to believe that their are good officers out there. But over the past 5 years I have seen an abundance of police shooting where they nothing is really done. No officers have been jailed because of the laws and their authority over the public. I feel that they should not shoot unless shot at. This makes it clear that they were in danger. We have become a society that lives in fear from the police. We should not have to fear the police we should be able to embrace them. But unfortunately, their actions speak loud and clear. If you are black you will be shot whether you are innocent or not. It feels like we are in the movie Judge Dredd, where the police are judge, jury and executioners. We need for this type of mentality to end. We need to make sure civilians are treated with as much respect and dignity as the police.
Now I am not a reporter I just heard something that did not sound right. I want justice and the truth. One thing is for sure is that we need major reform in policing throughout our country. When Dylann Roof shot up a church with a black congregation the police did not shoot him and I feel he was far more dangerous than many of our black brothers and sisters out there who have been shot by police. This double standard needs to stop.
All these images were caught in low light and hand held. I am testing to see how long I can hold the it steady without much blur. These are the best I caught at the Minneapolis Art Institute.
For those who know me they know that it was here story that inspired me to get the mental help I needed for my Clinical Depression, head back to school to become a teacher and hopefully join the Peace Corp. So when I heard she was going to be speaking here in Minnesota I was absolutely thrilled at the chance to see her speak. I bought my ticket early in June and the had already sold out the cheap seats, that kind of sucked. That’s ok I figured if I am going to an event like this I want to get close to the front anyways. I ended up 8 rows back on the left side of the stage, damn close, that rocked. The weeks went by and I couldn’t wait. I had my nephews over the 2 nights prior and was so excited about the upcoming event that I wanted to share her documentary with them, in order for them to understand why this was so exciting for me. Joey my 14 year old nephew got bored and played his video game. Mason age 10 watched it with me and was asking questions about her, he really wanted to try and understand, and I did my best to explain things to him about what she went though. He is such a cute and loving kid.
Then on July 26th I headed to the Target Center here in Minneapolis to see “An Evening with Malala Yousafzai”.I ended up fighting through traffic, it was busy as hell for a Tuesday going in then I realized that the Twins were playing right next door at Target Field. Yes, we are the home of target here in Minnesota. I still made it there with a half hour to spare, which was nice. As I walk into the arena I see a stage to nice comfy chairs and a little end table. The back was lit with a blue bubble like lighting.
Image from my seat before the Anyone came out to speak.This was the first time I had gone to a speaking engagement. Let alone go there by myself. I expected the auditorium to most likely be packed with women of all ages. The thing that surprised me was how many men were there, it was about a forth of the audience, all different age groups. It looked like a full house.
Then the interviewer, Allie Shah, came out to give the introduction to Malala. She talked about her background, which most people who were their most likely know I would assume.
Next Malala comes out to a standing ovation, I am not a clapper but damn my hands hurt after I sat down and wiped the tears from my eyes. Yes I am a cryer folks when I am happy,sad, or inspired, But I digress. After the ovation calmed down she spoke about her thoughts on Minnesota and what she has experienced while she was her, all the while cracking jokes about how “NICE” we are here in Minnesota. She talked about the young Somali women she met and what they discussed like how comfortable they feel here and how welcoming we have been to them in Minnesota.
The interview begins between Allie Shaw and Malala. They tackled some of the differences she sees between Pakistan and her current home of England and here in the US. Malala talked about her experience’s over the past few years and what she had learned. Malala knew very little about any other religion except for Islam. She had some words to say about religion in politics and compared it, I felt, to the money in politics problems we have here in the states. It seemed to me she that she felt neither should have a role in politics. This did not surprise me to much at least the religion, hell she has seen what happens when you mix religion and politics up close and personal. This is something here in the US are battling ourselves, just not as severe YET.
The one thing she liked to joke about was her little brothers and they pick on each other. I remember from the documentary “He Named Me Malala” how lovingly they joked with one another, it was refreshing to see. She also admitted that she didn’t know that WWE was fake till she was 17. This took me by off guard at the time but, now that I that I think about it, it really should not have though she has 2 little brothers who probably love wrestling entertainment. Hell, I like the stuff from time to time when they have decent stories and talent.
So yes, I was not disappointed with this event at all. If you get a chance to see Malala Yousefzai you should definitely do so. Of course this is coming from someone who is a bit of a fan boy.
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