Atlanta rapper and fellow human Killer Mike spoke the truth when he took to Instagram to share his thoughts on the Michael Brown travesty that went down in Ferguson, Mo. over the weekend.
His caption is in full below:
We are human beings. We deserve to be buried by out 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 u cannot feel empathy for them. How can u not feel sympathy for their pain and loos. These are not "THOTS, niggas/niggers, hoes, 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 bullshit Black On Black Crime speech and look at these to Noble creatures called humans and look at what govt 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.
Things took a turn for the worst last night. People looted and set fires. Today, peaceful protests were met with cops in riot gear. The conversation surrounding the situation is just as frustrating as another black man getting gunned down by the cops. Instead of dealing with the actual problem of an increased militarization of the police force, folks are more concerned about things like black on black crime, sagging pants, and how the rioters are making minorities look bad.
Mike gets it right by pointing out that we should stay focused on the real problem: a mother and father had their child taken from them, in broad daylight.
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