To the SF Police: Running for Your Life is Probable Cause

p emEditors Note: span data-scayt_word="Giancarlo" data-scaytid="1"Giancarlo/span is a resident of the span data-scayt_word="Bayview" data-scaytid="3"Bayview/span/em/p p nbsp;/p p span lang="EN"span lang="EN"strongTo the SF Police Running for Your Life is Probable Cause/strong/span/span/p p Two single dollars are worth more to them than our lives.br / The very existence of the police clearly endangers all of usbr / nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;wbrnbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp; -Anonymous span data-scayt_word="Indybay" data-scaytid="5"Indybay/span writer/wbr/p p On Saturday July 16supspan data-scayt_word="th" data-scaytid="6"th/span/sup in the span data-scayt_word="Bayview" data-scaytid="4"Bayview/spanbr / The rocketrsquo;s red glare at 4:40 in the afternoonbr / A 19 span data-scayt_word="yr" data-scaytid="7"yr/span old black man is shot deadbr / Running from policemen/p p It all started with him not havingbr / Money the lousy 2 bucks for span data-scayt_word="MUNI" data-scaytid="8"MUNI/span so he attemptedbr / To dodge a history of reprisalbr / For being a black man with or without money/p p In the end forced by the first blow he laybr / On the asphalt with numerous bullets in himbr / And blood mixing into the uneven groundbr / Of the entrance to the Opera House parking lot/p p He cried for help he tried lifting himself to safetybr / But none came for him his family in another statebr / People rushing to defend begging for his lifebr / Crying for his life to wash back in/p p The police surrounding guns drawnbr / Pointing span data-scayt_word="wouldbe" data-scaytid="9"wouldbe/span casingsbr / At them like hunters to their killbr / They closed the circle/p p The manrsquo;s body depleted of its potential for growthbr / Depleted the body breaks beneath the bulletbr / It breaks against the force of moneybr / Worth more to the controllers than life itself/p p Depleted of any doubts forming another questionbr / To a young black man in the US under the bullet a questionbr / To a populous so riddled so pained so in turmoil so over beautifulbr / With unformulated rebellion/p p font face="Times New Roman"font size="3" style="font-size: 12pt;"strongemspan data-scayt_word="Giancarlo" data-scaytid="2"Giancarlo/span span data-scayt_word="Campagna" data-scaytid="10"Campagna/span/em/strong/font/font/p