Original Post Date
2011-08-11 09:42 AM
Original Body
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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
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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