This poem was written and performed by poverty and race scholar and po' poet Dee Allen on October 22nd in honor of Stop Police Brutality Day.
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by Dee Allen/PNN "Unwritten Law" was created with the corruption and brutality of New York City, Philadelphia and most of all New Orleans cops in mind. In late 1994, nine New Orleans cops were busted/indicted for illegal firearms sales, drug trafficking and a long history of brutality inflicted upon New Orleans' local African and Asian communities. Before this instance of police corruption/brutality became national news, one woman from the N.O.P.D.'s Internal Affairs Division uncovered it and, as a result, paid with her life. Law enforcement officers tend to not follow their own protocol. Instead, they obey and enforce a policy that's not written in the law books. A law stemming from hatred and greed. _____________________________ The only good cop that lives is Thrown to the wall Swung club to the spine Curbside justice Unwarranted search Dickbrained Protector-----Uniformed fool Which of these portrayals best fit ALL. Somewhere tonight, the unwritten Arrogance, fascist grace The only good cop that lives is -----Or so they say. For Stan "The Man" Finchem. |