POOR Magazine

The murder of Stephon Clark by police invoked the warrior spirit within his brother Stevante and the young brother hit the streets with his thunder like voice of oppressed rage. He took his fight all the way  to the council denouncing police terror and the death of his brother.

The arrests of 2 Black men at a Philly Starbucks last week has advocates and supportersalike taking to the coffee magnet to express unrest in the latest of racial profiling in the good

SF 49ers Linebacker Reuben Foster’s February arrest for domestic violence, weapons possession and criminal threats has hit a nerve as the number of abusive athletes with “untouchable” attitudes have risen atrociously over the past several years.

We want an immediate end to POLICE BRUTALITY and the MURDER of Black people - The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense.

Unarmed 22 year old father of two Stephon Clark was shot and killed on March 18th by Sacramento police for allegedly breaking car windows and fleeing the scene. Police were looking for a vandalism suspect that led to felony murder when Stephon was accused of being armed before the cops fired about 20 rounds into Mr. Clark- enough shots to overkill.

Lakeith Smith was just 15 years old when the alleged crimes of theft, murder and the break-ins of two residences in Millbrook, Alabama had taken place with four other young men back in February 2015. After being tried as an adult along with The Alabama Accomplice Law being applied, he now has been sentenced to 65 years in prison after a 25 year plea deal was supposedly rejected.

(All PNN-TV Video coverage of the meeting with O'Malley is linked to the bottam of this article)

“We are looking at all aspects of the incident, the actual firearm involved in the incident, where it came from, other witnesses who the police are looking for and what was in the officer’s mind when he was approaching the scene.” said Alameda District Attorney Nancy O’Malley about the January 3rd shooting by West Oakland BART poLice officer Joseph Mateu of African Sun, father, Brother and Uncle Sahleem Tindle.

Un Poema Para Luis-A Poem for Luis
(Español debajo)

The Streets have so many colors
the colors have so many memories
memories of streets you are no longer on-
but wish you could be

The color of people who are no longer there
who we wish we could see
because they were removed by people  who were scared
of what they could not contain, incarcerate or bear

19th & shotwell are two of those streets
who meet inside of so much grief

(Listen to tiny's extended Podcast on the same story by clicking here)

A Greiving Mother ; 3-22-18