Protests and Riots

These past few days have been hectic. From Toronto to Florida, people all over have been voicing their feelings. Many have had differing opinions on these protests. A lot of people are saying that these "riots aren't helping get the attention of law enforcement, but they are. Martin Luther King jr said riots are the voice of the unheard. We are unheard and we have been unheard for years. We peacefully protest and the police and media still find a way to put us in a bad light. If the protesters get to close they are punished with tear gas and rubber bullets. But when our white counterparts do these exact same things, even with guns they are praised for speaking out. Our own President Trump called black protesters and I quote "thugs" while he called people protesting for the opening of the country "good people". Now one group is protesting their right to live while the other is protesting for barber shops and nail salons to open up. One group is unarmed while the other carries about military grade weapons. One group is called thugs and the other is called good people. One group is being punished while the other is being praised. If you had to guess which phrases went with the Black Lives Matter movements and which phrases went with the Open the Country movements, how would you answer? 

I am 13 and I can point out the faults in this nation. The pain of over 400 years is released ever time an innocent black person is killed. The burning buildings and cars are a sign of pain. Buildings and cars can be replaced, but our lives can't. While we are protesting for equality the only thing most people can do is point out rioting. I bet after all I just said, there will still be people who say "Well rioting doesn't fix or help anything." But guess what, after all this rioting I think that America will see what happens when they make us hurt. They will see what happens when they treat us like animals. We will do anything to be heard. Malcolm X was feared because he knew this country wouldn't hear us unless we made them hear us. Just remember while everybody is crying about buildings and material things, we can always make more of those. But what we can't make more of is the innocent mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, and cousins this system takes away. 

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