48 YEARS LATER

As you all know, the state of America is in an uproar because of the economy. People are disenfranchised and feel as if America has failed them, which has prompted a movement named Occupy Wall Street which has now gone global. Nations all over the world have taken part in the message and want their voices to be heard. The same way Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted his message to be heard when he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech forty eight years ago in 1963. Dr. King had a vision and everyone who felt his vision took part in the marches and the peaceful demonstrations to bring about change. Dr. King stood for something and that was for all mankind to get along with one another as well as EQUALITY throughout the WORLD! After all the things that's been done in his honor, it baffles me that this message is still NOT being HEARD! Racism still exists in America, INEQUALITY still pervades the nation, CORPORATE GREED has caused our NATION to be in a recession. Unemployment has skyrocketed within the past couple years. People are losing their jobs left and right, mortgages cannot be paid therefore causing families to lose their homes to foreclosure. President Barack Obama personifies the DREAM that Dr. King had but the job is nowhere near done. A lot of people that voted for him are expecting him to make a miracle out of a country that was passed on to him AFTER the DAMAGE was already done. Its not his fault this country is in the situation that it is. Let's not forget about Bush's agenda with "weapons of mass destruction" and all the money he put into the war. For eight years this man ran our country tearing it down day by day and as soon as Barack Obama is elected, everyone expects him to eradicate a situation that was already DOOMED before he got in office. He is doing the best he can to rectify this economy and bring the country back to a normal state, but opposition is all he gets. This whole world is in a state of emergency, which is why Occupy Wall Street reminds me of the Civil Rights movement. People of all races are uniting together for what they feel is right. Too many times, we sit back and watch things happen right under our noses without doing anything about it. We are the 99% and it's only right that our voices be HEARD throughout the world. The same way Dr. Martin Luther King wanted FREEDOM, JUSTICE, and EQUALITY for all mankind to be heard is the same way Occupy Wall Street should be heard! People should not have to suffer over corporate greed, its not right! When you don't learn from history, its bound to repeat itself.

POLICE CORRUPTION, WHEN DOES IT END?

Does it surprise you that the ones who took the oath to serve and protect the 'community and it's citizens' are the ones who end up doing everything to oppose it? Not for me, it doesn't! I was reading the paper and I stumbled across an interesting article in the Daily News. A former cop is currently being prosecuted for charges of falsifying drug arrests in exchange for overtime. As I read the article, something in the pit of my stomach disgusted me! This is not an all out attack on cops, because contrary to popular belief there are still a handful of good ones out there. I'm not speaking on them, I'm speaking on the ones who knowingly put on their uniform to cause mayhem and chaos throughout our communities. With all that being said, that's all they'll ever get from me. We've all been affected by their public displays of indifference either directly or indirectly. Some of these officers go into the academy with the mindset that once they get in, they will be above the law and will be free to do as they please without any regard to the end result. It's a cruel world out there, that even officers of the law find a way to abuse their power. It doesn't matter whose affected or not, the only thing they care about is their selves.

Corrupt ex-undercover Stephen Anderson testified that undercover officers received two to three hours of overtime as payback for taking down crack suspects in a Brooklyn courtroom. He also testified that officers swiped police funds used for drug buys on a daily basis. He is accused of conspiracy for associating and taking part of other rogue officers operations. Operations that included planting cocaine on innocent victims, which means he had to lie to grand juries in order for D.A. to get a conviction. He fabricated circumstances of arrests in numerous locations such as Queens and Brooklyn. His justification he says, is because he didn't want to be blacklisted from other undercover officers. I am appalled at his reasoning and the fact that there are probably scores of people he helped get locked up still sitting in prison for his stupidity and poor judgment baffles me. I wonder how many families read the Daily News October 14, 2011 and are probably trying to find attorneys right this minute to spring their loved ones from jail. It's sad that this poor excuse for a human being could jeopardize people's lives like this and think it's okay. Karma always finds a way to play its role so now he is faced with charges and being brought to justice. If there is such a thing as justice, the way this world is these days. If he could engage in such a heinous act, just imagine how many other officers could be doing this to one of your family members right now or have done so in the past? I'm pretty sure he's not the only one, my question is when does it end!

UNBREAKABLE

I chose the title of this blog for the simple fact that I thought it was absolutely fitting to some of the things I've been through. It takes a special person to be able to wear this title, because not all of us are built the same. God chooses who to put through certain situations because He knows whether you can truly overcome whatever your going through or not. I am the epitome of this! All my life I've wondered why things never went as smoothly for me as they should. For one, I knew I made certain choices that inevitably ruined my chances at having a normal childhood and at that time I was fine with that. Being loyal to friends was more important to me than my own family. For some odd reason, that's just how it was for me growing up. Long story short, I was able to redefine who I was when I had nothing but time to think about all the wrong I done. I didn't want a life full of grief and misery. I wanted to be happy. I worked so hard at getting respect and street credibility, but there was still a void in my life. That void was love! Reflecting back on this, the things I encountered back then is what makes me who I am today. People will try to break you and everything you stand for, but they fail to realize that I'm unbreakable. I been this way, because it was written long before I was born. It kind of disturbs me that people that you would have went to war for are the same one who antagonize you and try to put you in this box! I acknowledge it for what it is and continue to do what I've been doing, which is to deter the youth from heading down a path of destruction as I once did. The bigger picture is about them, it's not about me! My gift to the world is to educate and inspire those in need of inspiration. I refuse to quit until I accomplish this! It doesn't matter what the naysayers think or feel, I will forever be UNBREAKABLE!!