Adding Insult to Injury

By @Bgyrl4Life | Last updated: Nov 3, 2014 - 10:14:47 AM

It isn’t just that Darren Wilson shot Michael Brown, hitting him six of the ten plus rounds he fired or that Ferguson police left his bullet ridden dead body uncovered and exposed for four and a half hours.

It isn’t just that St. Louis County Police released grainy video footage they claim is Michael Brown committing “strong arm robbery” moments before he was killed then lied about the reasons for doing so instead of simply releasing Darren Wilson’s name as the officer who killed Mike Brown.

It isn’t just that local media outlets did not run with the statement by the attorney from owners of the store in question stating they were not robbed and did not call in a robbery.

Officer Darren Wilson, who shot Michael Brown, hitting him six of the ten plus rounds he fired.

It isn’t just that it took the Mayor and Chief of Police weeks to issue an apology to Michael Brown’s family and the community.

It isn’t just that county prosecutor Bob McCulloch never in his 20 plus years in office, indicted a White officer for killing an unarmed Black person.

It isn’t just that St. Louis County responded to the community’s cries for justice with tear gas.

It isn’t just that Governor Jay Nixon put a Black face on oppression when he tapped Captain Ron Johnson to head the official state response to protest.

It isn’t just that Ferguson Police, St. Louis County Police and the Missouri Highway Patrol used tanks and assault weapons to further terrorize a grieving community.

It isn’t just that local media outlets allow their websites to be used as platforms for racists to spew their hate.

It isn’t just that St. Louis City Police killed Kajieme Powell and then lied about the circumstances of his death. Fortunately video captured what really transpired.

It isn’t just that Ferguson hired an all-White public relations firm in the attempt to “P.R.” their way out of #MikeBrown.

It isn’t just that they replaced the all-White firm with a Black face, Devin James who had been convicted of killing an unarmed Black man: coincidental or intentional?

It isn’t just that media is hyping Whites to purchase guns in the event of a riot or that a business owner responded to these tactics by pulling a gun on protesters.

It isn’t just that Kimberlee Randle-King was the latest found dead in a St. Louis County jail cell after being arrested for a minor offense and her suspicious death ruled a suicide.

Or that according to the St. Louis Post Dispatch “On Sept. 24, Jenny Newman, 37, of Rock Hill, was found unconscious at the Des Peres police holding cell, about an hour after her arrest on traffic warrants from Moscow Mills and Woodson Terrace. She died in a hospital three days later.”

And that, “Relatives of Bernard Scott, 44, of University City, say they were told Scott was found with a shoestring around his neck in a Pine Lawn holding cell on Sept. 27. He was taken to a hospital and is now recovering at a rehabilitation center, said Scott’s sister, Quameca Scott, 42, of Jennings. She said her brother was held at the time on traffic warrants.”

It isn’t just that St. Louis County Police Chief Belmar said officers under his command mistakenly applied “the 5 second rule” and prevented protesters from standing in one place for longer than 5 seconds or that a federal judge ruled that tactic was unconstitutional and violated their civil rights.

The judge, Catherine D. Perry of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri, wrote in granting a preliminary injunction that “the practice of requiring peaceful demonstrators and others to walk, rather than stand still, violated the Constitution.” - Mashable

It isn’t just that the grand jury process was tainted by a friend of someone on the jury or that the investigation into the breach is being conducted by the very same prosecutor who will not indict Darren Wilson.

It isn’t just that racist Cardinal fans showed their true colors when confronted with calls for justice.

It isn’t just that one day before the anniversary of Michel Brown and the commencement of Ferguson October that an off duty St. Louis police racially profiled, stalked then killed Vonderitt Myers.

It is easy to shake our heads at any ONE of the fore mentioned…

Yet the totality of them all is not enough to ensure justice for Michael Brown.

The Final Call