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Judi Lynn

(160,545 posts) Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:59 AM Jun 2018

Unarmed black teen killed by cop wrote in 2016 poem: 'I want my mom to never feel that pain'

By EMILY SHAPIRO,
KENNETH MOTON
ARMANDO GARCIA
Jun 22, 2018, 10:13 AM ET

An unarmed African-American teenager killed by police while fleeing a traffic stop this week wrote a poem two years ago saying he never wants his mother to feel the pain of burying her son.

Antwon Rose, 17, was shot dead by an East Pittsburgh police officer Tuesday after the teen and two others were pulled over in a car believed to have been connected to an earlier shooting that night.

The deadly shooting was caught on cell phone video and has prompted massive peaceful protests in the Pittsburgh area.

Here is Rose's poem, dated May 16, 2016:

I AM NOT WHAT YOU THINK
I am confused and afraid
I wonder what path I will take
I hear there is only two ways out
I see mother’s bury their sons
I want my mom to never feel that pain
I am confused and afraid

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/unarmed-black-teen-killed-cop-wrote-2016-poem/story?id=56085343

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Unarmed black teen killed by cop wrote in 2016 poem: 'I want my mom to never feel that pain' (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2018 OP

That sweet face! So much promise, just wiped away like GreenPartyVoter Jun 2018 #1

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jun 2018 #2

Ok, I'm crying again. Delmette2.0 Jun 2018 #3

This Has to Be a Turning Point .. DoctorJoJo Jun 2018 #4

k and r...very sad ... Stuart G Jun 2018 #5

GreenPartyVoter

(72,378 posts)

1. That sweet face! So much promise, just wiped away like

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2018, 11:06 AM

Jun 2018

a piece of lint.

I am so tired of all these families being broken for no good God damn reason!! I can't wait to help vote in a blue wave. Definitely going to help a few candidates out. I feel frantic about doing _something_!! I refuse to give into, "but I am only just one person."

Uncle Joe

(58,366 posts)

2. Kicked and recommended.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2018, 12:06 PM

Jun 2018

Thanks for the thread Judi Lynn

Delmette2.0

(4,166 posts)

3. Ok, I'm crying again.

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2018, 12:24 PM

Jun 2018

Losing a child is a god awful club to belong to. (I got that from a friend who lost her daughter in a car wreck, just after my son died from medical complications.
A parent dying is one thing, but a child? There is nothing more gut-wrenching, devastating, immobilizing losing your child.

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)

4. This Has to Be a Turning Point ..

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2018, 05:17 PM

Jun 2018

... this cop has to do serious time. Even cops are saying, WTF??

Stuart G

(38,436 posts)

5. k and r...very sad ...

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Fri Jun 22, 2018, 10:15 PM

Jun 2018

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