RF23 - Reserved For The Wrong Thing
It’s been a while since I mentioned the now
long time docu-drama The First 48 and I’m guessing the reason why is because I’m
tired of seeing black lives being taken by…
Black folk
But last week’s episode bothered the hell out
of me and I saw the show right after I got back from Mobile, Alabama and when I
recognized the area of where this cowardly act happened made me sick. You see, last weekend, the wife and I joined another couple in
Mobile to see an annual RB/ Blues festival and in order to get tickets for the
event, you had to go a check cashing place to get the tickets. Well, we did that and our search for the nearest
spot was in, what’s called, “The Bottoms.”
Now if you watched the NBC/CBS television show “In the Heat Of The
Night.” The bottoms usually meant, a low
income, mostly black area. Well, in
Mobile, it fit the bill. And in the
bottoms, there are crimes committed, drug usage and murder. A murder occurred in July 2016 in the Mobile
bottoms and the victim was not a gang – member.
The victim was not a drug dealer and the victim was not in the act of
committing a crime. No, the victim was a
hero. The victim was a productive member
of the Mobile community. The victim was
part of well known “Red Ball Express” in WWII.
The victim was known all throughout the Mobile bottoms and in
Mobile. The victim was known to be the
most generous man in Mobile and The victim was around when “equal but separate”
was alive and well especially in states like Alabama. The victim was a black man. His race didn’t define him, his character
did.
Booker T. Green was killed by four black, I refuse
to call them men and calling them boys will give them a glimpse of
innocence..One of the killers, knew Mr. Green personally because he used to cut
his lawn and lived right across the street.
He was responsible for stalling Mr. Green for his other pack members to
attack and attempt to rob him. One of
the monsters, fired his weapon, striking Green in the back. While still showing the difference between a
man! And the 4 useless n***ahs, Mr. Green was able to pull away in his car and
get assistance. Unfortunatly, Mr. Green
did succumb to that shooting 5 days later.
The attack literally happened, right where the wife and I were getting
tickets to a show.
When I saw that I was pissed, because after the
incident, all the neighborhood could do is burn candles!! And shake their
heads. That’s it? No-one went to Tuscaloosa and blocked fans
from entering to see Alabama or Auburn play football, No-one shut down a city
hall meeting to get true justice for Mr. Green or get this mess to stop. And no-one didn’t go to the homes of the
animals and harm them. No, all that I
mentioned is reserved for the 4 SOB’s that murdered a man, whose elderly life
had more matter than all of them combined.
posted by J.C. "Fanz23" Lewis, Jr | 10:23 AM
