NOTHING WAS DONE FOR THIS BOY:
You won't recognize me. My name was Antonio West and I was the 13-month old child who was shot at point blank range by two teens
who were attempting to rob my mother, who was also shot. A Grand Jury
of my mommy's peers from Brunswick GA determined the teens who murdered
me will not face the death penalty...too bad I was given a death
sentence for being innocent and defenseless.
My family made the
mistake of being white in a 73% non-white neighborhood, but my murder
was not ruled a Hate Crime. Nor did President Obama take so much as a
single moment to acknowledge my murder.
I am one of the
youngest murder victims in our great Nation's history, but the media
doesn't care to cover the story of my tragic demise, President Obama has
no children who could possibly look like me - so he doesn't care and
the media doesn't care because my story is not interesting enough to
bring them ratings so they can sell commercial time slots.
There is not a white equivalent of Al Sharpton because if there was he
would be declared racist, so there is no one rushing to Brunswick GA to
demand justice for me. There is no White Panther party to put a bounty
on the lives of those who murdered me. I have no voice, I have no
representation and unlike those who shot me in the face while I sat
innocently in my stroller - I no longer have my life.
So while
you are seeking justice for Trayvon, please remember to seek justice for
me too. Tell your friends about me, tell you families, get tee shirts
with my face on them and make the world pay attention, just like you did
for Trayvon.
Thank you.
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