We Are The People (Straight Talk)

African Americans are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.    
 
The phrase generally refers to descendants of enslaved black people who are from the United States. In addition, our demographics make up 12.3% of America's population.  
   
#BlackLivesMatter was not intended as a reprimand on society, however it was originated  in merit to conform the standard misrepresentation we befall when not given us the same due process which protects us by the Fourteenth Amendment, meaning, a civilian is innocent until proven guilty.    
   
However, when our own Law Enforcement Officers take it upon themselves to become the judge, jury and the prosecutors, then yes, it is consequences that citizens of this nation will adhere too, bringing with it civil unrest, voices in union demanding explanations, swift justice to the perpetrator(s)  
   
The termed slogan, “No justice, No peace” has rang out so loudly since the sixties, doing the segregation, when racial disparity was at its all-time high.    
   
Marches from Selma, Alabama to the sweltering heat felt in Memphis, Tennessee. Several sit-ins, riots, and boycotts in lieu of demanding justice and equality were in full effect.    
   
Police Brutality is a common occurrence within many African American neighborhoods; troubling cases of improper handling of suspects while being detained in custody, their fourth Amendment has been violated.  
   
For most, not all, it is quite discouraging to believe in a lawful system that is blind when it involves mainly African American citizens; males to be politically correct in my correlating analogy.    
   
Then to add insult to injury, you have your everyday day citizen, calling 911 and making false claims of people of color; it makes for a hostile environment, and therefore, hinders unity.  
   
We have to stand and be counted in a country as a single individual, in reference, often misinterpreted to mean that African Americans as individuals were once considered three-fifths of a person or that they are three-fifths of a citizen of the U.S., the three-fifths clause (Article I, Section 2, of the U.S. Constitution of 1787).  
   
Take into consideration it was a declared creed for purposes of representation in Congress, all enslaved blacks in a state would be counted as three-fifths of the number of white inhabitants of that state.  
   
African Americans are incarcerated at higher rate than other any other minority due to improper representation, or in some occurrences blind justice prevailed; the state of Florida versus George Zimmerman case, who was acquitted in 2013.    
   
Therefore when you see the frustration in the protestors eyes, and words of anger chanting resonating in respect for a love ones unjustly taken from a mother arm’s from; Tamir Rice (2014), Eric Gardner (2014) Sandra Blank (2015), Philando Castile (2017) and the latest Breonna Taylor (2020) and George Floyd (2020), just to name a few, then you will come to understand, and can respect the cause behind the meaning and the movement of #BlackLivesMatters,    
   
No justice no peace  
   
And that is straight talk live for your mind, stay mindful and vigilant until our spirits connect on an intellectual higher plane.