People
on Facebook have started posting photos from 9/11/01 to exemplify the
courageous nature of our heroic civil servants. What they don’t realize is that
they seem to be justifying police brutality through good intentions. They are
also causing trauma. Those of us who were there, who are still dealing with
PTSD and Survivor’s Guilt are having that raw nerve exposed for what seems to
be political purposes.
I
do not believe this is what these good people intend. I believe it is quite the
opposite. However, they are not achieving their goal. Every day we have the
opportunity to make a better world. Every day we make progress. Every day we
also regress. These are emotional times and we are all looking for answers.
There are no easy ones.
At
8:46 am on September 11th, 2001, the first plane hit the north tower
of the World Trade Center in New York City.
An
officer in Minneapolis in May of 2020 held his knee down on George Floyd’s neck
for
8 minutes and 46 seconds.
These
are facts. We are all appalled at both.
In
New York City, we rebuilt, and we will never forget.
Can we, AS A COUNTRY, do
the same now?
Can we remember the grievances of an entire group of Americans who have
fought alongside us in our wars, work along with us, struggle with our issues,
try to help people understand, just try to take the opportunity of being
American, and make it real for themselves and their families?
Yet no matter how
law abiding, how successful they are they can still be killed for the color of their
skin.
There
is always a cost for addressing any problem. We are paying a higher price now for
denying the problems exist.
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