Treyvon Martin

I know the whole country is ablaze with talk about the senseless killing of Treyvon Martin. I like many of you was taken aback by the situation when I first heard it, then I felt nothing. Yes I was numb, I'm from the ghetto so I am used to black men being killed for no apparent reason than being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

In 2003 my brother was murdered. I am still not sure what happened but I do know my brother was shot in the head and left to die in a dirty alley. It was the hardest thing that I ever had to deal with in my life. I could not talk about it for years without breaking down in tears. So many nights I thought about taking my own life because I could not imagine living in a world without him. I could not imagine breathing when he could not breath, being warm while he was laying in a cold grave. It was a time that all I could do was go to work. I could not socialize, maintain a relationship, clean my house or just be normal. I was depressed beyond belief. The police did very little to find his killer. They treated his death like another black man killed........oh well. It was like his life did not matter to them.

With that said I can relate to the parents of this 17 year old child. Wanting justice and the people who are suppose to protect you are ignoring you and your pain. What I can not imagine is knowing the killer of my child is roaming free and there is nothing but God keeping you from taking his life.

Yes it is a fact that some....not all white people see black people, especially men as suspects. Black men remind them of the creepy figures in the dark that is set out to kill them and rape their daughters and wives. Black men seem like a powerful dark force that must be stopped before they get out of control. Like wild animals that must be controlled and contained.

This fear led "the self appointed block caption" to shoot a 17 year old boy armed with a tea and skittles in the chest and kill him. This fear lead this grow man to follow this teenager like he was thief ready to steal at a moments notice.

I just pray that this child life is not in vain and that something good comes out of this bad situation