Wednesday, February 23, 2022

not complicated

The man in Portland who opened fire

Killing one unarmed woman and wounding others

Stopped uttering his hateful misogynistic words 

When dropped by someone who returned fire


Someone who reacted to stop him shooting more

But don't expect that person to be defended

Like the vigilante kid acquitted in Kenosha 

By those who claimed self defense for him


Because the killer in Portland is a white supremacist

In an unprovoked attack on anti-racist protestors

The one who took him out is not called a hero

And the killer is not under arrest until days later


The Portland police say it's complicated

Because they are protecting one of their own kind

Withholding information and spreading disinformation

Looking to charge the one who put an end to the killing


But first they have to find that person

And apparently no one is telling the cops who it is

Turned off by police brutality against peaceful protests

Distrusting the armed forces of repression 


In Portland and Kenosha in common with Charlottesville

White people protesting racism have been killed in the street

Meant to terrify allies of people of color into fearful silence

But we are many and there are more every day