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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"hive-170798",<br>"author":"faithwrites",<br>"permlink":"lest-united-we-fall",<br>"title":"Lest United We Fall",<br>"body":"After weeks of dealing with a growing global pandemic,<br>\nthat threatened lives and our nation\u2019s economic decline,<br>\nin Minneapolis a brutal response to a call to police,<br>\nput the death of George Flynn,<br> in the national headlines.\n\nThe black man\u2019s death fueled a peaceful protest,<br>\nuntil interlopers showed up and joined in.\nPallets of bricks soon began arriving,<br> \nand paid thugs tossed them and grinned.\n\nNext,<br> glass shattered and numerous fires started;\na once peaceful protest,<br> was peaceful no more.\nIn the madness,<br> outrage had erased reason;\nand breaking news was filled with blood and gore.\n\nIn many states,<br> their capital cities were set a blaze,<br>\nas well-orchestrated mayhem was performed.\nHeadlines about the pandemic disappeared;\nas media attention had ANTIFA marching on.\n\nBusinesses owned by local people paid the price,<br>\nfor the actions of lawmen they didn\u2019t even know.\nFlying debris from the hands of rioters,<br> \nassured the number of victims would grow.\n\nIn seventy-two hours,<br> forty-six cities were on fire;\nsuspicions were that each was planned in advance.\nRioters filled with hate and the need for revenge,<br>\nwere in no mood to give peace a chance.\n\nArmy National Guard were told they weren\u2019t wanted\nby local leaders hoping the worse had passed.\nWith their morale broken by lack of support,<br>\nPolice officers decided they\u2019d served their last.\n\nMany local officials cowered,<br> letting violence rule.\nby not offering words or actions to diminish the danger.\nIn Seattle the citizens were told to stay safe inside,<br>\nwhile their city fell into the hands of strangers\n.\nDonning neck scarfs like those worn by an African tribe,<br>\ncareer politicians anxiously took a knee for a photo op. \nRacism had been of political use to them for decades,<br>\nand when it reared its head,<br> they simply blamed the cops.\n\nFor sure the hard hearts that funded it all felt empowered.\nThey\u2019re the source working to take our nation down.\nFor certain an agenda of global power and social slavery awaits,<br>\nif we don\u2019t get together and turn things around.\n\nThere are human elements,<br> inside and out,<br> wanting us to fail\nand betting we\u2019ve got little chance to ever resuscitate trust.\nBut it\u2019s not a question of \u201cperhaps\u201d,<br> \u201cmaybe\u201d or \u201csomeday\u201d;\nracial harmony will happen because we all know that it must.\n\n![Liberty.gif (https:\/\/cdn.steemitimages.com\/DQmYWk6iVt3mkbrTUF9FahrCdkfdsNiaiKZVGNuiGcagrzN\/Liberty.gif)",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"hive-170798\",<br>\"humanity\",<br>\"inspiration\",<br>\"overcoming\",<br>\"harmony\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/cdn.steemitimages.com\/DQmYWk6iVt3mkbrTUF9FahrCdkfdsNiaiKZVGNuiGcagrzN\/Liberty.gif\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.2\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " |
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