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Not One Child—Ferguson & Michael Brown Are the US - Amanda Magee
“In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Martin Luther King, Jr. I don’t feel incredibly comfortable writing about the verdict in the Michael Brown case, but I feel equally awkward not writing about it. A child died, ultimately, no one will be held accountable in the eyes of the law. Let that sink in, a life gone and no one serving time, but his parents in a lifetime of “Why our son?” I am in Orlando reminding my daughters not to touch every single surface because we are in one big, pulsing, germ dome. Other parents are teaching their sons not to look suspicious or be in an environment where they might be…
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