POW! – pow-pow-POW-POW-POW- pow-pow-POW-pow-POW- pow-POW-POW-pow-POW-pow-POWpow- POWPOW-pow- … POW … Pow … pow …
Those are the sounds that I am sure Howard Morgan heard as he was being shot 25 times by the Chicago police?”his body pierced by 25 bullet holes. He was shot in his chest. He was shot in his liver. He was shot in his kidney. He was shot in his colon. He was shot in his arms. He was shot in his legs and in the neck. As Mr. Morgan was being shot multiple times in his back, I wonder if he curled into a fetal position, lying there believing he was going to die when that last shot came in, hitting him in his behind?
I have no idea what Mr. Morgan was thinking as each bullet ripped and pierced his skin. I don’t know if Mr. Morgan wondered when they would stop. I do wonder if he counted each searing spasm of pain as the first, then fourth, then seventh, then 15th, then 20th, then 23rd and finally the 25th bullet ripped into his body? Was he like a rag doll absorbing each bullet? Did the force of those bullets, shot by the four cops, hold him up to get hit more or did he drop to the ground after the 12th bullet, and they kept shooting to make sure he would die?
I am trying to imagine just what could have happened that night at 19th and Lawndale. What crime did Mr. Morgan commit that would have led him to become the target for that many bullets? Mr. Morgan didn’t have on a bullet-proof vest. He wasn’t testing out a Superman costume to see if the bullets would bounce off. So what crime could he have committed that would account for 25 bullets being pumped into his body? Somebody, please … tell me what crime did this man commit to have not one, not two, not three but four Chicago cops make him their target practice for the night? Four cops … each with less than four years’ experience on the job!
I have a theory: When the first four bullets hit him, it was because they saw a “nigger.” When the next four hit, it was because he was an “uppity” nigger. The next four was because he was a “driving while black” nigger. The next four were for his being an “out at that time of night” nigger. The next four were the “we can do whatever we want to niggers” bullets and the remaining four were the “die nigger die” bullets.
But it’s that 25th bullet that landed in his butt that has become the symbol for the black community. It’s that odd number out bullet that is the message that there are bullets lying in wait for niggers in this city and those bullets are meant for your ass!
So to you black people who always feel that the police would never shoot you, then explain Howard Morgan. When you proudly announce, “I ain’t no criminal,” neither was Howard Morgan! When you speak about how you’ve “never been in jail,” neither had Howard Morgan! When you say you have a family and don’t get involved in mess, the same was true for Howard Morgan! When you declare that you’ve always played by the rules and worked your whole life, so did Howard Morgan! When you profess that you believe in God, go to church and can quote scripture, so can Howard Morgan!
So … why Howard Morgan? When those cops shot him, they shot a Black Man, they shot a Black Husband, they shot a Black Father, they shot a Black Working Man, they shot a Black Officer and they shot a God-fearing, church-going Black Christian. That 25th bullet was the shot to the entire Black Community. I am calling on Black People to make that 25th bullet the rallying cry to wake up every black man, woman and child in this entire city. If they can shoot Howard Morgan, what in the hell makes you think they won’t shoot you, too?
Howard Morgan now lies chained to a hospital bed because his family needs $200,000 for the bond. A rally will be held next Friday, June 17 at 1738 W. 67th St. at 7 p.m. Let us fight this atrocity by bringing our quarter or quarters to that rally. Fight that 25th bullet with 25 cents. Or you can send your QUARTERS FOR HOWARD MORGAN to the Howard Morgan Defense Fund, P.O. Box 368817, Chicago 60636.
? E-mail me: westside2day@yahoo.com
Howard Morgan’s 25th bullet was for the rest of us
Arlene Jones
– pow-pow-POW-POW-POW- pow-pow-POW-pow-POW- pow-POW-POW-pow-POW-pow-POWpow- POWPOW-pow- … POW … Pow … pow …
Those are the sounds that I am sure Howard Morgan heard as he was being shot 25 times by the Chicago police?”his body pierced by 25 bullet holes. He was shot in his chest. He was shot in his liver. He was shot in his kidney. He was shot in his colon. He was shot in his arms. He was shot in his legs and in the neck. As Mr. Morgan was being shot multiple times in his back, I wonder if he curled into a fetal position, lying there believing he was going to die when that last shot came in, hitting him in his behind?
I have no idea what Mr. Morgan was thinking as each bullet ripped and pierced his skin. I don’t know if Mr. Morgan wondered when they would stop. I do wonder if he counted each searing spasm of pain as the first, then fourth, then seventh, then 15th, then 20th, then 23rd and finally the 25th bullet ripped into his body? Was he like a rag doll absorbing each bullet? Did the force of those bullets, shot by the four cops, hold him up to get hit more or did he drop to the ground after the 12th bullet, and they kept shooting to make sure he would die?
I am trying to imagine just what could have happened that night at 19th and Lawndale. What crime did Mr. Morgan commit that would have led him to become the target for that many bullets? Mr. Morgan didn’t have on a bullet-proof vest. He wasn’t testing out a Superman costume to see if the bullets would bounce off. So what crime could he have committed that would account for 25 bullets being pumped into his body? Somebody, please … tell me what crime did this man commit to have not one, not two, not three but four Chicago cops make him their target practice for the night? Four cops … each with less than four years’ experience on the job!
I have a theory: When the first four bullets hit him, it was because they saw a “nigger.” When the next four hit, it was because he was an “uppity” nigger. The next four was because he was a “driving while black” nigger. The next four were for his being an “out at that time of night” nigger. The next four were the “we can do whatever we want to niggers” bullets and the remaining four were the “die nigger die” bullets.
But it’s that 25th bullet that landed in his butt that has become the symbol for the black community. It’s that odd number out bullet that is the message that there are bullets lying in wait for niggers in this city and those bullets are meant for your ass!
So to you black people who always feel that the police would never shoot you, then explain Howard Morgan. When you proudly announce, “I ain’t no criminal,” neither was Howard Morgan! When you speak about how you’ve “never been in jail,” neither had Howard Morgan! When you say you have a family and don’t get involved in mess, the same was true for Howard Morgan! When you declare that you’ve always played by the rules and worked your whole life, so did Howard Morgan! When you profess that you believe in God, go to church and can quote scripture, so can Howard Morgan!
So … why Howard Morgan? When those cops shot him, they shot a Black Man, they shot a Black Husband, they shot a Black Father, they shot a Black Working Man, they shot a Black Officer and they shot a God-fearing, church-going Black Christian. That 25th bullet was the shot to the entire Black Community. I am calling on Black People to make that 25th bullet the rallying cry to wake up every black man, woman and child in this entire city. If they can shoot Howard Morgan, what in the hell makes you think they won’t shoot you, too?
Howard Morgan now lies chained to a hospital bed because his family needs $200,000 for the bond. A rally will be held next Friday, June 17 at 1738 W. 67th St. at 7 p.m. Let us fight this atrocity by bringing our quarter or quarters to that rally. Fight that 25th bullet with 25 cents. Or you can send your QUARTERS FOR HOWARD MORGAN to the Howard Morgan Defense Fund, P.O. Box 368817, Chicago 60636.
? E-mail me: westside2day@yahoo.com
