Tired

You want to know why Black people are angry...

We can’t be handcuffed and put in the police car unless we are dead ( #GeorgeFloyd)

We can’t go bird watching in Central Park ( #ChristianCooper)

We can’t go jogging ( #AmaudArbery).

We can’t relax in the comfort of our own homes ( #BothemSean and AtatianaJefferson).

We can't ask for help after being in a car crash ( #JonathanFerrell and RenishaMcBride).

We can't have a cellphone ( #StephonClark).

We can't leave a party to get to safety ( #JordanEdwards).

We can't play loud music ( #JordanDavis).

We can’t sell CD's ( #AltonSterling).

We can’t sleep ( #AiyanaJones)

We can’t walk from the corner store ( #MikeBrown).

We can’t play cops and robbers ( #TamirRice).

We can’t go to church ( #Charleston9).

We can’t walk home with Skittles ( #TrayvonMartin).

We can’t hold a hair brush while leaving our own bachelor party (SeanBell).

We can’t party on New Years ( #OscarGrant).

We can’t get a normal traffic ticket ( #SandraBland).

We can’t lawfully carry a weapon ( #PhilandoCastile).

We can't break down on a public road with car problems ( #CoreyJones).

We can’t shop at Walmart ( #JohnCrawford) .

We can’t have a disabled vehicle ( #TerrenceCrutcher).

We can’t read a book in our own car ( #KeithScott).

We can’t be a 10yr old walking with our grandfather ( #CliffordGlover).

We can’t decorate for a party ( #ClaudeReese).

We can’t ask a cop a question ( #RandyEvans).

We can’t cash our check in peace ( #YvonneSmallwood).

We can’t take out our wallet ( #AmadouDiallo).

We can’t run ( #WalterScott).

We can’t breathe ( #EricGarner).

We can’t live ( #FreddieGray).

We’re tired.

Tired of making hashtags.

Tired of trying to convince you that our #BlackLivesMatter too.

Tired of dying.

Tired.

Tired.

Tired.

So very tired.

Author Unknown.