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RE-NAME VERRAZANO AFTER ERIC GARNER

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THE KILLING OF BLACK MEN, BLACK MOTHER'S SON'S; IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE KILLING OF WHITE MEN, WHITE MOTHER'S SON'S...WE WHO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM...CANNOT REST UNTIL IT COMES-SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCKS

The pain of Justice denied and delayed People of Color, the majority victims of deadly police force, [patterollers in arms], warrents alternative action to heal, restore, repair; and call to the descendents of Enslaved African Peoples to rise to the occasion to meet injustice with salvation, our saving grace in collective non-traditional action. This calls for Re-Naming, Verrazano-Narrows Bridge that connects Brooklyn & Staten Island; the Eric Garner Crossing-Bridge [THE BIG "E"]! OF THE 600,807 BRIDGES HOW MANY ARE NAMED FOR OUR, NOTABLE, MARTYRED, TRAILBLAZERS, ANCESTORS, LEGENDS OF OUR RACE...DEAD OR ALIVE?

The world witnessed the wicked, unlawful chokehold death of Eric Garner by UNCONCERNED/CALLOUS/BLOODTHIRSTY/UNREPETENT; police men and women...on phone cam of a concerned citizen! Yet we are told by the upholders of the American System of Law; our eyes did not see what we saw...therefore American taxpayers dollars are directed in vain to fund body and dash cams to serve the guilty without our concent.

We must now use non-violent creative rippling tactics to demand justice and respect for "BLACK LIVES" that have never mattered in this country; or reparations; not immigration would be on the front burners of American Policy Makers and Upholders of the Constitution...IF WE EVER DID MATTER!

Re-Naming the bridge for Big "E" and recording our history of our victimization by law on the bridges span from Brooklyn to Staten Island is just the beginning of the trend to RE-NAME EVERYTHING AND ANYTHING NOT JUST SLANG, HIP/HOP-RAP AND NICK-NAMES BUT LANDS AND STREETS AND BUILDINGS AND PROGRAMS AND BOROUGHS AND NATIONS AFTER AFRICAN/AMERICANS IN AMERICA AND THE DIASPORA.

Giovanni de Verraz[z]ano is credited with being the first European to explore and settle these parts...the Hudson etc. thus...THE HIS NAME VERRAZANO NARROW BRIDGE...AT THAT TIME DID BLACK LIVES MATTER...[NOTE: ALEXANDER HAMILTON HOUSE IN HARLEM HAS NOT ONE PICTURE OF ANY BLACK PERSON IN THE TELLING OF HISTORY-HOW ABOUT NOW...TELLING OUR STORY] THE BRIDGE WILL SERVE TO UNRAVEL THE SORTED DETAILS OF THE AFRICANS ENSLAVED; FROM YESTERDAY TO TODAY WITH MARCHING ORDERS FOR TOMORROW FOR A BRIGHTER AND FREE, TRUELY FREE AFRICAN PEOPLE'S BY OUR DEFINITION!!!

Spike Lee's Do the right thing, dramatized Radio Raheem, A BELOVED PEACE-MAKER IN BEDSTUY/BROOKLYN; suffering the same fate in 1989 AS ERIC GARNER IN 2014. This was not just a movie. It was and still is a reflection of the time;, yesterday and today the made in America; the African American condition showing no real progress albeit appearently moving on up...TO THE KILLINGS WITHOUT SANCTUARY! "NONE OF US IS FREE; IF ONE OF US IS CHAINED"-RAY CHARLES & "MY WORLD"-RAY CHARLES...


The time has come to air my feelings
There's just so much confusion going down
I'm not the kind to be complaining
But sometimes you got to stand out from the crowd
Everyone's got their own opinion
And you know I sure got mine
-It's my world
Don't you come a messin' with my world
I don't appreciate the fact some people just can't see
It's hurting you and me
It's my world
-My world, your world, our world, one world
We all got to get it together
There's just no other place to go
If we can't find some peace with each other
Then we'll be dead before you know
I don't have all the answers
I'm just one man who's searching for a change
It's my world
-Don't you come a messin' with my world
I don't appreciate the fact some people just can't see
It's hurting you and me
It's my world
-My world, your world, our world, one world
I hear the cries of the people
From every single corner of this earth
Where's the love, the compassion
Where's the hope what's the future worth


UNTIL THE KILLING OF BLACK MEN, BLACK MOTHER'S SON'S; IS AS IMPORTANT AS THE KILLING OF WHITE MEN, WHITE MOTHER'S SON'S...WE WHO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM...CANNOT REST UNTIL IT COMES-SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCKS

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