This is a rebuttal to the wordpress piece written by Dissonant William Smith. You can find it here: "I'm Sick of..."
I'm sick of being called a thug or a gangster.
I'm sick of "peace officers" feeling threatened enough by my presence to shoot me.
I'm sick of being told I'm a "fucking animal".
I'm sick of listening to shifting accounts of the official story.
I'm sick of debating other humans about the rights of other humans.
I'm sick of marching all night long for things my forefathers marched to gain for me over 50 years ago.
I'm sick of everyone who clutches their purse a little tighter because I walk by.
I'm sick of having to announce my every move to an officer so I do not get shot.
I'm sick of nightmares about being gunned down for being black at the wrong time.
I'm sick of people telling me to go back to somewhere I was stolen from.
I'm sick of protestors being forced to the ground and arrested by police.
I'm sick of worrying if my nephews will be shot dead in 10 years.
I'm sick of worrying about the law-abiding black people afraid of being murdered by
police for nothing.
I'm sick of rubber bullets.
I'm sick of having to distinguish between "good cops" and "bad ones".
I'm sick of having my free speech marginalized by those who falsely believe we live in a
"post-racial society".
I'm sick of being blamed for excessive use of force.
I'm sick of living in a society where the law only applies to people who look like me.
I'm sick of being told to wait to react from people who deny me due process.
I'm sick of the phrase "If he had only done (this), then (that) wouldn't have happened".
I'm sick of excuses and generalizations.
I'm sick of inaccurate and fabricated crime data.
I'm sick of wondering if it will ever get better.
I'm sick of being called Nigger.
I'm sick of losing my voice screaming for justice.
I'm sick of wondering when my phone will die during a livestream.
I'm sick of being blamed for all the crime in Saint Louis.
I'm sick of having conversations with people who don't understand.
I'm sick of corrupted local officials with nefarious plans.
I'm sick of getting tear gassed.
I'm sick of shows of intimidating force but being painted as the aggressor.
I'm sick of waiting on change.
I'm sick of apathetic white people hoping this goes away.
I'm sick of seeing Armored Personnel Vehicles for holding up signs.
I'm sick of good cops doing nothing while bad ones run amok.
I'm sick of media telling only the police version of the stories.
I'm sick of being told that every unarmed black person deserved it.
I'm sick of being told that every black neighborhood is extremely dangerous.
I'm sick of dealing with racism every day of my life.
I'm sick of the Blue Wall of Silence.
I'm sick of the phrase "justified police killing".
I'm sick of mothers having to bury their sons instead of sending them to school.
I'm sick of the criminal justice system working against the people.
I'm sick of sifting through racism on social media from people who were on my friends list.
I'm sick of black people being arrested or beaten in their own homes for calling the
police.
I'm sick of anti-protestors not knowing how to fact check.
I'm sick of being accused of making police hostile and over-exaggerating how bad the
race problem is in America.
I'm sick of the media talking about criminal records of the deceased and not about a
law-enforcement officer's disciplinary records.
I'm sick of being told how much compliance is needed to become a non-lethal threat.
I'm sick of being stopped for "pedestrian checks" while I go home.
I'm sick of all of us being treated like the worst case scenario.
I'm sick of the officials controlling the entire narrative for a national audience.
I'm sick of political pundits using this to further their own agendas and throwing the
issue under the bus.
I'm sick of still having to protest for the right to be safe in our own streets.
I'm sick of the privilege of one officer trumping the cry for justice of an entire
community.
I'm sick of being demonized.