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    This poem questions whether changes should be made regarding police violence and racial injustice. It asks whether youth and children are safe on the streets or if their "sins" are defined by their skin color. It questions if the victim was guilty and if the police officer was hiding to protect himself. The poem wonders what the victim's last words were and if he was heaven or hell-bound. It asks if the riots and greed were worth it, and if police should wear cameras. It questions if black men can truly exist freely or if the law will rid society of them and their peers. Finally, it asks if people can still have Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of being judged by character rather than race.

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    This poem questions whether changes should be made regarding police violence and racial injustice. It asks whether youth and children are safe on the streets or if their "sins" are defined by their skin color. It questions if the victim was guilty and if the police officer was hiding to protect himself. The poem wonders what the victim's last words were and if he was heaven or hell-bound. It asks if the riots and greed were worth it, and if police should wear cameras. It questions if black men can truly exist freely or if the law will rid society of them and their peers. Finally, it asks if people can still have Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of being judged by character rather than race.

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    Notebook 5

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    This poem questions whether changes should be made regarding police violence and racial injustice. It asks whether youth and children are safe on the streets or if their "sins" are defined by their skin color. It questions if the victim was guilty and if the police officer was hiding to protect himself. The poem wonders what the victim's last words were and if he was heaven or hell-bound. It asks if the riots and greed were worth it, and if police should wear cameras. It questions if black men can truly exist freely or if the law will rid society of them and their peers. Finally, it asks if people can still have Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of being judged by character rather than race.

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    Notebook 5
    6b. What are some opportunities for change that you have heard of, or that should be made?
    Write a poem composed of questions about why these changes shouldshouldn!t occur andor
    haven!t occurred? "s an e#ample of a questions poem, here are the first two stan$as of a poem
    from Pablo Neruda%s &he Book of 'uestions( )"nd what is the name of the month that falls
    between *ecember and +anuary? By what authority did they number the twelve grapes of the
    cluster?)
    Was that another shot fired?
    ,ur youth our kids?
    &ell me are we safe walking these streets?
    ,r are our sins reflected by our skin?
    -hould we feel guilty, a dead boy in his teens?
    .s this cop hiding to keep his slate clean?
    What were his last words he mumbled on the floor?
    Was he heaven sent or knocking on hell!s door?
    Was it all worth it the riots the greed?
    &he bloodshed is this what we need?
    -hould cameras be placed on these cops mirrors?
    What!s the brightside? ,r should we all live in fear?
    /an a black man e#ist and still make himself clear?
    ,r will the law rid him and all of his peers?
    Would it even help to have a voice?
    *o we the people even have a choice?
    /an we still have a dream, that one day we will cease to be 0udged?
    &hat we can look at each other by the content of our character and that will be enough?
    Works cited
    &he ending part was taken from 1artin 2uther 3ing!s speech 4. 5ave a *ream67

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