Thursday, December 18, 2008

Martin Luther King's Final Speech Fraudulently Edited


FOREWORD: (33 paragraphs, 17 links) On December 18, 2008, I discovered that Dr. King's final speech had been fraudulently edited in almost all of its online text versions, and my attempts to tell the public are also censored. The censorship force deleted "dogs and water hoses" and "illegal injunctions," among other fraudulent edits. See the video: http://alturl.com/hogv - I immediately wrote about my findings and emailed several people and organizations. Citizens for Legitimate Government (CLG News) picked up the link to this blog to carry the news to its members. However, someone did not appreciate the public being informed, and my FreeSpeakBlog was attacked (the name is a joke). Dr. King's censorship frce asked Google to take this blog offline as spam. Luckily, Google emailed me and gave me the opportunity to refute the lie. To see comments, see MLK's Final Speech Frudulently Edited to Change History, by Mary Neal, published at NowPublic - http://NowPublic.com/duo - A person commented at NowPublic.com that she had noticed the deletions and edits years before, and she was disgusted by it just as I am and I trust you will be. The article is below. End the conspiracy of secrecy about this censorship. Share the article with your friends and groups.

I had trouble posting the news about Dr. King's edited speech at NowPublic.com, also, as well as everyplace else I tried to insert a link to this blog or to my NowPublic news article reporting the sabotage. When I initially found the omissions and substituted text in Dr. King's final speech, I was unsure whether online publishers had been given incorrect language by accident or by design. Based on the amount of censorship and cyberstalking I encountered publishing news of the illegal edits to Dr. King's "Mountaintop" address, I no longer have any doubt that Dr. King's speech's alterations are deliberate censorship such as he encountered while living.

Since publishing this article, I also discovered what is advertised as being Dr. King delivering his entire final speech at YouTube in two separate videos. Ironically, that video presentation totally skipped the entire section that is fraudulently edited in the online text versions. Unquestionably, these are deliberate omissions and substitutions. I urge readers to contact publishers and request that they check all of Dr. King's addresses for accuracy and make needed corrections.


Dr. King Still Censored 41 Years After Death
Online Versions of "Mountaintop" Speech Are Frauds

I made an astonishing and disheartening discovery. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s final speech has omissions and substituted text in 18 of the 20 online sources checked. This means there could be more. Are people throughout the world learning inaccurate wording for Dr. King's "I've Been to the Mountaintop" address? Rev. King delivered his famous final speech in Memphis, Tennessee on April 3, 1968, the day immediately preceding his assassination. He was shot in the face while standing alone on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel on April 4 during a strike by sanitation workers.

Below is the correct language of Dr. King's quote. Text that is usually omitted online is in ALL CAPS below, and text often substituted for Rev. King's actual wording is parenthetical.

All we say to America is, "Be true to what you said on paper." If I lived in China or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, maybe I could understand SOME OF THESE ILLEGAL INJUNCTIONS. MAYBE I COULD UNDERSTAND the denial of certain basic First Amendment privileges, because they HAVEN'T (hadn't)* committed themselves to that over there. But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of (the)** press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for RIGHTS (right)***. And so just as I say, WE AREN’T GOING TO LET ANY DOGS OR WATER HOSES TURN US AROUND, we aren't going to let any injunction turn us around.

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References to "illegal injunctions" against peaceful assembly and to "dogs and water hoses" were deleted in the fraudulently edited presentations of MLK's "Mountaintop" speech.

* I did not hear MLK say "hadn't," but "haven't."

** I did not hear MLK say "THE press," but only "press."

*** I did not hear MLK say "right" (an ideological standard), but "rights" (as in full citizenship).

It is disturbing that so many online sources changed Rev. King's words without notifying readers that the speech was altered. One would assume the individual publishers carrying the misprint do not know.Dr. King was more than a scholarly, peace-loving dreamer. He was a courageous human rights activist whose inspired leadership required that he and thousands of others who were fed up would stand up in the face of powerful government opposition. It is interesting that the text revealing the civil rights leader's willingness to defy illegal injunctions while facing police armed with guns, vicious dogs, and high-powered water hoses would comprise the frequently omitted parts of Dr. King's speech.

Most online videotape excerpts of the "Mountaintop" address start with Rev. King saying, "We’ve got some difficult days ahead." Those video excerpts are not useful in verifying the authenticity of this often-misprinted quote, because this quote comes before their starting point.

Stanford University has the quote correct at its link: http://www.stanford.edu/group/King/publications/speeches/I

NOTE - I tried using the Standford University link on 9/12/09. It now redirects browsers to Standford's main site for Dr. King - http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/ - where I was not able to find the Mountaintop speech presented in its entirety. If Standford is no longer presenting Dr. King's authentic speeches online, it may be more difficult to validate Dr. King's other work. Standford University's text presentation of Dr. King's speech matched the video at Scholarspot. Unless one has actual videos from a trusted source, censorship of Dr. King's other speeches may go undetected.

Compare online text of Dr. King's final speech with the video at Scholarspot, and listen to speeches by other historic persons while at the site.

http://www.scholarspot.com/video/1318/1968-Martin-Luther-King-s-Prophetic-Last-speech-Remember


The Scholarsport video was apparently edited to capture the most memorable portions of the “Mountaintop” address. Unlike the Scholarsport video, the written versions all carry Dr. King's description of an airplane incident just before the speech's famous conclusion when Dr. King proclaimed having "been to the mountaintop."

Dr. King’s methodology for non-violent social change required suppressed people and their supporters to peacefully assemble and protest for basic citizenship rights in a hostile climate wherein their justice quest was met with fierce dogs, strong water hoses, and worse. Thousands of African Americans were joined by people who were Jewish and gentiles. They stood together for justice during the civil rights movement in the face of illegal injunctions.

Civil rights activists should be heralded by all Americans. Their tenacity taught us that the human spirit is determined to be free, and society is better for the dedication those freedom fighters showed. Their protests against injustice never included rioting, looting, or losing their sense of dignity, unity, and purpose. Young people who protested the shooting death of Oscar Grant by Bay Area Rapid Transit police on New Year's Day are to be commended for demanding justice; however, protesters should take a lesson from Dr. King and the Freedom Riders who stood with him. The civil rights era of the 50's and 60's offers valuable lessons about the effectiveness of non-violent conflict resolution that should be protected and passed down to future generations without censorship. We must all learn to get along and resolve disputes without property damage and bloodshed. See the link below:

Happy Martin Luther King Day to Americans - Strongest People on the Planet!http://my.nowpublic.com/culture/happy-martin-luther-king-day-americ...

The online versions of the "Mountaintop" address had omissions described in the quote below in 18 of 20 online sources checked in mid-December 2008. Recurring errors in Dr. King's speech are noted by brackets. Three of the links that featured the misquote follow it, although this writer hopes necessary corrections have been or will be made.

All we say to America is, "Be true to what you said on paper." If I lived in China or even Russia, or any totalitarian country, [OMISSION] maybe I could understand the denial of certain basic First Amendment privileges, because they hadn't [SHOULD BE "haven't"] committed themselves to that over there. But somewhere I read of the freedom of assembly. Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. Somewhere I read of the freedom of the [EXTRA WORD] press. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right [OMITTED"s" - "right" should be plural]. And so just as I say, we aren't going to let [OMISSION] any injunction turn us around.

http://www.school-for-champions.com/speeches/king_last_speech_3Apr68.htm

http://www.afscme.org/about/1549.cfm

http://www.kingian.net/ive-been-to-the-mountaintop.html

There are many more examples of Dr. King's final speech being misquoted in online documents while being presented as literal translations. Because identical errors recur in so many publications, this appears to be deliberate misinformation on the part of the person or entity that supplied the speech to publishers.

During the 1970’s, Black History gained popularity in universities because African American history was omitted from or misrepresented in most American History classes. For instance, my high school textbooks of the 1960's and 1970's made little or no mention of slavery, only Pilgrims.

Laws barring the right for Rev. King and other demonstrators to peacefully assemble and petition their government for a redress of grievances were "illegal injunctions." Dogs and water hoses were regularly used against demonstrators. It seems ridiculous for anyone to intentionally change Rev. King's speech to leave out those references, especially since peaceful protests won the great victory of that day. On the other hand, perhaps the deletions in Dr. King’s final speech result from error rather than intentional sabotage. It could be that the censorship this writer faces daily has made her distrustful enough to ask:

WHY IS THERE STILL AN EFFORT TO RE-WRITE BLACK HISTORY?

An article by Karen Hatter at the link below commemorates the 41st anniversary of Dr. King's death and presents a thorough examination of the misinformation that was employed to discredit him and confuse his message. Apparently, this effort never ended.

The 41st Anniversary of the Murder of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
http://www.nowpublic.com/world/41st-anniversary-murder-dr-martin-luther-king-jr

Martin Luther King, Jr. and 21st century human rights activists have much in common and apparently face the same opposition. There are striking correlations between Dr. King's struggle for civil rights for African Americans and my own family's efforts to hold America to "what it said on paper." Dr. King's freedom quest ended in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, by an assassin's bullet. He was killed the day after giving his "Mountaintop" address that is now edited online to change history. Suspicions of a police cover-up linger to this day. My family's justice quest began in Memphis on August 1, 2003, with my mentally ill brother's secret arrest and wrongful death while in secret police custody. Due to an elaborate cover-up, although it is now six years later, Larry Neal's family is not allowed to know why he was secretly arrested or exactly how he died. Authorities refuse to answer his family's simple question: Why and how did Larry Neal die? See http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com/

Rev. King was a human rights advocate who devoted himself to liberating oppressed people. He used the Word of God and his gift as an orator to make a positive difference in the world. Since Larry's death, my family started ASSISTANCE TO THE INCARCERATED MENTALLY ILL ("AIMI"), a grassroots human rights organization with an online presence on Care2 and other Internet networks. This writer spends long hours advocating for oppressed mental patients and their families, trying to save others from suffering as my family has by an unjust system of "justice" that appears to use such persons to keep prisons and jails filled and profitable. AIMI also advocates for other people victimized by the justice system, especially prisoners.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated. This writer remains home day after day after being followed for months and accosted several times at businesses in her neighborhood by parties unknown. The stalking has been going on ever since Larry Neal's family successfully served a lawsuit to The (Johnnie) Cochran Firm for fraud, alleging that The Cochran Firm contracted with Larry's mother immediately following his death in order to protect Memphis/Shelby County Jail, then merely held the wrongful death lawsuit against the jail to linger inactive on the law firm's shelves while Tennessee's statute of limitations ran for 10.5 months. The statute of limitations on such matters is 12 months in Tennessee; therefore this law firm kept our case inactive until it was too late to find honest lawyers.

The plight of African Americans living under Jim Crow laws and their quest for civil rights spearheaded by Rev. King and other leaders were ignored, met with violence sanctioned by authorities, and censored in mainstream news until the civil rights movement became impossible to ignore. Rev. King took it to the streets. Thousands of protesters joined Rev. King and marched for equal rights under the law. The quest to render basic human rights and civil rights to 1.25 million mental patients who are presently wrongly imprisoned in America for reason of their mental dysfunctions may require a similar effort. Just as Rev. King and his freedom fighters marched across the Jim Crow South, Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill members march across the Internet to alert the public of the injustice inherent in imprisoning rather than treating citizens for mental illness, challenge capital punishment, and other humanitarian concerns. Many other human rights and civil rights organizations also march online every day.

Atlanta is Martin Luther King's hometown. It is also home of the Court-declared "non-existent" Atlanta Cochran Firm office. It seems to this writer that this law firm took the name of a trusted legal agent for disenfranchised persons and now uses it to prevent or contain damages from lawsuits after the wrongful deaths of African Americans like Billey Joe Johnson, Kathryn Johnston, and Larry Neal. The justice system now incarcerates 1 in 9 African American young men. People are made to serve long sentences in prison for infractions that were mere misdemeanors a few years ago. Contrarily, it is nearly impossible to hold the system accountable for infractions against the people - even wrongful death by police like my unfortunate brother, Larry. Whereas poor and middle-class Americans are regularly imprisoned after trials where they had inadequate defense, denied DNA tests to prove innocence, and some are executed, justice does not seem to work well in the reverse.

People of all races find the apparent emergence of a police state and decline of civil liberties in America alarming. With 1 in every 31 persons either behind bars or living under the immediate threat of prison as parolees or probationers, America has been dubbed a "prison nation." Inmates are oftentimes abused and killed, including vulnerable mental patients who should have been treated in hospitals or their communities (depending on their offenses) rather than jailed in the first place. While the investment portfolios of prison investors grow thicker, the chairs around American dinner tables grow fewer because brothers, sisters, uncles, and parents are in prison - 2/3 of whom are arrested for non-violent crimes. In January 2009, Rep. Alcee Hastings (D-FL) introduced H.R.645, which proposes to build six (6) FEMA centers in America for Americans, capable of imprisoning millions more.

Unfortunately, the cruelty within America's prison system rivals that in offshore "War on Terror" determent camps. Read a desperate plea for help by Pennsylvania prisoners who fear for their lives, saying they were severely punished since President Obama was elected, especially on his inauguration day, by verbal abuse, beatings, electrocution, and starvation, with their punishment allegedly growing more brutal after they reported the torture: http://www.care2.com/c2c/share/detail/1124844

Dr. King and other historical human rights heroes of all races and nations would be disappointed that people in the U.S. have allowed the proliferation of an emerging police state in America without strong and united opposition. While we still have freedom of assembly on the books, people must unite and just say "NO" to injustice prevailing - peacefully, lawfully, and emphatically. Join us in our online demonstration for justice and human rights at http://www.Care2.com/c2c/group/AIMI

Human Rights for Prisoners March
http://freespeakblog.blogspot.com/2010/01/human-rights-for-prisoners-march-by.html

See a list of 25 justice issues at the link above which my family planned to be addressed by peaceful, concerned people walking together in what is intended to be a multi-racial, multi-cultural march for justice in Dr. King's hometown. It stormed on May 16, so AIMI members continue the Human Rights for Prisoners March on the Internet every day, just as many ther human/civil rights organizations and people of conscience do. Our primary objective is to let Americans know about H.R.619, a congressional bill to resume Medicaid funding for mental hospitals. It was the deletion of that funding souce around 40 years ago that made 1.25 million mentally ill people prisoners in this country. They are cruelly incarcerated for being sick. If Dr. King were here, he would address that human rights violation. But Dr. King did his part, and he is gone. What about you? You are here, and I hope you will insist that our elected officials support H.R.619 and deliver millions of sick people from the risk of imprisonment for being sick and having their need for psychiatric help denied until AFTER they commit a crime.

The solution for justice is the same today as Rev. King suggested four decades ago. America must be true to what was said on paper and actually become a nation with equal justice for all. It is too late to change history, but if the historical record is left intact, we can use what we learn from it to avoid repeating errors in our future.

Let no man pull you so low that you hate him. Always avoid violence. If you sow seeds of violence in your struggle, unborn generations will reap the whirlwind of social disintegration. ~Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Mary Neal
MaryLovesJustice@gmail.com

Google Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/MaryLovesJustice
(carries links to my radio interviews, articles, photo album, videos, Twitter,
Facebook, HubPages, and other networks)

Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill (AIMI)
a/k/a The Dorothea Dix Group
http://www.Care2.com/c2c/group/AIMI
P.O. Box 153, Redan, GA 30074
MaryLovesJustice@gmail.com

See also - http://www.Care2.com/news/member/513396753?sort=sorted
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Sunday, October 5, 2008

THE COCHRAN FIRM FRAUD - VIDEO 1 OF 2

VIDEO 1 of 2 - THE COCHRAN FIRM FRAUD

I will wait until Video2 uploads to send to everyone. Video 2 has the MEAT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1ltCpy1uu0
- bet you can't even DIGG this story, it is so censored! -

NOW PLEASE HEAR THIS:

Whether you know it or not, YOU - the online public - are my protection. I have tried to keep the public informed, since the mainstream media is CENSORED . You should know about our civil action in the wrongful death of my mentally ill brother, Larry Neal.

We are in the DISCOVERY phase of our USDC case against that traitor, The (Johnnie) Cochran Firm, who are NOT who you think. LISTEN to this:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=12171473

Because I am requesting lots of records, I may have to travel to various offices of hostile people who may have conspired to keep Larry's death secret.

They did not expect me to get this far in our court case without a lawyer. BUT THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT MY GOD!

So now, we must release the VIDEO to ensure that the whole world has eyes on this. I need protection. You have no idea of the things I have been through. See docket item 22, final paragraph.
http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-gandce/case_no-1:2007cv01935/case_id-145173/

I need to know that YOU are watching out for me. This is the most CENSORED news story I can imagine. Law offices can go to court and declare themselves NON-EXISTENT under the advertisements THEY SENT OUT TO YOU via Internet, television, press releases, etc., and the press will not report it. JUST WHO DO YOU THINK THEY REALLY ARE?

Anyway, I walk on faith. I have the Lord's protection. But I want some eyes on folks, too. That is why I write so much, and that is why we did the radio interviews, and that is why we are releasing the video -- before I take a single step INTO THE LION'S DEN.

AMERICAN NEWS MEDIA, you are really making folks think badly of you. People are wondering, "Why is this not covered in the news?" Can I take a guess?

See what people think about your silence at these links: (1) my Petition to the USDOJ to PLEASE investigate Larry Neal's wrongful death in Shelby County/Memphis Jail -- Records denied for 5 years! and (2) Survey: Prison or Treatment for Acute Mental Patients. Read the thoughts of your public. See what they think about MAINSTREAM MEDIA'S SILENCE ON THIS JUSTICE QUEST. "Independent media," this goes double for you. Who are you really? See the comments left by your public at the links below:

SURVEY: PRISON OR HOSPITALS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL?

http://www.surveymonkey.com/sr.aspx?sm=UEy3jTvmr4Oi3bhWk5djlKNKMmDO0fPWb7dTDZURhKg_3dhttp://www.petitiononline.com/Neal/petition.html

PETITION TO THE USDOJ - GIVE AT LEAST DOG JUSTICE TO THE MENTALLY ILL!

http://www.petitiononline.com/Neal/petition.html

Please note: I am not on drugs, do not sell drugs, and have no enstranged lovers or ex-husbands. That takes care of the usual ways police explain things when black women meet with foul play. The only controversy in my life is the wrongful death of Larry Neal and my continuous quest for justice and exposure of the problems faced by mental patients in America. I believe my articles and hard work may be helping. Despite our news being censored, thousands of people are reading our website monthly, and thousands more are reading my articles at this link:

http://my.nowpublic.com/search?fulltext=1&type=story&keys=mary+neal

Yes, we are pro se. I thought it was awful that lawyers were too afraid of "deep pockets" Cochran Firm to take our case, and others had a conflict of interest with at least one of the many folks who may be complicit in doing Larry's family wrong in our justice quest. But now I realize the Lord wanted us to defend ourselves so that I could write all of those articles. Any lawyer would have told me to just sit quietly and let him/her handle things. BUT GOD WANTED ME TO WORK FOR THE OPPRESSED MENTAL PATIENTS ALL AROUND YOU, AND SOME IN YOUR OWN FAMILIES!

So I work for the Lord, and I know success is assured. His Will will be done. Praise the Lord, oh my soul and all that is within me. Praise His Holy Name!

FORWARD THIS EMAIL - FOR MY PROTECTION! And if you have a heart to, send $$ to help with this justice effort.

Mary Neal
Website:
http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com

Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill
Visit Online at:
http://www.care2.com/c2c/group/AIMI

P.O. Box 7222, Atlanta, GA 30357

And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. ~ Matthew 25:37-40

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Michael Vick Facing Bankruptcy, by Mary Neal

According to news reports released today, Michael Vick is imprisoned for animal abuse and facing bankruptcy.

Michael Vick files for bankruptcy
Tue Jul 8, 11:28 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Vick, the former star National Football League quarterback serving a 23-month prison sentence for his role in a dogfighting ring, has filed for bankruptcy protection, court papers show.


The swift justice America demanded regarding Michael Vick's dogs is truly impressive. Animal abuse laws have been strenghtened and are vigorously enforced, just as they should be. My family remains hopeful that some day, the rights of mentally ill citizens will enjoy equal protection to our canine friends. However, this seems unlikely to occur soon. Recently I was sent a petition to sign regarding animal rights that had been circulating only a few weeks, and already it had more than 2,500 signatures. Contrarily, I started a petition requesting an investigation of the death of my mentally ill brother, Larry Neal, while under secret arrest in Shelby County Jail, Memphis, Tennessee, which occurred on August 1, 2003, and Larry's petition now has only 120 signatures after six months.

Whether Larry's life is worth less than a pit bull's according to the United States Justice Department and his fellow human beings because he was black, handicapped, or indigent, I cannot say. Perhaps it is even the NATURE of Larry's handicap that makes his death irrelevant: mental illness.

See the petition calling for DOG JUSTICE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL at this site: http://www.petitiononline.com/Neal/petition.html

I was so impressed with the efforts to enforce justice for Mr. Vick's dogs that I penned this poem, which is available in three languages at this site: http://www.nowpublic.com/culture/dog-justice-mary-neal

DOG JUSTICE, by Mary Neal

Too bad you weren't a dog, my brother
In my heart, I cried
Many more people would care about you
And wonder why you died
You had no spots or floppy ears
You never fetched a ball
Instead, you were a human being
But poor, black, and flawed

You died in jail for mental illness
I know down in my heart
Your death would be investigated
If only you could bark

Dog deaths get swift justice
Their abusers are sent to jail
Poor Mama would have closure now
If you'd had a wagging tail

But you were made in God's image
And some day, I have no doubt
The mentally ill and American dogs
Will have at least equal clout

~ by Mary Neal
All rights protected


Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill
Website: http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com/

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Petition Requesting Dog Justice for the Mentally Ill

Sign the Petition

To: United States Department of Justice

See http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com. On August 1, 2003, mentally ill heart patient, Larry M. Neal, died while incarcerated in Shelby County Jail, Memphis, Tennessee. During the 18 days of Larry Neal's fatal incarceration, his family and social worker searched for him as a missing person, while the jail repeatedly denied having Larry Neal under arrest. In 2003, Shelby County Jail was under the jurisdiction of the United States Justice Department, following suit by the United States of America due to violations of inmates' civil rights. To date, all requests by Larry Neal's family for official reports and an investigation regarding his death have been denied or ignored. The undersigned petitioners ask that Larry Neal's death be thoroughly investigated by the United States Justice Department and that Larry's family be given full disclosure of the results of the investigation on a regular basis, with a final report upon close of investigation. We ask that the Justice Department also investigate the possibility of a conspiracy between Larry Neal’s family's attorneys and Shelby County Government to deny the family's right to due process of law following Larry’s alleged wrongful death. The undersigned petitioners feel strongly that a mentally ill citizen's death deserves at least the same investigative efforts and call to justice as the abuse and deaths of America's dogs.
Sincerely, Sign the Petition
______________________________________________________________
Request from New Organization
Assistance to the Incarcerated Mentally Ill ("AIMI"):
PLEASE TAKE OUR SURVEY!
Please help by taking our 2-minute survey about incarceration and the mentally ill. Persons concerned about mental health should work to make this a primary campaign issue during our upcoming elections. Your identity will be anonymous, unless you otherwise instruct. Thanks in advance for your participation!
Click here to be taken to the survey.

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DOG JUSTICE, by Mary Neal
Too bad you weren't a dog, my brother
In my heart, I cried
Many more people would care about you
And wonder why you died

You had no spots or floppy ears
You never fetched a ball
instead, you were a human being
But poor, black, and flawed

You died in jail for mental illness
I know down in my heart
Your death would be investigated
If only you could bark

Dog deaths get swift justice
Their abusers are sent to jail
Poor Mama would have closure now
If you'd had a wagging tail

But you were made in God's image
And some day, I have no doubt
The mentally ill and American dogs
Will have at least equal clout

by Mary Neal
http://wrongfuldeathoflarryneal.com