“If you’re gonna do comparisons, make sure they match up. Don’t do the apples to oranges BS and compare this tragedy to George Floyd’s death. Here are 2 innocent children that both died by the reckless use of a firearm, but yet there’s still a difference.
Cannon, the sweet little boy on the left, was 5 years old and his neighbor shot him (with no clear motive). A horrible tragedy, but his killer was immediately apprehended within 24 hours. He’s been charged and he will spend the rest of his life in prison cell and he deserves it.
Aiyana Jones, only 7 years old, was asleep on a couch when police threw a flashbang onto her blanket and then proceeded to shoot her in the neck during a raid… all this took place while filming an episode of First 48… Her killing was caught on camera and yet it’s been 10 years & the officer who murdered her still roams free, won’t spend a moment of his life in prison.
The First 48 videographer actually received more reprimand for publicly sharing the video than Aiyana’s murderer ever did.
This shouldn’t be black vs white issue. This is about right versus wrong.
Don’t compare the victims, compare the killers. And let me tell you, if they didn’t arrest the man who shot Cannon, best believe we’d be protesting in the streets for him too. May he rest peacefully. As for Aiyana’s sake, we’re still having to convince people that black lives should matter. We shouldn’t need to tell you all that innocent African American people (or anyone) should not be killed by those sworn in to protect us… But yet here we are. Having to tell people not to use this sweet 5-year-old boy’s death to push their racist agenda… Still. In 2020. Smh.”
**This post was written by Kristin Neeley and originally appeared on her Facebook page.
